Clare, Bogo de (1248–1294), ecclesiastic and figure of scandal, was born on 21 July 1248, the third son of Richard de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford (1222–1262), and his second wife, Maud (d. 1288/9), daughter of John de Lacy, earl of Lincoln...
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Clare, Bogo de (1248–1294), ecclesiastic and figure of scandal
Henry Summerson
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Healy, James (1824–1894), Roman Catholic priest and wit
Rosemary Mitchell
Healy, James (1824–1894), Roman Catholic priest and wit, one of twenty-three children of John Healy, a provision dealer, and his first wife, Mary Meyler, was born in Francis Street, Dublin, on 15 December 1824. From 1834 he was educated at the Vincentian School...
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Wulfric of Haselbury [St Wulfric of Haselbury] (c. 1090–1154/5), priest and hermit
H. E. J. Cowdrey
Wulfric of Haselbury [St Wulfric of Haselbury] (c. 1090–1154/5), priest and hermit, spent much of his life enclosed in a cell at Haselbury Plucknett (Somerset), where he lived a life of great austerity and received many visitors, including kings and queens.
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