Peter of Wakefield
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Peter of Wakefield
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Peter of Wakefield or Peter of Pontefract was an English hermit executed by King John for prophesying that John's crown would be passed to another. Peter was a simple illiterate man, living a lonely ascetic life at Wakefield. In the latter part of 1212 — perhaps on his northern journey that year — King John was told that a Wakefield hermit had prophesied that evil would befall him. Summoning him to his presence, John inquired concerning the prophecy, and was told that by next Ascension Day, 23 M
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