Rumpole of the Bailey public school) and studied law at either Keble College or the fictional "St Joseph's College", Oxford, coming away with "a dubious third". He would not be eligible to be called to the Bar in England today, as a lower second is the minimum requirement. He was called to the bar at the "Outer Temple" (a fictional Inn of Court, named on the analogy of the Inner Temple, where John Mortimer was called, and the Middle Temple). Apart from the legal drama in each story, Rumpole also has to deal with his relationships with family and friends. His wife Hilda was
John Bailey (minister) whose archives were also some manuscripts of his brother Thomas. He had married in England a lady whose Christian name was Lydia. She died at Watertown, 12 April 1690. She bore him no children. His second wife was named Susannah, by whom he had female issue — still represented in New England. His widow married after his death the Rev. Peter Thatcher. He had another brother named Henry living at Manchester in 1688, where his mother was also still living. John Bailey (minister) John Bailey or Baily (1643–1697) was an English dissenting minister, later in life in New England. Bailey