[Magdalen] Our "sh*thole" president.

[Michael Bishop]

In one of my former parishes, Radbourne, precisely this happened in the 
19th century:

The elder son of the Squire inherited the estate which meant he owned 
all property in the parish and lived in the Hall. The younger son became 
Rector. In later life, the brothers fell out, and when the Rector asked 
his brother if the Hall could be used for the 21st birthday party of his 
daughter, big brother said "No" - so the Rector built a ballroom onto 
the Rectory specially for the occasion! The ballroom is still part of 
the old rectory (although the rectory has been divided into about 6 
separate flats) .  To m y mid that frector had more money than sense - 
but then I was not a son of the squire!

God bless

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Michael Bishop
rev at michaelbishop.name

On 13/01/2018 11:46am, Roger Stokes wrote
>> On 13/01/2018 15:51, ME Michaud wrote:
>>> And under Quebec law, younger children generally didn’t inherit.
>>> The eldest son got the whole kit&kaboodle, while many others
>>> went into the church. There were families where younger sons
>>> ended up as badly-paid employees of the eldest brother.
>>
>> The traditional procedure in England was the first son got the 
>> estate, the second went into the Army and the third into the Church 
>> where his connections would have ensured a pleasant parish with 
>> minimal duties but a generous endowment to pay him well.
>>
>> Roger
>>