For those non-UK players amongst us, as well as being Prince of Wales, Prince Charles is also the Duke of Cornwall. The Act vesting the duchy of Cornwall on the monarch's eldest son was passed in 1337!
"A Charter of 1337 settling the Duchy of Cornwall upon the King's eldest son, and prescribing its future devolution"
The King to the archbishops &c., Greeting Amongst other ensigns of Royalty we consider it to be one of the most important that entrenched by the judicious distribution of Orders and dignities and Offices it may be supported by the discreet Counsels and power of the strong and as many hereditary degrees in our Kingdom falling into our Royal Hands as well by descent, of Inheritance according to the Law of our same Kingdom to Coheirs and Parceners as for want of Issue and various other events our said throne hath for a long time much suffered in a deficiency of Titles Honors and degrees of a rank We therefore with anxious Meditation considering the means whereby our Throne may be adorned and the same Kingdom and the holy Church thereof and also the other Lands subject to our dominion may be more securely and fitly defended against the attacks of enemies and adversaries and our peace among our subjects every where be kept undisturbed and desiring that remarkable places of our Kingdom may be distinguished by their pristine honors have turned our thoughts to the person of our beloved and faithful eldest son Edward Earl of Chester and willing to honor his person with the Common assent and council of the prelates Earls Barons and others of our Council in our present Parliament convoked at Westminster on Monday next after the Feast of Saint Matthew the Apostle last past have given to our same son the Name and Honor of Duke of Cornwall and him have preferred and girt with the sword as Duke of Cornwall as is fitting and lest it may in anywise hereafter be doubted what or how much the same Duke or others Dukes of the same place for the time being in the Name of the duchy aforesaid ought to have all the things in particular which we will to pertain to the same Duchy, we have commanded to be inserted in this our Charter - Therefore we have given and Granted for Us and our Heirs and by this our present Charter Confirmed to our same son under the name and Honor of the Duke of the said place: the Castles Manors Lands and Tenements and other things underwritten that he may be able to preserve the State and Honor of the said Duke according to the nobility of his kind and more easily support the charges in this behalf incumbent to wit the Shrievalty of Cornwall with the Appurtenances so that the aforesaid Duke and other Dukes of the same place for the time being at their pleasure make and constitute and may make and constitute and may make and constitute a Sheriff of the aforesaid County of Cornwall to exercise and perform the Office of Sheriff there as hitherto it hath been accustomed to be done without the let or impediment of Us or our Heirs for ever And also the Castle Borough Manor and Honor of Launceneton with the park there and other their appurtenances in the County of Cornwall and Devon the Castle and manor of Tremeton with the Town of Saltessh and the park there and other their appurtenances in the County aforesaid the Castle Borough and Manor of Tyntagel with the appurtenances in the said County of Cornwall the Castle and Manor of Rostormel with the park there and other their appurtenances in the same County and the Manor of Clymmeslonde with the park of Kerybullok and other its appurtenances Tybeste with the Bailiwick of Powdershire and other its appurtenances Tewynton with the appurtenances Helleston in Kerier with the appurtenances Moresk with the appurtenances Tavarnayl with the appurtenances Pengkneth with the appurtenances Penlyn with the park there and other its appurtenances Rellaton with the Bedelry of Estwyvelshire and other its appurtenances Helleston in Trigshire with the park of Hellesbury and other its appurtenances Lyskyret with the park there and other its appurtenances Calistok with the fishery there and other its appurtenances and Talskydi with the appurtenances in the same County of Cornwall and the Town of Lostwythiel in the same County with the Mills there and other its Appurtenances and our prisage and Customs of Wines in the same County of Cornwall and also all profits of our ports within the same County of Cornwall to us belonging together with Wreck of the Sea as well of Whale and Sturgeon and other Fish which to us by reason of our prerogative belong as other things whatsoever to such wreck of the sea in anywise howsoever appertaining in all the aforesaid County of Cornwall & the profits and emoluments of County Courts holden in the aforesaid County of Cornwall and of Hundreds and the Courts of the same in the same County to us belonging and also our Stannary in the same County of Cornwall together with the Cornage of the same Stannary and with all Issues and profits thereof arising And also the esplees profits and perquisites of the Court of the Stannary in the same County except only 1,000 marks which we have granted to our beloved and faithful William de Montacute Earl of Salisbury for us and our Heirs to be received to him and his Heirs male of his Body lawfully begotten of the Issues of the profits of the cornage aforesaid until the Castle and Manor of Tonbrigg with the Appurtenances in the County of Wilts and the Manors of Aldeburn Ambresbury and Wynterbourne with the appurtenances in the same County and the Manor of Caneford with the appurtenances in the County of Dorset and the Manors of Henstrigg and Charleton with the appurtenances in the County of Somerset which our beloved and faithful John Warren Earl of Surrey and Joan his wife hold for the term of their Lives and which after their Death ought to revert to us and our Heirs after the decease of the same Earl and Joan we have Granted to remain to the aforesaid Earl of Salisbury and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfull begotten in value of 800 marks by the year and 200 marks of Land and Rent which we have agreed to provide to the same Earl of Salisbury to hold in form aforesaid shall come to his Hands And also our Stannary in the aforesaid County of Devon with the cornage and all issues and profits of the same and also esplees profits and perquisites of the Courts of the same Stannary and the Water of Dertmouth in the same County and the Yearly farm of £ 20 of our City of Exeter and our prisages and Customs of Wines in the Water of Sutton in the same County of Devon and also the Castles of Walyngford with its Hamlets and members and the yearly farm of the ...
