Career
Young Coombes went to Douai at the age of twelve, was ordained in 1791, and during the French Revolution escaped (October, 1793) from Dourlens to England. He was a doctor of theology and co-operated with Bishop Douglass at Old Hall seminary as professor and vice-president From 1810 he served the mission of Shepton Mallet till 1849, when he retired to Downside monastery, where he died.
