HAMPOLE, RICHARD ROLLE

HAMPOLE, RICHARD ROLLE
   "the Hermit of Hampole," born at Thornton, Yorkshire; studied at Oxford, and at the age of 19 turned hermit; was the author of "The Pricke of Conscience," a lengthy poem of a religious character (1290-1349).

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