Events for November 21

November 21, 1281

Stephen de Fulbourne, bishop of Waterford and treasurer, replaces the infirm Robert de Ufford as justiciar and establishes a mint at Waterford

Stephen de Fulbourn (died 3 July 1288) was an English-born cleric and politician in thirteenth-century Ireland: he was Justiciar of Ireland, and Archbishop of Tuam 1286–88. He was a member of the Order of Knights Hospitallers.

November 21, 1887

Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish patriot and poet, is born in Dublin

Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: Seosamh Máire Pluincéid; 21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist, republican, poet, journalist, revolutionary and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising. Joseph Mary Plunkett married Grace Gifford in 1916, seven hours before his execution.

November 21, 1835

James Hogg, poet, died in Ettrick

James Hogg, the Scottish poet and writer known as the Ettrick Shepherd, died on November 21, 1835. Ettrick is a village in the Scottish Borders, and Hogg spent much of his life in the rural landscapes of this region.

November 21, 1218

A Bull of Pope Honorius III affirmed the independence of the Catholic Church in Scotland

A papal bull is a type of public decree, letters patent, or charter issued by a pope of the Catholic Church. It is named after the leaden seal (bulla) traditionally appended to authenticate it.