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Thomas Wilson (1663 - 1755) was the Bishop of Sodor and Man (Isle of Man - British Island in the Irish Sea to the west of Liverpool) between 1697 and his death in 1755.
A rather embarrassing scandal involving his own housekeeper Catherine Crumbleholme [Cro0646] and two of his man servants Philip Cottier and Zachery Gaskill occurred in 1716. Catherine [Cro0646] became pregnant and finally after various acts of public penance, she and Zachery Gaskill eloped and were married in Liverpool in 1717, their daughter Margaret [Cro647] having been born on the Island in 1716.
1716 - 13th February : Margaret Crumbleholm [Cro0647] baptised at Malew (a suburb of Castletown) Isle of Man.
Father : Zachary Gaskill; mother : Catherine Crumbleholm [Cro0646] (Source : FHL Film No 106192, 106729, 106730 & 106731 MM)
1717 - 18th April : Catherine Crumbleton [Cro0646] married Zachary Gaskell at Cheshire, England ?? (Source Ancestry MM)
1717 - 21st April : .......Crombleholms [Cro0646] (Leverpoole) married Zackariah Gaskel (Winwick) at St Peter Liverpool (Source Ancestry & Lancs OPC - LDS Film 1656376 MM) Note : At present, it is not known where Catherine C [Cro0646] was born.
A quite detailed account of the misdemeanours on the Isle of Man is given below :
(Source : The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas Wilson, D.D., Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, edited by John Keble, 1847–1863)
For more information on the Bishop :
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