In the meantime - Take a look at the Proof that we are a Duchy, ( meaning extra territorial and not an English county ) and fully comply with Article 11 of the Commonwealth Games Federation's constitution.
1. Cornwall is LEGALLY an extra territorial land from England and has been for nearly 400 years.
2. The label of ' County ' was ILLEGALLY and externally applied by Westminster in 1889.
3. The 1969-71 Killbrandon Report into the British constitution states that, " when referring to Cornwall, official sources should cite The Duchy. This was in recognition of it's constitutional position.
4. Cornwall's right to its own sovereign Parliament, and the powers it pocesses under the Charter of Pardon were confirmed as valid in British law by the Lord Chancellor in 1977.
5. You now have the right on some official forms to be able to record your Nationality as Cornish. NHS and the Police accept your Nationality to be recorded as Cornish to name but two.
6. Henry VIII listed England and Cornwall separately , in the list of his realms given in his Coronation address.
7. There is no mention in the " Anglo-Saxon Chronicles " that Cornwall was ever conquered by the English.
8. The Cornish language gained official UK Government recognition in 2002 and funding in 2005.
9. Cornwall, like Wales, was not party to the Act of Union in 1707.
10. Before the 1960's, there was little difference between Cornwall and Wales in constitutional terms.
11. Many treaty's and documents up until the 18th century made reference to there being a distinction between England and Cornubia (Cornwall ).
12. Cornwall is a member of the Federal Union of European Nationalities which has special participatory status at the council of Europe in Strasburg and consultative status to the United Nations.
13. No record exists of any formal annexation of Cornwall to England.
14. Maps of the British Isles produced up until the 18th century showed Cornwall as a distinct entity and on a par with Wales.
15. Cornwall is an older nation than England and one of the oldest Duchies in Europe.
16. 90% of Cornish place names are of celtic origin and derived from the Cornish language.
17. The Duchy includes the entire territory known as Cornwall, including the bed and waters of the River Tamar.
18. The Cornish are a Celtic people who once inhabited the entire region covered by present-day Cornwall, Devon and West-Somerset.
19. The Duke of Cornwall is our head of state, not the UK Monarch. Proof in itself. You can't have two heads of state !
20. The Duke's powers are further confirmed in the Tamar Bridge Act as recently as 1998 .
21. Although our own Parliament was suspended in the 18th Century, we still have Independent Sovereign Rights that are fixed in law.
At school they taught you about the Batlle of Waterloo, the Battle of Hastings in 1066 etc, but they did'nt tell you of these Battles did they ?
01. The Battle of Deorham Down. 577.
02. The Battle of Hehil. 722.
03. The Battle of Gafulforda. 825.
04. The Battle of Axminster. 937.
05. The Battle of Exeter. 1086.
06. The Battle of Hingston Down. 838.
07. The Battle of Boleigh, St Buryan, Penwith 931
08. The Battle of Blackheath. 1497...The Prayer Book Rebellion.
09. The Battle of Lostwithiel. 1642....English Civil War.
10. The Battle of Braddock Down. 1643....English Civil War.
11. The Battle of Launceston. 1643....English Civil War.
12. The Battle of Sourton Down. 1643....English Civil War.
13. The Battle of Stratton. 1643....English Civil War.
14. The Battle of Lostwithiel. 1644....English Civil War.
15. The Battle of Pendennis Castle. 1646....English Civil War.
16. The Gear Rout Rebellion. ( Helford ) 1648....English Civil War. .......................Google any of them for more information.
You were probably taught this as well :
1. Sir George Stevenson - Inventor of the first Steam engine. Lies ! It was Richard Trevithick from Camborne, a mere twenty five years earlier.
2. First powered flight by the Wright brothers of the USA. Lies ! It was Cornishman and inventor Richard Pearse from St. Columb, some nine months before them in New Zealand where he had emigrated to farm.
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