Richeldis de Faverches

Richeldis de Faverches, also known as Recholdis or Rychold, was a devout English Christian noblewoman and widow, traditionally recognised as the Lady of the Manor of Little Walsingham and credited with establishing the original shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. According to the 15th-century text The Foundation of the Chapel of Walsingham (commonly known as the Pynson Ballad), she experienced a Marian vision in 1061, in which the Blessed Virgin Mary vouchsafed to her a view of the Holy House in Nazareth and commissioned her to construct a counterpart in Walsingham, dedicated to the sacred mystery of the Annunciation. This vision, recorded in the ballad published by Richard Pynson around 1485, is considered one of the earliest documented Marian visions in England.

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