To Cassandra, from Steventon, "Earle Harwood & his friend Mr Bailey came to Deane yesterday, but are not to stay above a day or two.-Earle has got the ap: [p. 3] :pointment to a Prison ship at Portsmouth, which he has been for some time desirous of having; & he & his wife are to live on board for the future.-" - Jane Austen, Tuesday 18-Wednesday 19 December 1798
The Harwood family had lived at Deane House for generations. Earle Harwood (1773-1811) was the son of John Harwood VI and his wife, Anne, who lived at Deane House at this time.
Earle had married Sarah Scott on 2 August 1797. For some reason the Harwood family did not take to Sarah well, not really sure why. Here is a link to a post we covered on this subject before:
http://allthings-jane-austen.blogspot.com/search?q=earle+harwood
Earle served as a Lieutenant on the HMS Prothee, which was a French ship captured in 1780 and commissioned as a prison ship in 1799. It was moored at Portsmouth. Here is a little information about the HMS Prothee:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ship_Prot%C3%A9e_(1772)
Mr. Bailey was a Lieutenant in the Royal Marines. He was perhaps a member of the Bailey family at Dummer.
I hope you enjoyed your day today!
Terrie
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