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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 19:48, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
... that Anna Maria Bowes escaped from her governess Elizabeth Parish by crawling over a plank to cross a narrow street? Source: "Despite the waspish vigilance of Elizabeth Parish, her 17-year- old charge Anna had been secretly exchanging love letters for almost a year with a debt-ridden young lawyer called Henry Jessop who lived opposite their house in Fludyer Street, a narrow thoroughfare [...] at the end of January 1788 the resourceful Anna placed a plank from her bedroom window to that of Jessop’s and crawled across to his waiting arms. Heading straight for Gretna Green, the couple married on January 28." Wendy Moore, Wedlock, p. 295
ALT1: ... that Elizabeth Parish preferred her position as governess to Mary Eleanor Bowes to her sister Frederica Planta's "mediocre" appointment at court? Source: Wedlock, p. 84: "Well aware that her financial interests were better served by remaining with Mary, for whom she hoped to become the children’s governess, Elizabeth diplomatically declined. The royal family had to settle for her sister Frederica, reportedly fluent in seven languages, who was recruited to teach the little princesses at a salary—scornfully dismissed by Elizabeth as “mediocre”—of £100 a year."
Epicgenius (talk) 19:08, 21 December 2022 (UTC)