On the departure of Dr Weedall, Bishop Ullathorne wrote to a Fr H Jones of Husbands Bosworth in Leicestershire, inviting him to accept the Leamington Mission. Fr Jones wrote back in reply that, whilst he had desired a rather larger mission, and was also perfectly prepared to accept the Divine Will as made known through the Bishop, "that fashionable place would not have been the object of my choice". He also requested that, in any case, he might remain where he was until the end of the year.

He was then appointed to Brewood in Staffordshire, and wrote another letter to the Bishop thanking him for his courtesy in offering a further choice. So Fr Jones remains a tantalising Missionary Rector that St Peter's might have had, but never got.

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