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Cornwall, along with the neighbouring county of Devon, maintained Stannary institutions that granted some local control over its most important product, tin, but by the time of Henry VIII most vestiges of Cornish autonomy had been removed as England became an increasingly centralised state under the Tudor dynasty.
The Cornish in America. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran. June 1991. ISBN 978-1-85022-059-6. Todd, Arthur C. The Cornish Miner in America: the Contribution to the Mining History of the United States by Emigrant Cornish Miners: the Men Called Cousin Jacks. Arthur H. Clark (publisher). September 1995. ISBN 978-0-87062-238-0.
Cornwall (/ ˈ k ɔːr n w ɔː l,-w əl / ⓘ; [5] Cornish: Kernow; Cornish pronunciation: [ˈkɛrnɔʊ]; or [6]) is a ceremonial county in South West England. [7] It is recognised by Cornish and Celtic political groups as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people.
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The reason for this was that Cornwall's rights and privileges were tied up with the royal Duchy and Stannaries and the Cornish saw the Civil War as a fight between England and Cornwall as much as a conflict between King and Parliament. [17] 1642–1646: The First "English" Civil War; 1642: First Battle of Lostwithiel.
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Location of Cornwall. Cornwall (/ ˈ k ɔːr n w ɔː l,-w əl /; Cornish: Kernow; Cornish pronunciation: [ˈkɛrnɔʊ]; or ) is a ceremonial county in South West England.It is recognised by Cornish and Celtic political groups as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people.