John Edward Jackson (antiquarian)

Born on 12 November 1805, he 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 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 rural dean and honorary canon of Bristol Cathedral (1855).[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. He died in March 1891.[1]

Jackson's 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]

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Jackson, John Edward". Dictionary of National Biography. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

• J. E. Jackson at worldcat.org