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Richard Harris Barham , pseud. Thomas Ingoldsby , 1788-1845, English humorist, grad. Oxford. Ordained a minister in 1813, he became a minor canon of the Chapel Royal in 1824. In 1837 he began in Bentley's Miscellany, under his pseudonym, a series of parodies of country superstitions, medieval legends, and contemporary foibles. Barham had a lively invention, a gift of creating suspense, and an unusually discerning sense of the ludicrous. The Ingoldsby Legends were first published in book form in 1840.

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Barham, R. H., ( Richard Harris Barham) (1788–1845), a clergyman, author of The Ingoldsby Legends: or Mirth and Marvels, by Thomas Ingoldsby esquire first published from 1837 in Bentley's Miscellany and The New Monthly Magazine, and first collected in 1840. Their lively rhythms and their comic and grotesque treatment of medieval legend, made them immensely popular. One of the best known is the story of the Jackdaw of Rheims, who stole the archbishop's ring, was cursed, fell ill, but recovered when the curse was lifted, and became devout.

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