Talk:James Chappell (servant)
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[edit]- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 16:18, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
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- ... that James Chappell was awarded a £20-a-year pension by his employer, Sir Christopher Hatton, for saving his life during a gunpowder explosion at Castle Cornet? "In 1672 the castle keep and some of the living headquarters were destroyed after lightning hit the building, causing the gunpowder stores to explode. Hatton's wife and mother were tragically killed. But his servant pulled Sir Christopher from the rubble and saved his life" from: Cronin, Kate (9 June 2021). "The hero African servant who saved the life of Sir Christopher Hatton honoured at new Kirby Hall exhibition". Northamptonshire Telegraph. Retrieved 11 June 2021. and "On Sir Christopher’s death in 1706, he provided for James in his will, stating 'And to my servant James Chappell I give one Annuity of twenty pounds a year during the term of his life.' With this gift, James was able to live as a free man with his wife, and set up home in the local area, becoming landlord of a local pub." from: "Learn: Black Lives in Britain". English Heritage. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ALT1:... that James Chappell is thought to be the first black landlord of an English public house? "Chappell married into a publican's family and it is believed that he was England's first black landlord." from: Quarmby, Katharine (20 April 2005). "Uncovering black history". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 13:00, 11 June 2021 (UTC).
New article that was moved to mainspace on 9 June is 2,356 characters and nominated two days later. No copyvios detected and duplication detector check of online sources[1][2][3][4] reveal no close paraphrasing issues (AGF books which can't go through Dup detector). Article is well-sourced. Main hook is 160 characters long (ALT1 is 89); both are under the 200 character max. limit and are interesting. Refs 1 and 2 (verifying the main hook) and ref 9 (verifying ALT1) are reliable sources. QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 21:47, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
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