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memoir be termed the "Moonlight Parson," for by aid of 

 the "parish lantern" he would often ride from Kibworth 

 Hall, Leicestershire, to Edith Weston Hall in Rutland, 

 about twenty miles as the crow flies, without making 

 further use of the roads than to cross them. 



In the middle of last century many church livings could 

 be as freely bought, sold, or exchanged as a horse, and 

 between them, Mr. Costobadie and his brother, fhe Rev. 

 Henry, acquired the next presentation of Hallaton and the 

 Advowson of Husbands Bosworth. Upon the glebe 

 belonging to the latter stands the famous covert, Bosworth 

 Gorse. The interest in both livings were, however, 

 disposed of at a later date, but prior thereto, in a letter 

 dated loth October, 1844, superscribed "My Dear Hugh," 

 Mr. Henry Greene offered his " poor little living" of King's 

 Norton to his old friend and hunting companion, Mr. 

 Costobadie, which he accepted and held for 43 years, but 

 did not actually reside there until 1857. After hunting 

 regularly with Mr. Greene and Sir Richard Sutton until 

 1850 (during which he acted as co-trustee with the latter 

 for the Quenby Estate), he was appointed British Chaplain 

 at Coblentz, where, at the Schloss, Prince William of 

 Prussia, afterwards King, and Emperor of Germany, with 

 his consort, nee the Princess of Saxe-Weimar— better 

 known as the Empress Augusta,— then resided the greater 

 part of the year. The latter frequently attended service at 

 the English Chapel, both the Prince and his Royal spouse 

 sho^ying many tokens of their personal regard for the 

 British Chaplain during the six years he remained there. 

 After a year spent in the Isle of Man, where he enjoyed 

 some good fishing and shooting, the Vicar took up his 

 residence at Norton in 1857; but increasing responsibilities 

 towards his family, coupled with the loss of the greater part 

 of his private means, effectually prevented his resumption 

 of_ hunting. Nevertheless, he was seldom without some- 

 thing that could go, a bit of blood for preference, which his 

 judgment enabled him to pick up for little money; and 

 when funds permitted he would purchase a long-tailed colt, 



