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editIt seems to me that this article should be moved to Thomas Erpingham. After all, that name is used throughout the article and is the name used in his article in the Oxford Dictionary of Biography. Capitalistroadster 00:44, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
My Edit
editI changed "the same" to "the same lord". Fluent English almost never uses "the same" (other than adjectivally) of a person.
In the reference to the subject accompanying Duke John to Spain, I changed the Duke's style to "John of Gaunt" as elsewhere; he has not been designated as "Lancaster" before.
I am very unclear about the sentence mentioning "his father" in paragraph two.
The Chasuble - bad writing and possible undocumented direct quote
edit"In 1392 he again accompanied Henry to Prussia and on from there on a journey through Europe and on to Jerusalem, during which it is thought he obtained the fabric for the Chasuble,[3] now in the possession of the Victoria and Albert Museum, during his return through Italy." This is very confusing - what Chasuble? Was Erpingham associated with a religious vestment somehow? If so, how, and when? What makes this particular vestment worthy of mention? The sentence should be left out entirely if there are no actual details available. Additionally, as an editor, I've found that this sort of writing error usually indicates material that is a direct quote but which hasn't been credited as such. I couldn't click through to the referenced source (Oxford Dict. of Nat. Biography; online requires a subscription or UK library membership). I'm not a Wikipedia contributor, so I'm just pointing this out and will leave it to the regulars. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.165.69.89 (talk) 22:18, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
- It is possible the original editor did not wish to dwell on the Erpingham Chasuble as it tells us little about the man, other than he donated costly vestments to the church, a common act of piety among the wealthy. The actual reference isn't to ODNB but to a book, so isn't "clickable" anyway. I've clarified the sentence, which as the previous editor commented, was unclear. I've also added a reference link to the V&A website, to provide a clickable link (and colour picture) for the curious. Hope this helps. Monstrelet (talk) 16:54, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
References
editAs only two edits have occurred in the past 8 years, I'm assuming nobody minds if the references are edited so that the format is consistent. Amitchell125 (talk) 07:36, 25 November 2020 (UTC)