Soapey Samuel Kisses the Rod Tennyson Monument to the Henniker family

Monument to the Henniker family

River Thames and part of south London

Illuminated address from the Corporation of London to Louis Philippe of France

which was at no 119 Bishopsgate

19th April 1978

Soapey Samuel Kisses the Rod Tennyson Monument to the Henniker family'Soapey Samuel Kisses the Rod', 1858. Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, was a reformer of the Church of England who dragged his priests into greater spirituality and efficiency. Wilberforce arranged conferences for his rural deans, travelled widely and increased the number of his parishes to be served by resident incumbents. Wilberforce had been suspected of countenancing auricular confession, although he denied this. However, his sympathy with