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 3

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 Durham
surface form: County of Durham

Northumberland County
surface form: 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
Kingdom of England
surface form: English Crown

House of Rennes
surface form: House of Brittany

House of Lancaster
John of Gaunt
languageOfAdministration Anglo-Norman
surface form: Anglo-Norman French

Latin
locatedIn Yorkshire
Northern England
surface form: northern England
locatedInHistoricCounty Yorkshire
locatedInModernCounty North Yorkshire
militaryRole provided knights to the king
nowCorrespondsPartlyTo Richmondshire
surface form: Richmondshire district
partOf England
primaryReligion Roman Catholicism
recordedIn Domesday Book survey
surface form: Domesday Book area descriptions

medieval charters
sovereignStateDuringExistence Kingdom of England

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