See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD See also:

• HARRIS, GEORGE, 1ST BARON (1746–1829)
• HARRIS, JAMES (1709-1780)
• HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER (1848-1908)
• HARRIS, JOHN (c. 1666-1719)
• HARRIS, SIR WILLIAM SNOW
• HARRIS, THOMAS LAKE (1823-1906)
• HARRIS, WILLIAM TORREY (1835-1909)

HARRIS See also:

• RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM (1788-1845)

BARHAM (1788-1845)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English humourist, better known by his nom de plume of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS INGOLDSBY, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury on the 6th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1788 . At seven years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he lost his See also:

• FATHER

father, who See also:

• LEFT

left him a small See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate, See also:

• PART

part of which was the See also:

• MANOR

manor of Tappington, so frequently mentioned in the Legends . At nine he was sent to St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul's school, but his studies were interrupted by an See also:

• ACCIDENT
• ACCIDENT (from Lat. accidere, to happen)

accident which shattered his See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm and partially crippled it for See also:

• LIFE

life . Thus deprived of the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of bodily activity, he became a See also:

• GREAT

great reader and diligent student . In 1807 he entered Brasenose See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, intending at first to study for the profession of the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law . Circumstances, however, induced him to See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change his mind and to enter the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church . In 1813 he was ordained and took a See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country curacy; he married in the following See also:

• YEAR

year, and in 1821 removed to See also:

• LONDON

London on obtaining the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor See also:

• CANON

canon of St Paul's See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral . Three years later he became one of the priests in See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's See also:

• CHAPEL

Chapel Royal, and was appointed to a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city living . In 1826 he first contributed to See also:

• BLACKWOOD, WILLIAM (1776-1834)

Blackwood's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine; and on the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of See also:

• BENTLEY, RICHARD (1662-1742)
• BENTLEY, RICHARD (1794-1871)

Bentley's See also:

• MISCELLANY

Miscellany in 1837 he began to furnish the See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• GROTESQUE

grotesque metrical tales known as The Ingoldsby Legends . These became very popular, were published in a collected See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form and have since passed through numerous See also:

• EDITIONS

editions In variety and whimsicality of rhymes these verses have hardly a See also:

• RIVAL

rival since the days of Hudibras . But beneath this obvious popular quality there lies a See also:

• STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store of solid antiquarian learning, the See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit of patient enthusiastic See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research, in out-of-the-way old books, which few readers who laugh over his pages detect . His life was See also:

• GRAVE

grave, dignified and highly honoured .

His See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment and his See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart made him the trusted counsellor, the valued friend and the frequent peacemaker; and he was intolerant of all that was mean and See also:

• BASE

base and false . In politics he was a Tory of the old school; yet he was the lifelong friend of the liberal See also:

• SYDNEY

Sydney See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith, whom in many respects he singularly resembled . See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

Theodore See also:

• HOOK, JAMES CLARKE (1819-1907)
• HOOK, THEODORE EDWARD (1788-1841)
• HOOK, WALTER FARQUHAR (1798-1875)

Hook was one of his most intimate See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends . See also:

• BARHAM, RICHARD HARRIS (1788-1845)

Barham was a contributor to the See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review and the See also:

• LITERARY

Literary See also:

• GAZETTE

Gazette; he wrote articles for See also:

• GORTON
• GORTON, SAMUEL (c. 1600-1677)

Gorton's See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

Biographical See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary; and a novel, My See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

Cousin See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas (1834) . He retained vigour and freshness of heart and mind to the last, and his last verses (" As I laye a-thynkynge ") show no signs of decay . He died in London after a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, painful illness, on the 17th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1845 . A' See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short memoir, by his son, was prefixed to a new edition of Ingoldsby in 1847, and a See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

fuller Life and Letters, from the same See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, was published in 2 vols. in 1870 .