Template:Did you know nominations/Alan de Neville (forester)

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The result was: promoted by 4meter4 (talk) 00:38, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Alan de Neville (forester)[edit]

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... that King Henry II of England supposedly said of Alan de Neville, his chief forester, that an abbey could have his body, the king would have his money, and "the demons of hell his soul"?

ALT1:... that a monastic chronicle said of Alan de Neville (d. c. 1176) that he "most evilly vexed the various provinces throughout England with countless and unaccustomed persecutions"?
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Cyclone Ilona
Comment: Other hook suggestions or wordings welcome.

Created by Ealdgyth (talk). Self-nominated at 23:49, 4 January 2016 (UTC).

Article new enough, long enough, and fully referenced; I like the first hook, which is short enough, certainly catchy, and cited to offline source. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:44, 7 January 2016 (UTC)