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Cornwall as a territorial Duchy has its roots in 1068 when the Earldom of Cornwall (Comitatus Cornubiæ) was formed and existed until 1336 to maintain a form of independence for Kernow from Wessex (England). The sovereignty of the Earl was founded on, and replaced that of, the British Cornish princes, the representatives of the Cornish people themselves. In 1337 the Earldom of Cornwall was made into a Duchy, the Duke obtaining greater rights over Cornwall than the Earls had previously exercised. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Duke_of_Cornwall. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Duke_of_Cornwall. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cornwall. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cornwall. ... Saint Pirans Flag is regarded as the national flag of Cornwall and an emblem of the Cornish people. ... A duchy is a territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess. ... The title of Earl of Cornwall was created several times in the Peerage of England before 1337, when it was superseded by the title Duke of Cornwall, which became attached to heirs-apparent to the throne. ... Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow or occasionally Curnow) is the part of Great Britains south-west peninsula that is west of the River Tamar. ... Map of the British Isles circa 802 Wessex was one of the seven major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (the Heptarchy) that preceded the Kingdom of England. ... Cornish Flag Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county in South West England on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar. ... The Cornish are an ethnic group associated with Cornwall, located at the extreme South West of the United Kingdom where most of the Cornish currently live. ...

The English translation of the 17th March 1337 Great Charter (or in Latin "Magna Carta"), as deployed in Rowe v Brenton (Manning edition 1830) states that the Kings son is “Duke of Cornwall and heir to the Kingdom of England”. Magna Carta This article is about the English charters of 1215 onwards. ...

A revised Government translation states that the Kings son is “Duke of Cornwall in the Kingdom of England” (Halsbury's Laws 1973). Halsburys Laws is the name of a legal encyclopaedia produced by LexisNexis. ...

The Charter Roll of 16th March 1337 announcing the Great Charter said that inspiration was drawn from the time when Cornwall was recognised as being a separate Kingdom, and that the intention was to “restore Cornwall’s original ancient honours”.

Today the Duchy states that the “main purpose of the Charter is to create an income for the Duke”.

In 1857 the Duchy stated that the three Charters confirm and acknowledge Cornwall as being co-terminus with the Duchy, which is extra-territorial to England and subject to its own chief ruler, law making apparatus and tax raising regime.

Halsbury's Laws refer only to the 17th March 1337 Great Charter. Two subsequent Charters of 18th March 1337 and 3rd Jan 1338 confirming that Cornwall was for all time to be subject to its own law-making regime, and not subject to England’s Summons of Exchequer are not referenced. Halsburys Laws is the name of a legal encyclopaedia produced by LexisNexis. ...

Today there is a Parliamentary injunction preventing MP’s from raising questions about, or even attempting to discuss, these matters.

Cornwall's legal right to its own Parliament was confirmed and strengthened by the Charter of Pardon 1508, granted by Henry VII, which added to its rights that of veto over acts, statutes, laws, etc. passed by the Westminster government. These rights were granted in perpetuity and cannot be lawfully rescinded.

Today many ethnic Cornish claim that Cornwall has a de jure status apart as a sovereign Duchy extraterritorial to England. Cornish Flag Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county in South West England on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar. ... A duchy is a territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess. ...

The Kilbrandon Report (1969–1971) into the British constitution recommended that, when referring to Cornwall official sources should cite the Duchy not the County. This was suggested in recognition of its constitutional position.

In 1977 the Plaid Cymru MP Dafydd Wigley in Parliament asked the Attorney General for England and Wales if he would provide the date upon which enactments of the Charter of Pardon of 1508 were rescinded. The reply, received on 14 May 1977, stated that the Stannators' right to veto Westminster legislation had never been formally withdrawn. Plaid, also known in full as Plaid Cymru (pronounced IPA: ) â€“ The Party of Wales, is the principal nationalist political party in Wales. ... Dafydd Wigley The Right Honourable Dafydd Wigley (born April 1, 1943) is a Welsh politician. ...

In 1997 the Liberal Democrat Andrew George MP attempted to raise a Duchy-related question but he was prevented by an injunction that disallows MPs raising any questions in Parliament that are in any way related to the Duchy. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. ... Andrew George Andrew Henry George (born 2 December 1958, Mullion, Cornwall) is a British politician. ... States currently utilizing parliamentary systems are denoted in orange and redâ€”the former being constitutional monarchies where authority is vested in a parliament, and the latter being parliamentary republics whose parliaments are effectively supreme over a separate head of state. ...

Even today the Duchy charters which turned all of Cornwall into a Duchy are still law and it is still common for many Cornish to refer to Cornwall as a Duchy.

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