The Enterprising Bishop
IGHWAYMEN were one of the classic features of the road along which Cecil Roberts conducts us in "And So To Bath," and one must pause to admire the versatility of one of them who was also
the Bishop of Raphoe. This reverend gentleman, not content with piling up riches for the next world, had an eye for the main chance in this world also. As the Countess of Jersey recounted in her memoirs: "Visitors who dined with hitn at Osterley were often
attacked on their homeward way, and if they shot in selfdefence, found their weapons missed fire. One night a guest was warned that his charges had been withdrawn. He reloaded, and, on being accosted by a masked man, fired, and his assailant made off. The Bishop was for some weeks unable to perform his episcopal functions." Of a less predatory sort were
two members of the same fraternity who on a night in 1743 held up a gallant captain on the Bath Road. They demanded only one guinea, which, they said, they hoped to repay. Receiving this donation, they gave the driver of the post-chaise a shilling, and told the captain if molested again to give the password for the day, "Virgin Mary." Further on he was stopped by four men, but on his mentioning the watchword they raised their hats and rode off. Evidently there were unionists in that day as in this.
John
Moffett
in a Book Talk from 4YA, Octo-
ber 23).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 73, 15 November 1940, Page 5
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250The Enterprising Bishop New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 73, 15 November 1940, Page 5
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