From Sunderland to Stotfold

Gordon was off to China early in the morning- and we were off to Bedford. We were sad to say our goodbyes to ‘the Brits”. We arrived to typical British weather- gray, damp and cold, a bit like our spirits.

We dropped our bags at the Barns Hotel and drove to Stotfold to the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. Stotfold was the last home of the Spencer brothers before they migrated to the States and is the church where the brothers were christened. We found the church locked, but knocked on the door of the vicor and her husband was kind enough to open the church for us.

We were able to see the baptismal font of Gerard Spencer -