The Warden of Berkingholt: Or Rich and Poor is a novel written by Francis Edward Paget and published in 1843. The book tells the story of the Reverend Arthur Howard, the warden of Berkingholt, a small village in England. Howard is a kind and charitable man who is loved by the villagers, but his position as warden comes under scrutiny when a young lawyer named John Bold challenges the legality of the church's endowment. Bold argues that the money intended...