Talk:Richard Martin (Lord Mayor of London)

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A fact from Richard Martin (Lord Mayor of London) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 January 2009, and was viewed approximately 267 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Richard Martin, Lord Mayor of London in 1589 and 1594, is not the Richard Martin who was "thrashed" by the poet John Davies in the Hall of the Middle Temple in 1598?

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First life insurance policy?[edit]

http://www.information-britain.co.uk/famdates.php?id=997

The first life insurance policy in Britain about which we have details somewhat tellingly ended in a court case because of the disgraceful if creative attempts by the underwriters to avoid paying up. Richard Martin, an alderman of London, arranged the policy on June 18 1583 for a salter, one William Gibbons.

This event is all over the internet on "this day in history" websites. Is it the same person? Fotoguzzi (talk) 18:15, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]