Walter Cornu

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• Name	Walter Cornu
  Gender	Male
  Fact	1402	Devon, England, UK
  	Between 16 April 1402 and 13 October 1402, John St. John was named as a party to a lawsuit regarding Instow : “John SeyntJohan has acknowledged the manor and advowson to be the right of John Hankeford', of which the same John, William and Richard have the advowson of his gift, and has remised and quitclaimed them from himself and his heirs to William, Richard and John Hankeford' and the heirs of John for ever. And besides John SeyntJohan granted for himself and his heirs that the manor - which Walter Cornu and Constance, his wife, held for the life of Constance, and which after the decease of Constance ought to remain to John Herry, clerk, if he survives Constance, to hold for life, and which after the decease of Constance and John Herry ought to revert to John SeyntJohan and his heirs - after the decease of Constance and John Herry shall remain to William, Richard and John Hankeford' and the heirs of John, to hold of the chief lords for ever.”
  Fact	3 Feb 1404	Devon, England, UK
  	CP 25/1/45/72, number 52. Link: Image of document at AALT County: Devon. Place: Westminster. Date: The day after the Purification of the Blessed Mary, 5 Henry [IV] [3 February 1404]. Parties: John Rowe, the parson of the church of Were Gyffard', and John Novus, clerk, querents, and [Walter] Pollard' and Elizabeth, his wife, deforciants. Property: A moiety of 27 messuages, of 12 carucates of land, of 40 acres of meadow, of 24 acres of wood, of 100 acres of moor and of 10 shillings of rent, and a fourth part of 1 knight's fee in Esthorwode, Mortho, Stoford', Criditon' and Ryngisasshe. Action: Plea of covenant. Agreement: Walter and Elizabeth have acknowledged the moiety and fourth part to be the right of John Rowe, of which John and John have the moiety of 1 messuage, of 1 carucate of land, of 20 acres of meadow and of 40 acres of moor of their gift. For this: John and John [have granted to Walter and Elizabeth] the same moiety and have rendered it to them in the court, to hold to Walter and Elizabeth and the heirs of their bodies, of John and John and the heirs of John Rowe for ever, rendering yearly 1 rose at the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, and doing to the chief lords all other services. And besides John and John granted for themselves and the heirs of John Rowe that the moiety of 26 messuages, of [11] carucates of land, of 20 acres of meadow, of 24 acres of wood, of 60 acres of moor and of the rent, and the fourth part - which Walter Cornu held [for life] of the inheritance of John Rowe in the aforesaid vills on the day the agreement was made, and which after the decease of Walter Cornu ought to revert to John and John and the heirs of John Rowe - after the decease of Walter Cornu shall remain to Walter Pollard' and Elizabeth and their aforesaid heirs, to hold together with the aforesaid moiety, of John and John and the heirs of John Rowe by the aforesaid services for ever. In default of such heirs, the moiety and fourth part shall revert to John and John and the heirs of John Rowe, quit of the other heirs of Walter Pollard' and Elizabeth, to hold of the chief lords for ever. Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.) Persons: John Rowe, John Novus, Walter Pollard, Elizabeth Pollard, Walter Cornu Places: Wear Gifford, East Horwood, Mortehoe, Stowford, Crediton, Ashreigney
  Fact	20 Oct 1406	Devon, England, UK
  	CP 25/1/45/72, number 70. Link: Image of document at AALT County: Devon. Place: Westminster. Date: Three weeks from St Michael, 8 Henry [IV] [20 October 1406]. Parties: Alexander Jule, querent, and Walter Cornu and Constance, his wife, deforciants. Property: 1 messuage in Southeton' Dertemouth'. Action: Plea of covenant. Agreement: Walter and Constance have acknowledged the messuage to be the right of Alexander, as that which he has of their gift, and have remised and quitclaimed it from themselves and the heirs of Constance to him and his heirs for ever. Warranty: Warranty. For this: Alexander has given them 10 marks of silver. Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.) Persons: Alexander Jewell, Walter Cornu, Constance Cornu Places: Southtown Dartmouth
  Fact	1386-1421	Devon, England, UK
  	https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/hankford-richard-1419#footnote2_p4pc38w
  Person ID	I105558788	St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2024

  
  

  Family	Constance St. John, of Thornbury, Devon,   b. 1373, Instow, Devon, England, UK d. bef. 1402, Thornbury, Devon, England, UK (Age 28 years)
  Children	+ 1. Robert Cornu
  Family ID	F995730	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2024

  
  

• Reference

  Suzanne St. John. "Walter Cornu". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I105558788&tree=OSA0001 (accessed April 24, 2025).