Talk:Henry Fitzcount
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Did you know nomination edit
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 10:44, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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- ... that after he was stripped of his Cornish landholdings Henry Fitzcount joined the Fifth Crusade, during which he died? Source: " on the accession of Henry III . (A.D. 1216) a further grant was made to Fitzcount, by which he was to hold the county with all its appurtenances in as ample a manner as his father Reginald had held it . This grant of the whole county with the demesnes would seem to be in terms sufficiently ample to include this manor. However this may have been Henry Fitzcount soon fell under the King's displeasure, and, as it would appear, the county was again taken into the King's hands" from: Maclean, Sir John (1873). The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor, in the County of Cornwall. Nichols & son. p. 29.; "1220 Henry Fitzcount surrenders to the crown" from: Report. Royal Institution of Cornwall. 1848. p. 31.; He is listed among the participants of the Fifth Crusade in Lloyd, Simon D. (1988). English Society and the Crusade, 1216-1307. Clarendon Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-19-822949-0. "died about 1221 either in the Holy Land or in Gascony on the way there" from: The American Genealogist. D.L. Jacobus. 1953. p. 14., "Henry died in 1222" from: Abbey, Forde (1998). The Cartulary of Forde Abbey. Somerset Record Society. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-901732-33-0.
- ALT1: ... that Henry Fitzcount lost his position as High Sheriff of Cornwall after just two months for styling himself Earl of Cornwall, the title of his deceased father? Source: "Henry Fitzcount was appointed by King John as sheriff of the county. Henry's claim to the earldom and his insistence that the men of Cornwall should do homage to him as earl necessitated his replacement in November of the same year" from: Saunders, A. D. (2006). Excavations at Launceston Castle, Cornwall. Society for Medieval Archaeology. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-904350-75-0. and appointment on 17 September 1215, replacement on 16 November 1215 from: Hughes, A. (1898). List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to A.D. 1831. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. p. 21.
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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 21:39, 3 February 2022 (UTC).
New article that was moved to mainspace on 3 February 2022 is 3,538 characters and nominated on the same day. No copyvios detected (AGF all refs re. any close paraphrasing issues, since none can go through Dup detector). Article is well-sourced. Main hook is 118 characters long (ALT1 is 160); both are under 200 character max. and are interesting. Refs 1, 3, 15–16, and 18 (verifying the main hook), as well as 10–11 (verifying ALT1) are reliable sources (AGF refs 10, 15, 16, and 18 – preview unavailable). QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:17, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
