Deliberations and Debates

Epilogue Robert and Cassandra married on the 25 th  of December 1770, having waited until all of their family could come together to celebrate their nuptials. They had determined to be the happiest of couples and read to each other every day of their shared lives until their Lord in heaven should part them. Since she had never conceived during her previous marriage, they were both surprised and overjoyed when Cassandra felt the quickening within four months of their wedding

Proposals of Marriage           Cassandra was once again in her brother Henry’s carriage, travelling with him. However, this time, they...

Reflections and Resolutions           That night, Cassandra lay awake for hours, her mind turning over memories of Robert and her late...

A Sister’s Counsel           It had been some time since Cassandra had left Briddhalh even to visit with her other siblings. She had...

An Unconventional Courtship             Though they lived quite far from each other making it hard to meet, especially on Robert’s...

Dinner and Discussions           They all sat around the parlour before dinner, and Robert learned that the Willoughbys had been in York...

Updated: 9/29/2025 The Watsons The Reverend Robert Thomas Watson was the only son of Samuel Nottingham Watson, from an old Yorkshire family, and Margaret Davison, the daughter of Thomas Davison, Esquire, of Blaikstone  in the same county. Samuel had studied law and through his marriages increased both his fortune and his connections. His first wife, Miss Davison, brought a dowry of two thousand pounds and together they had three children: Robert, Theophila, and Susanna. Two

When the Rev. Mr Robert Thomas Watson first met Mrs Cassandra Beauclerk, née Willoughby, she was a widow of some years with no fortune to her name. While she was from a younger branch of a noble and respected lineage, her first husband had squandered her dowry before his demise. However, this did not deter Mr Watson, for Mrs Beauclerk, though a year older than himself and already over thirty, was still quite beautiful as well as intelligent, kind, and everything he could want