# Mr. Puddleham — The Vicar of Bullhampton character guide

> Mr. Puddleham in The Vicar of Bullhampton by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Puddleham, poor Puddleham, dear old Puddleham

**First appearance:** 0036-xxxv-mr-puddleham-s-new-chapel

## Snapshot

The Methodist minister whose long-suppressed grievance against the Vicar finally finds an outlet in a chapel built almost on Fenwick's doorstep.

## Who they are

For years Puddleham has been disarmed by Fenwick's peaches and cabbages, robbed of the righteous quarrel that gave his ministry its edge. When the Marquis offers to build him a Bethel facing the Vicarage gate, he seizes the chance to become a somebody again. His rivalry with Fenwick is comic on the surface and corrosive underneath, driving the parish feud that shadows the novel's gentler plots.

## In the story

### [I: Bullhampton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_bullhampton_se/chapters/i-bullhampton)

The dissenting minister of the Primitive Methodists, considered earnest but ignorant by Mr. Fenwick.

### [The Marquis of Trowbridge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_bullhampton_se/chapters/xvii-the-marquis-of-trowbridge)

The Methodist minister, allied with the Marquis, provides parish gossip and is rebuked by Fenwick for his assumptions about Carry Brattle.

### [The Turnover Correspondence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_bullhampton_se/chapters/xxvi-the-turnover-correspondence)

Mentioned as present at the meeting with the Marquis.

### [Mr. Puddleham's New Chapel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_bullhampton_se/chapters/xxxv-mr-puddleham-s-new-chapel)

Mentioned as ambitious and involved in the plan for the new chapel, working with Packer to punish Fenwick.

### [Sam Brattle Goes Off Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_bullhampton_se/chapters/xxxvi-sam-brattle-goes-off-again)

Attacks Grimes for stopping work, preaches against the Vicar, and escalates the chapel conflict.

### [LV: Glebe Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_bullhampton_se/chapters/lv-glebe-land)

Preaches for the first time in the new chapel, which is a success despite incomplete fittings.

### [Lord St. George Is Very Cunning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_bullhampton_se/chapters/lx-lord-st-george-is-very-cunning)

Defends the chapel as sacred, but is ultimately forced to accept its relocation.

### [LXI: Mary Lowther’s Treachery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_bullhampton_se/chapters/lxi-mary-lowther-s-treachery)

Mentioned as having preached eloquently in the chapel, maintaining his indignation.

### [The Fate of the Puddlehamites](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_bullhampton_se/chapters/lxx-the-fate-of-the-puddlehamites)

Stands before the chapel with displeasure as the demolition is announced; resists the move but eventually consents to return to the old chapel.

### [At Turnover Castle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_bullhampton_se/chapters/lxxii-at-turnover-castle)

Preaches a sermon about tabernacles and criticizes the Church of England after the chapel's demolition.

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