Richard d'Argentine

Richard d'Argentine († 1246 ) was an English nobleman.

Richard d'Argentine came from a noble family from Hertfordshire , which had provided several sheriffs from Hertfordshire, Essex and Cambridgeshire in the 12th century . After the death of his father Reginald de Argenteon around 1223 he inherited three other estates in Essex, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk in addition to Great Wymondley in Hertfordshire . In 1223 he served as sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire, in 1224 as sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire . In 1225 he became the commandant of Hertford Castle . As a knight of the royal household, he took on the office of steward of the king's household from 1228 . In 1231 he set out for Palestine as a crusader . He died in late 1246, his son Giles being his heir .

Individual evidence

↑ John Burke: A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England. Oxford University, Oxford 1831, p. 13
^ HW Ridgeway: Argentine, Sir Giles d '(c.1210–1282). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

personal data
SURNAME	d'Argentine, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English nobleman and crusader
DATE OF BIRTH	12th century or 13th century
DATE OF DEATH	1246

[1] John Burke: A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England. Oxford University, Oxford 1831, p. 13

[2] HW Ridgeway: Argentine, Sir Giles d '(c.1210–1282). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004