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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: 1253 births, 1253 deaths, 1253 disestablishments, 1253 establishments, 1253 in Europe, Robert Grosseteste, Frankfurt, D gen, Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy, Richard of Chichester, Amir Khusrow, Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale, Wenceslaus I of Bohemia, Kench -ji, Boblingen, Owen O hEidhin, Clare of Assisi, Theobald I of Navarre, Saint Fina, Violant of Hungary, Gilbert of Glenluce, Theodore Komnenos Doukas, Ivo of Kermartin, Boniface II, Marquess of Montferrat, List of state leaders in 1253, Kingdom of Dali, Isabella de Warenne, Blanche of France, Henry I of Cyprus, St Edmund's Chapel, Hugh II of Cyprus, Eschive d'Ibelin, Agnes of Assisi, Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria, Guy of Avesnes, Anna of Greater Poland, Marino Morosini, Ferdinand de la Cerda, Piemare, Gedvydas, Scarborough Fair, Pierre de Bar, Ahmad al-Tifashi, Bandava, Euphemia of Greater Poland, Domus Conversorum, Flugumyri Arson, Arni beiskur, Sligo Abbey, Margaret de Newburg, 7th Countess of Warwick, Elen ferch Llywelyn, Nik, David de Bernham, Elias of Cortona, 1253 in poetry. Excerpt: Richard of Chichester (also known as Richard de Wych or variations thereof) (Droitwich, 1197 - 3 April 1253 in Dover) is a saint (canonized 1262) who was Bishop of Chichester. His shrine in Chichester Cathedral was a richly-decorated centre of pilgrimage which was destroyed in 1538. Richard was born in the town of Wyche (modern Droitwich, Worcestershire) and was an orphan member of a gentry family. On the death of their parents Richard's elder brother was heir to the estates but he was not old enough to inherit, so the lands were subject to a feudal wardship; on coming of age his brother took possession of his lands but would have had to pay a medieval form of death duty that left him so impoverished, that he had to get Richard to work for him on the farm. It seems th...
