On 11th October 1683 [his father] Colonel Henry Cornewall [aged 29] and Margarita Laurentia Huyssen of Middelburg in Zeeland were married.
On 27th April 1695 [his father] Colonel Henry Cornewall [aged 41] and [his mother] Sussanah Williams were married.
In 1697 Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire was born to Colonel Henry Cornewall [aged 43] and Sussanah Williams.
On 27th July 1698 Thomas Powell 1st Baronet [aged 33] and [his future wife] Judith Herbert Lady Powell were married. She by marriage Lady Powell of Broadway in Carmarthenshire.
On 22nd February 1717 [his father] Colonel Henry Cornewall [aged 63] died.
In 1722 Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire [aged 25] was elected MP Herefordshire which seat he held for forty-six years until his death in 1768.
In April 1722 Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire [aged 25] and Judith Herbert Lady Powell were married.
In October 1734 Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire [aged 37] and Jane Bray were married. She died six months later.
In October 1735 [his wife] Jane Bray died.
On 2nd April 1737 Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire [aged 40] and Catherine Hanbury were married.
On 26th February 1745 Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire [aged 48] seconded a motion calling for a parliamentary enquiry into the Battle of Toulon the previous year, in which his younger brother James Cornewall had been killed. The motion was passed, and Cornewall appointed to chair a Committee of the Whole House to look into the matter.
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In 1752 [his daughter] Catherine Cornewall was born to Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire [aged 55] and [his wife] Catherine Hanbury. She married 18th July 1771 George Amyand aka Cornewall 2nd Baronet, son of George Amyand 1st Baronet and Anna Maria Korteen Lady Amyand, and had issue.
On 6th June 1763 the High Sheriff, Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders [of Herefordshire] presented an address [...] expressing warmest thanks for [his] [Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire [aged 66]] diligence and steadiness in opposing the late tax." [Cider Bill of 1763]
On 3rd April 1768 Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire [aged 71] died. He was buried at Hereford Cathedral [Map]. A monument to his memory was erected on the South wall of the Nave. It was moved to the cloister as part of the renovations.
In 1777 [his former wife] Catherine Hanbury died.
Grandfather: Edward Cornewall of Moccas Court in Herefordshire
father: Colonel Henry Cornewall
Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire
Grandfather: John Williams
mother: Sussanah Williams