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unusual facts about John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall



Castle Hill, Mere

Castle Hill, also called Mere Castle, was a medieval fortification built by Richard, the Earl of Cornwall, in 1253 on a hill overlooking the village of Mere, Wiltshire, England.

Early Cornish texts

After the Conquest the Earldom of Wessex was broken up and soon Cornwall was established as a Norman earldom of importance.

Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall

Reginald de Dunstanville (Reginald FitzRoy, Rainald), Earl of Cornwall (French: Renaud de Donstanville or de Dénestanville) (c. 1110, Dunstanville, Kent, England – 1 July 1175, Chertsey, Surrey, England), High Sheriff of Devon, Earl of Cornwall, was an illegitimate son of Henry I of England and Lady Sybilla Corbet.

Second War of Scottish Independence

Later that same month, Carrick and the Clyde valley were likewise devastated by an attack of several thousand men under the command of John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall.


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