Editing Richard of Cornwall (section)

===Early life===
He was born 5 January 1209 at [[Winchester Castle]], the second son of [[John, King of England]], and [[Isabella, Countess of Angoulême]]. He was made [[High Sheriff of Berkshire]] at age eight, was styled [[Count of Poitou]] from 1225 and in the same year, at the age of sixteen, his brother [[Henry III of England|King Henry III]] gave him Cornwall as a birthday present, making him [[High Sheriff of Cornwall]]. Richard's revenues from Cornwall helped make him one of the wealthiest men in Europe. Though he campaigned on King Henry's behalf in [[Poitou]] and [[Brittany]], and served as regent three times, relations were often strained between the brothers in the early years of Henry's reign, once Henry took rule for himself. Richard rebelled against him three times and had to be bought off with lavish gifts.

In 1225, Richard traded with Gervase de Tintagel, swapping the land of [[Merthen Manor|Merthen]] (originally part of the manor of [[Winnianton]]) for [[Tintagel Castle]].<ref name=listing>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1142128|desc=Merthen|access-date=16 January 2012}}</ref> It has been suggested that a castle was built on the site by Richard in 1233 to establish a connection with the Arthurian legends that were associated by [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]] with the area. Richard hoped that, in this way, he could gain the [[Cornish people]]'s trust.<ref>Lovering, D. (2007, May 13). Arthurian legend lives on at Tintagel. ''Deseret News.''</ref>

The dating to the period of Richard has superseded Ralegh Radford's interpretation which attributed the earliest elements of the castle to Earl Reginald de Dunstanville and later elements to Earl Richard.<ref>Radford, C. A. Ralegh (1939) ''Tintagel Castle, Cornwall''; 2nd ed. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office; p. 12</ref> [[Sidney Toy]], however, has suggested an earlier period of construction for the castle.<ref>Toy, S. (1939), ''Castles: a short history of fortifications from 1600 B.C. to A.D. 1600'', London: Heinemann</ref>