Black Sheep Made Good

[poliphilo]

Having been kicked out of his living at Reculver because of his wife's adultery and out of his second living at Old Heathfield for an affair with a servant girl- and for generally neglecting his duties, the Reverend Robert Hunt signed on as chaplain to the expedition that founded the fort at Jamestown- in which capacity he showed considerable qualities of leadership- and celebrated what was probably the first Anglican Communion service in the New World.  He died- along with most of his flock- in the first year of the settlement.

Several hundred years later his former parishioners at All Saints, Old Heathfield installed this window in his memory.

Comments

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

And don't think we aren't appreciative.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome.

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

Wow. Cool bit of history!

I like hearing stories about ministers as "real people".

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I got to leave the ministry for being rather too "real" myself.

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

:-)

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

Jamestown was an unmitigated disaster.