County of Richmond

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The County of Richmond was a historic feudal territory in northern England, centered on Richmond in Yorkshire and often granted as an honor to prominent nobles in medieval times.

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County of Richmond canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal territory
historic county
honor
alsoKnownAs Earldom of Richmond
Honour of Richmond
associatedWithTitle Duke of Richmond
Earl of Richmond
borderedBy County of Durham
linked to: County Durham

County of Northumberland
other parts of Yorkshire
centeredOn Richmond
createdUnder Norman rule
economicBase agriculture
pastoral farming
rents and feudal dues
existedInPeriod Middle Ages
feudalCenter Richmond Castle
governedBy feudal lord
governedUnder feudal system
grantedAs honor to prominent nobles
hadJurisdictionOver Richmondshire
hasCapital Richmond
hasKeySettlement Bedale
Leyburn
Middleham
Richmond
heldBy Alan Rufus
Alan the Black
Conan IV, Duke of Brittany
English Crown
linked to: Kingdom of England

House of Brittany
linked to: House of Rennes

House of Lancaster
John of Gaunt
languageOfAdministration Anglo-Norman French
linked to: Anglo-Norman

Latin
locatedIn Yorkshire
northern England
linked to: Northern England
locatedInHistoricCounty Yorkshire
locatedInModernCounty North Yorkshire
militaryRole provided knights to the king
nowCorrespondsPartlyTo Richmondshire district
linked to: Richmondshire
partOf England
primaryReligion Roman Catholicism
recordedIn Domesday Book area descriptions
medieval charters
sovereignStateDuringExistence Kingdom of England

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