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Profile of Rowland V. Lee
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Rowland V. Lee |
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6th September 1891 |
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Findlay, Ohio, USA |
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Bishop Rowland Lee is best known for his term in Wales, where, on the direction of Thomas Cromwell, he set out in 1534 to bring law and order to the country. What ensued was a reign of terror, in which Lee decided the best way to deal with the 'lawless' Welsh was to convict and hang with impunity. Lee claimed to have hung 500 Welshmen in his five years; possibly an exaggeration, but in any event indicates the character of the man described as a "great despiser of Welshmen" by Dafydd Jenkins. The "hanging Bishop" was said to be disappointed and incensed when the first Act of Union was enacted in 1536, as he believed the Welsh could not be trusted as part of England.
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