Template:Did you know nominations/Austin Friars, London
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Revision as of 02:26, 13 October 2012 by imported>Mandarax (Replace incorrect {{DYKmake}} with two correct ones)
Austin Friars, London
- ... that Henry VIII's powerful adviser, Thomas Cromwell, lived at Austin Friars, London, and that he later dissolved the friary
Created/expanded by Chrisfow (talk), Prioryman (talk). Nominated by Chrisfow (talk) at 19:43, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
New article of sufficient size. Hook is short enough. The difficulty is that the proposed hook is not clearly verified - article states Cromwell lived in a house built on land leased from the Friary. It states the Friary was dissolved in 1538, but not by whom. Sionk (talk) 22:39, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks Sionk, that has been specified in the article. Chrisfow (talk) 03:57, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
- The fact about his residence also needs citing and explaining where the house was located. Presumably not in the Friary itself? The Friary owned land in 3 different parishes, it seems. Maybe the 'hook' needs amending to "that Henry VIII's adviser, Thomas Cromwell, lived on land leased from Austin Friars, London, and that he later dissolved the friary"? Sionk (talk) 14:04, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
- In the absence of the original nominator, I've taken this on (and greatly expanded the article). I suggest the following hook inspired by Chrisfow's original:
- ALT1: ... that Austin Friars, London became the home of Henry VIII's powerful adviser, Thomas Cromwell (pictured), who was executed only a year after he completed building his mansion there?
- In answer to Sionk's question, Cromwell actually lived within the friary precinct; I've clarified this point in the article. Prioryman (talk) 23:33, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
- I prefer the original tagline, which is more about the Friary than Thomas Cromwell. The 'Did You Know' should be about the Austin Friars, after all. I'm also a bit uncomfortable that the article is almost entirely based on an unpublished PhD thesis (and the information about Cromwell was obtained from original documents at the National Archives). But at least the dissolution is cited to a different source (which gives the original tagline more legitmacy IMO). Sionk (talk) 00:25, 13 October 2012 (UTC)