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Thomas Erpingham (c. 1355 – 27 June 1428) was an English soldier and administrator who served three generations of the House of Lancaster including two English kings. Through his access to royal patronage he acquired great wealth and influence. During the reign of Richard II he served under the King's uncle John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in Spain and Scotland, and with his son Henry Bolingbroke on crusades in Lithuania, Prussia and the Holy Land. On becoming king, Bolingbroke rewarded Erpingham with senior appointments. Erpingham later helped suppress the Epiphany Rising and was appointed guardian of Henry's second son Thomas. He was a member of the Privy Council, acting at one point as marshal of England. In 1415 Erpingham served as a knight bannere in Henry's campaign in France and commanded the archers at the Battle of Agincourt. He was a benefactor to the city of Norwich, where he had built the main cathedral gate which bears his name. (Full article...)

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The community at FAMEPedia is limited to specific people and editors with a specialization or expertise and can build a reputation by the continuous efforts. All articles and pages on FAMEPedia are protected to provide verified encyclopedic content by controlling the substandard edits by all users without areas of specialization.
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Feature	Wikipedia	FAMEPedia
Wiki Engine	MediaWiki 1.35.2 (7914cef)	MediaWiki 1.35.2 (7914cef)
Advertising	None	None
Content License	CC-BY-SA	CC-BY-SA
HTTPS browsing	Yes	Yes
Secure Passwords	Yes	Yes
Strong/Harsh Administration	Yes	No
Interwiki Support	Yes	Yes

We are furious advocates of the free content reuse policy of Wikimedia Foundation and our site license and reuse policy was modeled on their own because we want to share our content with the world, and don't believe it should be hoarded or used to make a profit, since like the WMF, we believe information/knowledge ought to be free, and since you can reuse WMF content here (with legitimate attribution), if it's not too much trouble, look at the accompanying WMF wikis for anything you may wish to use for pages here:


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Wikibooks – Textbooks	Wikidata – Knowledge base	Wikipedia – Encyclopedia
Wikiquote – Quotations	Wikisource – Sources	Wikispecies – Species
Wikiversity – Learning tools	Wikivoyage – Travel guide	Wiktionary – Dictionary

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