Jamie Mulvaney

Jul 25, 2024 | seenandunseen.com | Natalie Garrett |Jamie Mulvaney |George Pitcher |Jonathan Evens

Column Culture Sport 4 min read The Book of Heroic Failures, published by Stephen Pile in 1979, records a story of the Welsh Dean of St Asaph, Daniel Price, in the late 17th century. Contemporary biographer John Aubrey noted that Price was a “mighty Pontificall proud man.” So proud that he declined to parade on foot outside his cathedral, but rather rode a mare in full vestments, reading from the Book of Common Prayer.