John Edward Jackson (antiquarian)

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John Edward Jackson (12 November 1805 – 6 March 1891) was an English clergyman of the Church of England, antiquary, and archivist.

Life[]

Born on 12 November 1805, Jackson was second son of James Jackson, a banker, of Doncaster, by Henrietta Priscilla, second daughter of Freeman Bower; Charles Jackson was a younger brother. He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, on 9 April 1823, graduated B.A. with second-class classical honours in 1827, and proceeded to M.A. in 1830.[1]

In 1845 Jackson became rector of Leigh Delamere with Sevington, Wiltshire, and in 1846 vicar of Norton Coleparle in the same county. He was also a rural dean and in 1855 became an honorary canon of Bristol Cathedral.[1]

Jackson, who was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, was librarian to the Marquess of Bath, and arranged and indexed the bulk of the manuscripts at Longleat House.

Personal life[]

Jackson did not marry. In 1851, he was living alone with a housekeeper and a housemaid. [2] In 1861, he was at the Parsonage, Leigh Delamere, with two nephews both aged fifteen, a housekeeper, and a housemaid.[3] He died in March 1891,[1] leaving a personal estate valued at £34,505, equivalent to £3,796,108 in 2019. His executors were two of his nephews, John Houlton Jackson, a senior clerk in the War Office, and Morton Strode Jackson, a principal clerk in the Inland Revenue Office.[4]

Works[]

Jackson's published works were:[1]

  • The History of Grittleton, co. Wilts, 1843, for the Wilts Topographical Society.
  • A Guide to Farleigh-Hungerford, co. Somerset, Taunton, 1853 (1860, 1879).
  • History of the ruined Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Doncaster, London, 1853.
  • Maud Heath's Causey, Devizes, 1854.
  • Murder of H. Long, Esq., A.D. 1594, Devizes, 1854.
  • Kingston House, Bradford, Devizes, 1854.
  • History and Description of St. George's Church at Doncaster, London, 1855.
  • On the Hungerford Chapels in Salisbury Cathedral, Devizes, 1855.
  • A List of Wiltshire Sheriffs, Devizes, 1856.
  • History of Longleat, Devizes, 1857; 2nd ed., 1868.
  • The History of Kington St. Michael, co. Wilts, Devizes, 1857.
  • The History of the Priory of Monkton Farley, Wilts, Devizes, 1857.
  • Swindon and its Neighbourhood, Devizes, 1861.
  • Malmesbury, Devizes, 1863.
  • Devizes, Devizes, 1864.
  • Ancient Chapels &c., in co. Wilts, Devizes, 1867.
  • The Sheriffs' Turn, Wilts, A.D. 1439, Devizes, 1872.

Jackson also edited for the Wiltshire Archæological and Natural History Society the Wiltshire Topographical Collection of John Aubrey, 1862; John Leland's Journey through Wiltshire, (1875?); and for the Roxburghe Club the Glastonbury Inquisition of A.D. 1189, called "Liber Henrici de Soliaco", 1882. He was a contributor to the Wiltshire Archæological Magazine, in which appeared his monographs on Charles, Lord Stourton, and the Murder of the Hartgills, January 1557, 1864; Ambresbury Monastery, 1866; Ancient Chapels in Wilts, 1867; and Rowley, alias Wittenham, co. Wilts, 1872, reissued separately.[1]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Jackson, John Edward" . Dictionary of National Biography. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ^ 1851 United Kingdom census, Rectory House, Leigh Delamere, ancestry.co.uk, accessed 19 July 2021 (subscription required)
  3. ^ 1861 United Kingdom census, Parsonage, Leigh Delamere, ancestry.co.uk, accessed 19 July 2021 (subscription required)
  4. ^ ”JACKSON The Reverend John Edward Personal Estate £34,505 9s. 2d.” in Wills and Administrations 1891, p. 366

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