6. Letter to the York Courant, July 27, 1742

Sterne, Laurence; New, Melvyn; Gerard, W. B.

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“…This also goes further in confirming some of the more scandalous rumours about Jaques: that he cohabited in York with Sarah Benson whilst his wife Katherine was left to reside alone at his rural parish, and that he was indicted at the quarter sessions of York for beating up a barber during the 1734 electoral contest. 86 But the claim that Jaques was 'much hated' by the 'gentlemen of the country' is difficult to corroborate. He was on sociable terms with the squirearchy of Holderness, including Marmaduke Constable of Wassand Hall, and Hugh Bethell of Rise, who helped to fund his newspaper enterprises.…”

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Patronage, Performance, and Reputation in Sterne’s Early Clerical Career, 1737–1742

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The Shandean

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Whereas current research into Sterne’s life chiefly seeks to explore the connective sinews of the author’s social networks at the height of his literary fame, this essay argues that new pathways for investigating Sterne’s formative years can be discovered through the re-examination of his early clerical career. Whilst Sterne is usually treated as the focal subject when looking at the Church in York, the completion of an extensive historical investigation into Lancelot Blackburne’s archiepiscopate (1724–1743) has made it possible to reinsert him into a refreshed historical context and thereby test old assumptions about the formation of his clerical identity. This provides a foundation for the reassessment of patronage connections between Sterne and his uncle Jaques. Attention is also drawn to the case of Lewis Stephens (1689–1747), prebendary of York, and satirical writer — hitherto unknown to Sterne studies — whose experience of breaking patronage ties with Blackburne in the 1730s provides an instructive comparison for Sterne’s later rejection of the same in 1742. This essay utilises the guiding themes of patronage, performance, and reputation, and its findings are supported by new discoveries from the York diocesan archives and elsewhere.

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Patronage, Performance, and Reputation in Sterne’s Early Clerical Career, 1737–1742

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6. Letter to the York Courant, July 27, 1742

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