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Richard Tylman

 * ... that Richard Tylman, Mayor of Faversham during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, was a sole supplier of corn to the London merchants among the local exporters in 1580?
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Created/expanded by Poeticbent (talk). Self nom at 18:13, 3 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg Article listed at AFD on Sept 12. Maile66 (talk) 14:36, 14 September 2012 (UTC)


 * We do not know if the "Richard Tillman" who was the sole supplier of corn to the London merchants in 1580 was the same person as the Richard Tylman who was mayor of Faversham in 1580. It seems odd that the source that mentions Tillman would neglect to mention that he was the mayor.  Also, the fact may not be interesting enough to include in DYK.  TFD (talk) 15:23, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I added a new book citation confirming that Tylman and Tillman are the same person. The spelling of names wasn't fixed in Elizabethan England, but the written proof is actually quite solid about the Mayor of Faversham being an exporter of grain also. Please note: the user commenting above is the one who sent this fine article to AfD. Give it time, please. Poeticbent  talk  03:56, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Your genealogical websites show several people in Faversham called Richard Tylman and your source for Richard Tillman, trader, shows that a substantial part of the town was involved in the corn trade. While it is possible they were the same person, the trader may have been the uncle of the mayor, or a cousin.  It was common in English families for the same Christian names to be used in related families.  Your sources say that several branches of the family had settled in Faversham several centuries before.  Your source does mention in footnotes or parentheses, that Seman of Tonge (1404), John Seyncler (1443, 1448), and James Tappenden (1744) were mayors.  It seems likely that the source would have mentioned this fact about Tillman as well, if sufficient evidence were available. TFD (talk) 04:40, 19 September 2012


 * Symbol redirect vote4.png AfD seems to have closed "no consensus", so a reviewer is needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:26, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Date, size, ref - all seem up to our DYK standards. With AfD closed, I think this can be DYKed. Symbol confirmed.svg --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 00:25, 6 October 2012 (UTC)