Colin F. Richmond (born 1937) is a British historian of late medieval England. After degrees from the

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and the

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, he spent his entire career teaching at

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, rising to become Professor of Medieval History.

Early life and education

Richmond studied at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School before receiving his undergraduate degree from the

in 1959. He then began graduate study at the

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under the supervision of K.B. McFarlane. In 1963, he was awarded a

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(DPhil) degree for a thesis entitled "Royal Administration and the Keeping of the Seas, 1422-1485".

Academic career

After completing his doctorate, Richmond took up a teaching post at

, where he spent the remainder of his career. He was appointed Professor of Medieval History in 1993. He retired from full-time academia in 1997, and was appointed

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. He has published a number of monographs, scholarly articles and book chapters on medieval history and the Holocaust, notable for their maverick style.Michael Rines, "A Medieval Historian and Holocaust Authority", ''The Woodbridge Society Newsletter'', Spring 2011, 9-10
/ref> He has also published a range of spoof articles in legitimate academic journals, collected in ''The Penket Papers and Other Stories'' (1986) and ''Fabrications: The Adventures of Anthony Woodville'', 2 vols. (self-published, 2016). In 2005, he was the recipient of a

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edited by

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and Rosemary Horrox, entitled ''Much Heaving and Shoving: Late-Medieval Gentry and their Concerns: Essays for Colin Richmond''.

Notable Quotations

* "The analytical spirit obstructs enjoyment" (''The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century: The First Phase'', p. ix)

Selected works

* ''

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: A Fifteenth Century Suffolk Gentleman'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981). * ''The Penket Papers and Other Stories'' (Gloucester: Sutton, 1986). * ''The

Paston Family The ''Paston Letters'' is a collection of correspondence between members of the Paston family of Norfolk gentry and others connected with them in England between the years 1422 and 1509. The collection also includes state papers and other impor ...

in the Fifteenth Century: The First Phase'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990). * ''The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century: Fastolf's Will'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996). * ''The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century: Endings'' (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2001).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Richmond, Colin Date of birth missing (living people) British historians British medievalists People educated at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School Alumni of the University of Leicester Alumni of the University of Oxford Academics of Keele University 1937 births Living people