Richard de Ledrede

Richard de Ledrede (also Richard Ledred) was a 14th-c churchman in Ireland. A Franciscan of the Order of Friars Minor, he was Bishop of Ossory from May 1317 until his death in 1360/1361. He was known as a "scourge of heresy and witchcraft".[1]

References

  1. Greene, Richard L. (1952). "'The Maid of the Moor' in the Red Book of Ossory". Speculum. 27 (4): 504–506. JSTOR 2850478.
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