Ethelred Taunton

Ethelred Taunton

Ethelred Luke Taunton (born at Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, 17 October1857; died in London, 9 May1907) was an English Roman Catholic priest and historical writer.

Life

He was educated at Downside, and formed a desire both then and later in life to enter the Benedictine Order, but health was an obstacle. He succeeded in entering the Institute of St. Andrew, founded by the Catholic convert, George Bampfield, at Barnet; but again his health prevented him from remaining. Finally, he joined the congregation of the Oblates founded by Cardinal Manning at Bayswater, and in 1883 he was ordained priest.

Three years later he left the Oblates, and went on the mission at Stoke Newington in North London. Here he built a new temporary church, which was opened in 1888 [Denis Evinson, "Catholic Churches of London" (1998), p. 117.] ; but shortly afterwards he received serious injury by the accidental fall of some scaffolding, which brought on partial paralysis, and permanently incapacitated him from active work.

He continued, however, to be busy with his pen. He was a man of wide reading, and wrote on a large number of subjects. For a while he lived at Bruges where he founded and edited "St. Luke's Magazine"; but it had only a brief existence, and having partially recovered his health, he returned to England and devoted himself to literature.

His death took place somewhat suddenly, in London, from heart failure, at the age of fifty.

Works

His two chief works were on the Jesuits and Benedictines; they were to have been followed by a similar one on the English secular clergy, had he lived. He always professed to aim at setting forth truth unadorned, but his partisan tone and apparent prejudice gave offence. He was also an authority on Church music and liturgy.

*"History of Church Music" (London, 1817);
*"Lead Kindly Light" (London, 1893);
*"English Black Monks of St. Benedict" (London, 1898);
* "History of the Jesuits in England" (London, 1901);
* "Thomas Wolsey" (London, 1901);
*"Little Office B.V.M." (London, 1903);
*"The Law of the Church" (London, 1906);

He wrote numerous articles in "Downside Review", "St. Luke's Magazine", "Irish Ecclesiastical Record", etc. He also translated Bacuez, "The Divine Office" (1886); and Bourdaloue, "The Lord's Prayer" (1894).

References

*"Dict. Nat. Biog., Supplement 1900-1910", s. v.;
*Obituary notices in "The Tablet, "Downside Review", etc.

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