Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset was skewered in satire by the essayist who was Dean of what Dublin cathedral?
Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset and "suo jure" Baroness Percy (26 January 1667 – 24 November 1722) was a great heiress. She was styled Lady Elizabeth Percy between 1667 and 1679, Elizabeth Percy, Countess of Ogle between 1679 and 1680, Elizabeth Percy, Dowager Countess of Ogle between 1680 and 1681, Lady Elizabeth Thynne between 1681 and 1682 and Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset between 1682 and 1722. Elizabeth was the only surviving child and sole heiress of Joceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland (1644–1670). Lady Elizabeth was one of the closest personal friends of Queen Anne, which led Jonathan Swift to direct at her one of his sharpest satires, "The Windsor Prophecy" in which she was named "Carrots."
John de Leche John de Leche (or John de Leck or John de Leek) (died 1313) was a canon of Dunkeld and prelate during the early 14th century. After the death of Matthew de Crambeth, Bishop of Dunkeld, in 1309, William Sinclair was elected by some of the chapter to the bishopric. John de Leche, however, was elected soon afterwards, and had the support of King Edward II of England. The diocese of Dunkeld lay vacant for three years, while the issue was contested at the Papal see. Pope Clement V appointed James, Cardinal Deacon of St George in Velabro, to judge the issue; but this was resolved when, on 22 May 1311, John de Leche was promoted to the Archbishopric of Dublin. He held the latter for two years. He obtained a charter for the earliest University in Dublin in 1311 but his death, which seems to have been sudden, in 1313 greatly hampered the establishment of the university, which never flourished.