Miss Jane Austen... In Real Life

Thursday 4 February 2010
Letter #2, To Cassandra, from Steventon, “I am very glad to find from Mary that Mr & Mrs Fowle are pleased with you. I hope you will continue to give satisfaction.” – Jane Austen, Thursday 14 January 1796
Mary would have been Mary Lloyd. She is mentioned at the beginning of this letter as having written to Jane also. Mr. and Mrs. Fowle were her aunt and uncle on her mother’s side. She must have been visiting with Cassandra.

Cassandra was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fowle, her fiancés parents, in Kintbury, Newbury. I am sure they wanted to get to know his furture wife. Tom, her fiancé, was at sea with Lord Craven. Mr. Fowle was Revd Thomas Fowle II, (1726-7 February 1806). Mrs. Fowle was Jane Craven Fowle, (died in 1798).

The Revd Thomas Fowle II was vicar at St. Mary's in Kintbury as of 1762. He took the position when his father died.


This is St. Mary's in Kintbury where Cassandra was visiting at the time this letter was written.



This is just another view of St. Mary's in Kintbury. It is so pretty, what a great building.

Here is a link to St. Mary's in Kintbury.

http://www.berkshirehistory.com/churches/kintbury.html

He was also rector of Hampstead Marshall, Berkshire as of 1771.



This is St. Mary's in Hamstead Marshall.

This is a link to great information on St. Mary’s in Hamstead Marshall. Revd. Thomas Fowle II is listed in their list of rectors.

http://www.hamsteadmarshall.net/church/index.htm