"A Charter of 1337 settling the Duchy of Cornwall upon the King's eldest son, and prescribing its future devolution"
The King to the archbishops &c., Greeting Amongst other ensigns of Royalty we consider it to be one of the most important that entrenched by the judicious distribution of Orders and dignities and Offices it may be supported by the discreet Counsels and power of the strong and as many hereditary degrees in our Kingdom falling into our Royal Hands as well by descent, of Inheritance according to the Law of our same Kingdom to Coheirs and Parceners as for want of Issue and various other events our said throne hath for a long time much suffered in a deficiency of Titles Honors and degrees of a rank We therefore with anxious Meditation considering the means whereby our Throne may be adorned and the same Kingdom and the holy Church thereof and also the other Lands subject to our dominion may be more securely and fitly defended against the attacks of enemies and adversaries and our peace among our subjects every where be kept undisturbed and desiring that remarkable places of our Kingdom may be distinguished by their pristine honors have turned our thoughts to the person of our beloved and faithful eldest son Edward Earl of Chester and willing to honor his person with the Common assent and council of the prelates Earls Barons and others of our Council in our present Parliament convoked at Westminster on Monday next after the Feast of Saint Matthew the Apostle last past have given to our same son the Name and Honor of Duke of Cornwall and him have preferred and girt with the sword as Duke of Cornwall as is fitting and lest it may in anywise hereafter be doubted what or how much the same Duke or others Dukes of the same place for the time being in the Name of the duchy aforesaid ought to have all the things in particular which we will to pertain to the same Duchy, we have commanded to be inserted in this our Charter - Therefore we have given and Granted for Us and our Heirs and by this our present Charter Confirmed to our same son under the name and Honor of the Duke of the said place: the Castles Manors Lands and Tenements and other things underwritten that he may be able to preserve the State and Honor of the said Duke according to the nobility of his kind and more easily support the charges in this behalf incumbent to wit the Shrievalty of Cornwall with the Appurtenances so that the aforesaid Duke and other Dukes of the same place for the time being at their pleasure make and constitute and may make and constitute and may make and constitute a Sheriff of the aforesaid County of Cornwall to exercise and perform the Office of Sheriff there as hitherto it hath been accustomed to be done without the let or impediment of Us or our Heirs for ever And also the Castle Borough Manor and Honor of Launceneton with the park there and other their appurtenances in the County of Cornwall and Devon the Castle and manor of Tremeton with the Town of Saltessh and the park there and other their appurtenances in the County aforesaid the Castle Borough and Manor of Tyntagel with the appurtenances in the said County of Cornwall the Castle and Manor of Rostormel with the park there and other their appurtenances in the same County and the Manor of Clymmeslonde with the park of Kerybullok and other its appurtenances Tybeste with the Bailiwick of Powdershire and other its appurtenances Tewynton with the appurtenances Helleston in Kerier with the appurtenances Moresk with the appurtenances Tavarnayl with the appurtenances Pengkneth with the appurtenances Penlyn with the park there and other its appurtenances Rellaton with the Bedelry of Estwyvelshire and other its appurtenances Helleston in Trigshire with the park of Hellesbury and other its appurtenances Lyskyret with the park there and other its appurtenances Calistok with the fishery there and other its appurtenances and Talskydi with the appurtenances in the same County of Cornwall and the Town of Lostwythiel in the same County with the Mills there and other its Appurtenances and our prisage and Customs of Wines in the same County of Cornwall and also all profits of our ports within the same County of Cornwall to us belonging together with Wreck of the Sea as well of Whale and Sturgeon and other Fish which to us by reason of our prerogative belong as other things whatsoever to such wreck of the sea in anywise howsoever appertaining in all the aforesaid County of Cornwall & the profits and emoluments of County Courts holden in the aforesaid County of Cornwall and of Hundreds and the Courts of the same in the same County to us belonging and also our Stannary in the same County of Cornwall together with the Cornage of the same Stannary and with all Issues and profits thereof arising And also the esplees profits and perquisites of the Court of the Stannary in the same County except only 1,000 marks which we have granted to our beloved and faithful William de Montacute Earl of Salisbury for us and our Heirs to be received to him and his Heirs male of his Body lawfully begotten of the Issues of the profits of the cornage aforesaid until the Castle and Manor of Tonbrigg with the Appurtenances in the County of Wilts and the Manors of Aldeburn Ambresbury and Wynterbourne with the appurtenances in the same County and the Manor of Caneford with the appurtenances in the County of Dorset and the Manors of Henstrigg and Charleton with the appurtenances in the County of Somerset which our beloved and faithful John Warren Earl of Surrey and Joan his wife hold for the term of their Lives and which after their Death ought to revert to us and our Heirs after the decease of the same Earl and Joan we have Granted to remain to the aforesaid Earl of Salisbury and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfull begotten in value of 800 marks by the year and 200 marks of Land and Rent which we have agreed to provide to the same Earl of Salisbury to hold in form aforesaid shall come to his Hands And also our Stannary in the aforesaid County of Devon with the cornage and all issues and profits of the same and also esplees profits and perquisites of the Courts of the same Stannary and the Water of Dertmouth in the same County and the Yearly farm of £ 20 of our City of Exeter and our prisages and Customs of Wines in the Water of Sutton in the same County of Devon and also the Castles of Walyngford with its Hamlets and members and the yearly farm of the ...