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Mother Shipton

1488 - 1561

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Ursula Southeil (c. 1487 – 1561); also variously spelt as Southill, Soothtell, Sontheil, or Sonthiel, popularly known as Mother Shipton, was an English soothsayer and prophetess according to English folklore. She has sometimes been described as a witch and is associated with folklore involving the origin of the Rollright Stones of Oxfordshire. A king and his men were said to have transformed to stone after failing her test, as reported by William Camden in a rhyming account in 1610. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mother Shipton is the 14,002nd most popular politician (down from 12,649th in 2019), the 3,451st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,784th in 2019) and the 476th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mother Shipton ranks 14,002 out of 19,576. Before her are Alfredo Nobre da Costa, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, Gaius Calpurnius Piso, George Maxwell Richards, Ramón Emeterio Betances, and Thrasyllus. After her are King Dao of Zhou, Stanley Bruce, Susana Higuchi, Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias, Juan Antonio Ríos, and José Posada Herrera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1488, Mother Shipton ranks 19. Before her are Johannes Magnus, Gustav Trolle, Jan Tarnowski, Alonso Berruguete, Heinrich Glarean, and Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg. After her is Myles Coverdale. Among people deceased in 1561, Mother Shipton ranks 20. Before her are Luis de Milán, Caspar Schwenckfeld, Hans Tausen, Catherine of Mecklenburg, Yamamoto Kansuke, and Saitō Yoshitatsu. After her are Simon Bening, and Jorge de Montemor.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mother Shipton ranks 3,452 out of 8,785. Before her are Ronald Rawson (1892), Marina Sirtis (1955), John Hutchinson (1884), Phil Campbell (1961), Sarah Marshall (1933), and Barry Morse (1918). After her are Caroline Munro (1949), Bryan Johnson (1926), Tony Abbott (1957), Robert Greene (1558), Minette Walters (1949), and Ralph Copeland (1837).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Mother Shipton ranks 476. Before her are William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768), George W. Campbell (1769), Roy Jenkins (1920), Emil Voigt (1883), Thérèse Coffey (1971), and Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724). After her are Tony Abbott (1957), Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798), Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney (1075), Charles Townshend (1725), Centwine of Wessex (643), and William Davies Evans (1790).

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