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2 unusual facts about John Thoresby


Cawood

Notable people who died in Cawood include four Archbishops of York: William Melton, Thomas Rotherham, John Thoresby and William Zouche.

Margaret Kirkby

The register of John Thoresby, Archbishop of York, confirming the enclosure suggests to Hughes that "in common with the epistles of Rolle, Margaret desired an eremitic life in order that she might fashion herself as a servant of God more freely and more quietly with pious prayers and vigils. Such language indicates how she and Rolle were pioneering a change in the conception of the eremitic vocation".



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