Molyneaux Bunny

[poliphilo]

HERE lieth Molyneaux Bunny who served with Reputation in the Armies of King William and Queen Ann and was a Gentleman born He died on the 6th day of May Anno Dom 1749

No- I didn't invent it. Here's the original inscription.....



Bunny is buried in the churchyard in the Yorkshire town of Penistone (I didn't invent that either) 


 

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[seaslug-of-doom.livejournal.com]

Old Molyneaux was very insistent that he be identified as a Gentleman to protect the respectability of his family and to take with him, and bury, his indiscreet past.

In his youth he was known as Moly the Hare, not only because of his surname, but also for his propensity to "breed like a rabbit" and his facility with fast getaways from angry husbands and fathers.

His career in the military was a necessity for its usefulness in moving from place to place. Indeed, he served with Reputation. A last jest from his many friends and admirers.

Unfortunately, his wife and 16 children did not get quite the sober funeral they hoped for. There was quite a scandal about what was described as "a startling number of unescorted women" hanging back under the trees at the edge of the graveyard. The good father's pater nosters were frequently interrupted by sniggers that quickly turned into loud coughing. So much so that some people said evil vapors from the tombs crowding close caused a plague to descend on the mourners.

Poor Constance and poor 16 children. Oh, but good old Moly!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Magnificent.

There's the outline of a novel here-