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.

Monday, April 13, 2020

Cuckoo, Curate, Cuckoo.

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Sand Pit Ponies , Sir Alfred Munnings Stuck at home? Listening for the sound of the spring's first cuckoo? In April 1876, local n...
Monday, March 23, 2020

No Shaking Hands

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The church of St. John the Evangelist in Caterham Valley, Surrey, was dedicated in 1882. Work continued into the 1890's on what Pev...
Friday, March 6, 2020

The Rector of Nunney

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St. Peter's, Nunney. (Now All Saints Church)  The Theobalds were lords of the manor in Nunney for much of the Victorian period. The...
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....
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