Rahere

thumb|Rahere's tomb in St Bartholomew the Great Rahere (pronounced ), or Raher or Raherius, was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman priest and later canon regular. He was a favourite of King Henry I and is most famous for having founded St Bartholomew's Priory and the Hospital of St Bartholomew in 1123.

==Life== Many of the details of Rahere's life have become confused, having been variously described as a cleric, a courtier, a minstrel and a jester, but Rahere undoubtedly existed and did many of the things in the legends about him. He may at different times in his life have been all of these.