CLERICAL ERRORS --- A VICTORIAN SERIES

An early Victorian observer decried the "superfluity of naughtiness" among the men of the Church of England. It was indisputable that whenever a clergyman was involved in a scandal of morals, the public attention it received was magnified exponentially. Clerical Errors: A Victorian Series, Volume 2, newly published in paperback and for Kindle, recalls the scandals that enmeshed five such Victorian clergymen.

Saturday, December 22, 2018

The Twelfth Night Ball in Lowestoft

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Pakefield Church (Creative Commons) The Twelfth Night was the traditional end to the Christmas Season, to be marked with dinners and ...
Monday, December 10, 2018

Tittle Tattle or the Truth? A Northumberland Tragedy

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Seaton Lodge* on the magnificent coast of Northumberland, is "one of the most picturesque houses in the North of England." In 18...
Saturday, November 24, 2018

The Parson and the Actress

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The Rev. Edward Hutton Bell had won notice for his indefatigability as the young curate-in-charge at St. Mark's in Wimbledon. Beyond ...
Sunday, November 11, 2018

The Curate Left Lydd But Not Alone

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The Church of All Saints, sometimes called "The Cathedral of Romney Marsh," is far larger than the "primitive little villag...
Tuesday, October 2, 2018

"Poor old Jimmy's been nabbed at last!" A Whitehaven Scandal.

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The Third Earl of Lonsdale left his wife, chased an actress across the American stage, and generally behaved in a manner that finally for...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

The Caterham Asylum Scandal

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Twas not for all young clergymen to find a cozy rectory in a pleasant village, dining a time or two each year with the cheerful squire u...
Thursday, September 6, 2018

A Deserter in the Vicarage

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When the (Second) Boer War began in 1899, the troopships bound for Cape Town were quickly filled with newly enlisted soldiers. But, as th...
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