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Born c.1176
Died Before December 26, 1242 • Ulster • Ireland
Aaron Wood
English potter
Enoch Wood
English potter
John de Courci
Anglo-Norman conqueror
Walter Devereux, 1st earl of Essex
English soldier
Arthur Chichester, Baron Chichester
English lord deputy of Ireland
William I
William I
king of England
Hugh de Lacy, 1st lord of Meath
Anglo-Norman justiciar
Richard FitzGilbert, 2nd earl of Pembroke
Anglo-Norman lord
Bayeux Tapestry; Odo leading his knights
Odo of Bayeux
Norman noble
Hugh of Avranches, 1st earl of Chester
Norman noble
Claude Duval
French highwayman
Sorley Boy MacDonnell
Scots-Irish chieftain
Richard de Burgh, 2nd earl of Ulster
Irish noble
Ralph Wood, Sr.
English potter
Sidney Webb
British economist
Cedric Webster Hardwicke
English actor
Jill Haworth
British-born actress
Sydney Greenstreet
British actor
Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston
Canadian governor-general
Hugh Le Despenser
English noble, the younger [died 1326]