The clergyman in Jane's mother's family may have given her patterns for the clergymen-heroes in Austen's novels.
Jane Austen’s Clergymen and Her Leigh Family
Tag: edward ferrars
Sense and Sensibility and the Church, Part 3: Livings for Sale
Church livings to buy or borrow!
Sense and Sensibility and the Church, Part 2: Getting a Church Living
Edward Ferrars had "not the smallest chance" of getting a living; but he did!
Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen 