Possible Clues:

• 'May I sew you to another sheet?' speaker
• Reverend credited with saying 'The Lord is a shoving leopard'
• 'Not red? Rot, Ned,' he said
• Reverend whose name is linked to terms like 'Pazz and Jop,' and this puzzle's theme answers
• Reverend known for swapping initial word sounds
• The dried fish he asked for was a fried dish
• �Fish pie? Pish, fie!� he said!
• Warden who might have unwittingly described himself as a bird watcher
• Noted word botcher
• Rev. William who originated the phrase 'a blushing crow'