Reginald of Cornhill (civil servant, around 1140)

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Reginald of Cornhill (* around 1140, † between September 29, 1209 and September 29, 1210) was an English civil servant and judge in the service of King John Ohneland , who served as sheriff of Kent .

Reginald was a younger son of the London merchant Gervase of Cornhill , who had made a career as a civil servant in the service of the Angevin kings . When his older brother Henry of Cornhill lost his office as a supporter of the overthrown Chancellor William Longchamp in 1191, Reginald and his brother Ralph paid 100 marks , for which they were allowed to exercise their brother's offices until King Richard the Lionheart's return from the crusade. As successor to his brother Ralph Reginald was 1192 High Sheriff of Kent. This office, which his father had held for many years, he held until his death. From 1201 he served as a royal judge several times. Like his brother Henry, he served as a buyer for the royal court, with Reginald probably primarily procuring luxury goods. In 1199 he took over the collection of shield money and in 1200 the collection of other taxes in several counties . From 1203 to 1204 he imposed tariffs on import and export and in 1205 he undertook a coin reform. Together with William of Wrotham he was responsible for the royal fleet from 1205 to 1208. After a serious conflict between the King and the Pope over the election of a new Archbishop of Canterbury , the King appointed Reginald along with Fulk de Cantilupe as administrators of the Archdiocese of Canterbury in 1207 . Not least because of this, the chronicler Roger von Wendover described him as one of the poor advisers to King John Ohneland.

Reginald managed to build up an extensive estate. Before 1200 he had married Matilda, with whom he had at least one son, Reginald , who became his heir. William of Cornhill , who later became Bishop of Coventry, was a younger relative, perhaps even a son of his. Reginald died between Michaelis 1209 and Michaelis 1210.

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  1. ^ BW Holden: Cantilupe, Fulk de (d. 1217/18). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
  2. ↑ Nicholas Vincent: King John's evil counselors (act. 1208-1214) (Oxford DNB). Retrieved September 6, 2016 .
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SURNAME Reginald of Cornhill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English civil servant and judge, High Sheriff of Kent
DATE OF BIRTH around 1140
DATE OF DEATH between September 29, 1209 and September 29, 1210