Talk:Duchy
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In answer to the assertion that Prince Andrew of the UK, Duke of York, was an example of a person with a duchy, I explained that he had the title of "duke", that is, a "dukedom" but had no associated "duchy", and cited the following definition of "duchy" from the Oxford English Dictionary: "in Great Britain, applied to the dukedoms of Cornwall and Lancaster (the two earliest in England) vested in the Royal Family, and having certain courts of their own, in which respect they differ from ordinary peerage dukedoms". - Someone else 09:07, 19 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Cornwall, Duchy and County
The article states that the Duchy of Cornwall is no longer coextensive with the county of Cornwall. Well considering the Duke still has rights over the county of Cornwall which do not extend to the Duchy estates outside of Cornwall i think the following questions are pertinent.
The first point is regarding the sheriff as the officer of the Duke and his function of collecting the various revenues from within the Duchy and returning these to the Chancellor of the Duchy. Such revenues are now returned to the various agencies of Her Majesty's Government and I wish to determine when and how this transition took place. My questions on this point are, therefore:
a At what point did the sheriff of the Duke cease to collect revenues from the Duchy institutions and people? b What mechanisms were used to transfer this right from the Duchy to the Crown (or Parliament)? c Why were these prerogative rights transferred to the Crown (or Parliament)? d Which Acts of Parliament relate specifically to this first point?
My second point is a more sensitive one but necessary nevertheless and relates to the constitutional position of Cornwall relative to England. It is clear from medieval documents that Cornwall and England were distinct entities and, in fact, this is confirmed by one of the first charters of the first Duke of Cornwall and, undoubtedly, by others. This is still the Cornish perception but no longer the official one. My questions to you, therefore, on this point are:
e At what point did this particular distinction of Cornwall's integrity cease to exist? f Why did this particular distinction of Cornwall cease to exist if enshrined within the creation of the Duchy? g What mechanisms where used to remove this distinction? h Which Acts of Parliament relate specifically to this second point?