The Mascot cross

Father Thomas Mascot, an unsworn former parish priest of Flumesnil, was born in 1760 in Richemont. He returned in 1801 and was appointed in the parish of Touffreville as the vicar of Esteville on August 3, 1806. He was highly rated at the Archdiocese and appreciated by his followers such as Adelaide Bauche, who chose him as her confessor at the age of 23 in 1820. He served his ministry for 27 years.

He was suddenly struck dead as he walked up the road from Cailly to Esteville.

"Along the old road from Esteville to Cailly, a few metres from Bois Grenache, a calvary was built, and here is why: Thomas Mascot, the parish priest of Esteville had just confessed a lady Mulot from Cailly, on a day of Lent 1829 (19 March), when, returning to his rectory, he was struck with sudden death. At the very spot where his body was found, a cross was raised in 1829. This cross destroyed by time was restored and then felled again. The place where it was placed took and preserved the name of Mascot Cross" (Hippolyte Lemarchand - 1825).

A commemorative plaque was installed on the wall to the left of the Esteville church gate: