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Robert Thistlethwayte (baptized 16 December 1690 – c. January, 1744) was the third son of Francis Thistlethwayte (b. 1658) of Winterslow, Wiltshire. He was a Warden of Wadham College, Oxford and clergyman in the Church of England. In 1737 Thistlethwaite fled to Boulogne after being accused of making homosexual advances towards a student, William French, whose tutor John Swinton was also accused of homosexual practises. Satirical poetry was written about these events. The following limerick possibly also refers to Thistlethwayte.

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  • Robert Thistlethwayte (baptized 16 December 1690 – c. January, 1744) was the third son of Francis Thistlethwayte (b. 1658) of Winterslow, Wiltshire. He was a Warden of Wadham College, Oxford and clergyman in the Church of England. In 1737 Thistlethwaite fled to Boulogne after being accused of making homosexual advances towards a student, William French, whose tutor John Swinton was also accused of homosexual practises. Satirical poetry was written about these events. The following limerick possibly also refers to Thistlethwayte. There once was a Warden of WadhamWho approved of the folkways of Sodom,For a man might, he said,Have a very poor headBut be a fine Fellow, at bottom. Allegations of homosexual behaviour, which was considered scandalous at that time, and the College's decision to take out fire insurance combined to prompt the following verse: Well did the am'rous sone of WadhamInsure their house 'gainst future flame;They knew their crime, the crime of Sodom,And judg'd their punishment the same. (en)
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  • Robert Thistlethwayte (baptized 16 December 1690 – c. January, 1744) was the third son of Francis Thistlethwayte (b. 1658) of Winterslow, Wiltshire. He was a Warden of Wadham College, Oxford and clergyman in the Church of England. In 1737 Thistlethwaite fled to Boulogne after being accused of making homosexual advances towards a student, William French, whose tutor John Swinton was also accused of homosexual practises. Satirical poetry was written about these events. The following limerick possibly also refers to Thistlethwayte. (en)
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