Joseph Gillow (5 October 1850,
Preston, Lancashire
Preston () is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston local government district. Preston and its surrounding distri ...
– 17 March 1921,
Westholme, Hale, Cheshire) was an
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
* Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
antiquary, historian and bio-bibliographer, "the
Plutarch
Plutarch (; grc-gre, Πλούταρχος, ''Ploútarchos''; ; – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for hi ...
of the English Catholics".
Biography
Born in Frenchwood House,
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
,
to a
recusant
Recusancy (from la, recusare, translation=to refuse) was the state of those who remained loyal to the Catholic Church and refused to attend Church of England services after the English Reformation.
The 1558 Recusancy Acts passed in the reign ...
English Roman Catholic family able to trace an uninterrupted pedigree back to
Conishead Priory
Conishead Priory is a large Gothic Revival building on the Furness peninsula near Ulverston in Cumbria. The priory's name translates literally as "King's Hill Priory". Since 1976, the building has been occupied by a Buddhist community.
History ...
in 1325, Gillow was the son of a
magistrate
The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a '' magistratus'' was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judic ...
, Joseph Gillow (1801-1872), and his wife, Jane Haydock (1805-1872), a descendant of
Christopher Haydock, a Lancashire politician and a member of another prominent recusant English Roman Catholic family, the Haydocks of
Cottam.
Joseph Gillow was educated at
Sedgley Park School, Wolverhampton
Sedgley Park School was a Roman Catholic Academy located on the outskirts of Wolverhampton, then part of Staffordshire. The school was founded by William Errington, at the request of Bishop Richard Challoner, on 25 March 1763.
History
Errington ...
(1862-1863) and
St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw
Ushaw College (formally St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw), is a former Catholic seminary near the village of Ushaw Moor, County Durham, England, which is now a heritage and cultural tourist attraction. The college is known for its Georgian and Vict ...
(1864-1866), where his brothers and uncles had studied for the priesthood. At Ushaw, Gillow developed an abiding interest in Lancashire Catholicism, resulting in the publication of ''
The Tyldesley Diary'' in 1873.
In 1878 Gillow married Eleanor McKenna, daughter of John McKenna, of
Dunham Massey Hall
Dunham Massey Hall, usually known simply as Dunham Massey, is an English country house in the parish of Dunham Massey in the district of Trafford, near Altrincham, Greater Manchester. During World War I it was temporarily used as the Stamford M ...
,
with whom he had seven children. In marrying into the McKennas, Gillow secured himself a private income which allowed him to pursue his antiquarian interests.
[J.F.X. Bevan]
‘Gillow, Joseph (1850–1921)’
''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (''ODNB'') was published on 23 September ...
'', Oxford University Press, 2004; accessed 1 August 2008
Gillow published various researches into the history of Roman Catholicism in
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
, but his greatest achievement was ''A Literary and Biographical History, or Bibliographical Dictionary of the English Catholics : from the Breach with Rome, in 1534, to the Present Time'' (5 vols, 1885-1902), available in Google Books. To fit his material into the five volumes allotted him by his publishers, he needed to abbreviate the later volumes.
Cardinal Gasquet described the dictionary as a ‘veritable storehouse of information’, however, until 1986, no index was available.
Gillow was appointed honorary recorder of the
Catholic Record Society
The Catholic Record Society (Registered Charity No. 313529), founded in 1904, is a scholarly society devoted to the study of Reformation and post-Reformation Catholicism in England and Wales. It has been described as "the premier Catholic histo ...
at its foundation in 1904, and was a frequent contributor.
Other works
'Lord Burghley's Map of Lancashire', ''Miscellanea of the Catholic Record Society, 4'' (London, 1907), pp. 162-216 and frontispiece* ''The Tyldseley Diary'' (editor)
* ''The Haydock Papers''
* ''St. Thomas Priory: the Story of a Staffordshire Mission''
* ''Lancashire Recusants''
* ''A Catalogue of the Martyrs in Englande for Profession of the Catholique Faith since the yeare of Our Lord 1535''
See also
*
Paulyn Gillow
*
Cardinal William Allen
William Allen (153216 October 1594), also known as Guilielmus Alanus or Gulielmus Alanus, was an English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was an ordained priest, but was never a bishop. His main role was setting up colleges to train Eng ...
*
Richard Gillow
*
Robert Gillow
*
Brian Gillow
*
Leighton Hall, Lancashire
*
Eulogio Gillow y Zavalza
*
Gillows of Lancaster and London
Gillows of Lancaster and London, also known as Gillow & Co., was an English furniture making firm based in Lancaster, Lancashire, and in London. It was founded around in Lancaster in about 1730 by Robert Gillow (1704–1772).
Gillows was owned b ...
References
External links
*
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gillow, Joseph
1850 births
1921 deaths
English antiquarians
English Roman Catholics
English bibliographers
People from Hale, Greater Manchester
Writers from Preston, Lancashire
Alumni of Ushaw College
Clergy from Preston, Lancashire
19th-century English historians
20th-century English historians