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.

Friday, February 14, 2020

The Queen's Proctor Intervening

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T he motorway roars past today but the Oxfordshire village of Waterperry was once a silent place. Ancient Waterperry Church, dedicated to...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

A Clergyman in Hyde Park

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London's Savoy Chapel was built in the 16th century where John of Gaunt's palace once stood until it was ransacked during the Pe...
Friday, January 3, 2020

The Moral Guardian of Thorpe-le-Soken

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The Rev Abraham Rumboll had been vicar of St. Michael's, Thorpe-le-Soken for thirty years. Of course, he was invited to the introduct...
Sunday, December 1, 2019

Ruin of a Clergyman: Christmas Shoplifting

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Especially in December, London's shopkeepers were on their guard for thieves; 'tis the season for "Christmas depredations....
Sunday, November 10, 2019

The War of the Bells

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If the newly-married Duke of Marlborough expected a merry peal of church bells to herald his arrival at Blenheim Palace with his bride, H...
Thursday, October 10, 2019

A Thousand and One Rumours

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St. Swithun's, Hempstead All was in readiness for the wedding feast at Hempstead Court, the country home of the Rev. Samuel Lysons ...
Monday, September 9, 2019

Charles Darwin & the Curate

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The Rev John Warburton Robinson was an Irishman, educated at Trinity, and ordained at Oxford in 1864. In August 1868, he arrived in the...
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