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 CORNWALL 443 He was 2nd but ist surv. s. and h. of Henry VII, by Elizabeth "of York," eldest sister and h. of line to Edward V. He was i^. 28 June 1491, at Greenwich, and bap. there in the church of the Observants, by Fox, Bishop of Winchester. On 3 1 Oct. 1494, under the name of" Henry, second s. of the King, Constable of Dover Castle, Warden of the Cinque Ports [both 5 Apr. 1492], Earl Marshal of England [31 Oct. 1494] and Lieutenant of Ireland" [12 Sep. 1494], he was cr. DUKE OF YORK,() being (with several others, so as to celebrate that creation) made K.B. 31 Oct. i494.() He was inst. K.G., 17 May 1495. After his succession as Duke of Cornwall (as above- mentioned), he was (though not under that style, but merely) as " Henry, only s. and h. of the King," cr., 18 Feb. 1503/4, PRINCE OF WALES and EARL OF CHESTER, with rem. to his heirs, Kings of England.C^) On 9 Feb. 1506, he was made Knight of the Golden Fleece by the Emperor Maximilian. On 22 Apr. 1509, he ascended the throne as Henry VIII, when all his honours merged in the Crown. X. 1 510. Henry (Tudor), DUKE OF CORNWALL, was, at his birth, entitled to the abovenamed dignity, being 1st s. and h. ap. of Henry VIII, by his ist wife, Katherine, da. of Fernando V, King of Castile and Arragon. He was b. i Jan. 1510/1, at Richmond, Surrey, and d. there 22 Feb. following, and was bur. in Westm. Abbey, when the Dukedom lapsed to the Crown, it was resolved that the words of limitation possessed the more extended meaning of filius primogenitus exhtcm, and that upon the decease of Henry, Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, Charles, Duke of York, had, both by reason and precedents, become entitled to the honour, style, and dignity of Duke of Cornwall, which he had and enjoyed accordingly." [Courthope, p. 1 1, note "k"). The King issued a "Declara- tion" announcing this decision, and it is reprinted in Collins's Proceedings, pp. 148-161. (^) "Upon his creation to the Principality of Wales, the letters patent of 31 Oct. 1494, creating him Duke of York, were declared to be 'utterly voyde and of none effect,' he having become heir apparent to the Crown; there appears to be no charter investing him with the Principality and Counties, as in his brother's case. {Court- hope, p. 1 1, note " 1"). ('') From the time of Henry IV to that of Charles II inclusive, these Knights appear to have been generally made only at Coronations, royal marriages, or on the creation or marriage of a Prince of JVales. Exceptions, however, occur in 1478, 1494 and in 1605, on all of which occasions they were in honour of the marriage or creation of a Duke of York, the second son of the King. The Dukedom of York was held by every such second son from the accession of the House of York to that of George I, who, having no second son, cr. his brother Duke of York, in 1716,3 precedent followed, in 1760 by George III, who, subsequently, in 1784, according to the time-honoured usage, conferred that title on his second son. {"=) A reference to this creation on Pari. Roll [no. 130], 19 Hen. VII, no. 10, states that the ceremony was to take place on 23 Feb. 1 503/4.