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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Label Occurrences
County of Richmond canonical 4

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Statements (46)

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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