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oldcastle, sir john

distinguished soldier and martyred leader of the Lollards, a late medieval English sect derived from the teachings of John Wycliffe. He was an approximate model for 16th-century English dramatic characters, including Shakespeare's Falstaff

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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