Medmenham Abbey and the Society of St Francis
A fragment from The New York Herald recounts Sir Richard Escombe and his ties to the Society of St Francis at Medmenham Abbey. It reflects on Dashwood Wilkes Ailsa and the era’s codes of honor, mock rites, and the river life along the Thames, contrasting past follies with modern views on public scandal and virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Escombe
Society of St. Francis
Medmenham Abbey
River Thames
Francis Dashwood
John Wilkes
Kitty Duleimore
Sherbourn
Warwickshire
Windsor Castle
George II
Medmenham
Henley
Marlow
Churchill
Ailsa
Whitehead
Frederick Lord ‘Harborne
Hall
Richard
Windsor
Kitty
Thames
Hambledon
St. "Francis
George
Richard Foscombe
Mad English road meeting of Sir Richard Escombe
In 1746 Sir Richard Escombe rides to Sherbourn Warwickshire to visit Anthony Dalcimore’s house and Kitty Dalcimore, watching soldiers at the estate as he contemplates his fate. Barry Michigan's flute and the marching rumors frame a night of divided loyalties and uncertain romance amid a restless pursuit of a volatile past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Escombe
Castle Escombe
County Meath
Moreton Fell
Cumberland
St. James
Brian Escombe
George I
Sir Richard
Warwickshire
Sir Dick
Mr. Dalcimore
Sherbourn
The
Vale
Warwick
Shakespeare
Bottom
Flute
Old Jack
England
Avonside
Richard
Chester
Dalcimore
Dick Escombe
Anthony Dalcimore
Derby
Glenfinnan
Barry Michigan
Styx
Dick Escombé
Barry
Kitty Dulcimore
Europe
Ould Morney
Dutelmore
Ola Anthony Dutcimore
Kitty Dalcimore
Captain Beddoe
Rupert
Mother
Little Kitty
Mahoney
Kitty
King George
Elegans
France
Newgate
Captain Dick
The Sherbourn Manor Gathering and a Royal Dragoons Tale
In the two rooms beside the Sherbourn porch Kitty Dulcimore entertains with a verse recounting the Royal Dragoons voyage from London to Derby and Warwick. Lord Harborne, the regiment's stern commander, looms as gossip swirls about marriage and the Chester race involving Sir Richard Escombe is revealed by Anthony Dulcimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherbourn
Kitty Dulcimore
First Royal Dragoons
His Majesty's Dragoons
London
Derby
Warwick
Western Counties
Three Kingdoms
Frederick Lord Harborne
George
Windsor Castle
North
Midlands
Marquis of
Repton
Nottinghamshire
Frederick
Harborne
Kitty
Tates
County Down
Rupert
Beddoe
Royal Dragoons
William Shakespeare
Milton
Marquis
Dettingen
Prometheus
Lord Harborne
Antiope
Brian Boru
Sherburn
Ife
William Wycherly
Peg
Chester
Sir Richard Boscombe
Wild Rose
Anthony Dulcimore
Richard Escombe
Escombe
England
Rey
Captain Dick
Mrs. Duleimore
Richard Escomt
Cimore
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pain
New York Herald
Sosers
Charlie
Frederick Viscount Harborne
Major Repton
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