Her heritage was mixed in a characteristically English manner (though presumably all white). She claimed that her father's line was pure Saxon, an important Cornish family that included ties to illustrious men such as Geoffrey Plantagenet
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1447
Wye College
, in Kent, was established by John Kempe
, later Archbishop of Canterbury, as the College of St Gregory and St Martin.
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
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