Template:Did you know nominations/Rohese Giffard

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 13:51, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Rohese Giffard

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... that Rohese Giffard (d. after 1113), a Norman noblewoman, is listed as a landowner in her own right in Domesday Book?

ALT1 … that the eleventh-century Norman noblewoman Rohese Giffard is listed as a landowner in her own right in the Domesday Book?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Osier Pattern
Comment: rewording of hook or other hook suggestions welcome.

Created by Ealdgyth (talk). Self-nominated at 15:02, 19 January 2016 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: This is fine in every respect. The article is well written and rigorously cited. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:05, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Comment I don't see what " (d. after 1113)" adds to either hook? Edwardx (talk) 22:58, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

It grounds the thing in time (I no longer assume that any random person has any clue what Domesday Book is...) Ealdgyth - Talk 23:33, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

"… the eleventh-century Norman noblewoman ..."? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:56, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. In my opinion, that would be a better solution! Edwardx (talk) 13:02, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

That works. Ealdgyth - Talk 17:04, 22 January 2016 (UTC)