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Richard Mawarden

English politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ16843674 ↗
Source-derived summary

Richard Mawarden (died c. 1418), of Marden, Herefordshire, Sodbury, Gloucestershire and Stratford-sub-Castle, Wiltshire, was an English politician.

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Herefordshire in April 1384, for Wiltshire in January 1404 and for Gloucestershire in October 1404.

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“Richard Mawarden” enters the record as english politician. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Richard, Mawarden and English can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1418, 1384, 1404—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1301. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Richard, Mawarden and English.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16843674. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1418, 1384 and 1404.

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This entry incorporates text from “Richard Mawarden” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.