Abraham Woodhead

Abraham Woodhead

Abraham Woodhead (c. March, 1609 - May 4, 1678) was an English writer on Catholicism. Born at Almondbury, West Yorkshire, he died at Hoxton in Middlesex.

This voluminous controversial writer was educated at University College, Oxford, entering in 1624, becoming fellow in 1633, and proctor in 1641. While travelling abroad in 1645 he began to think of joining the Catholic Church, but the exact date of his reception is not known. Ejected from his fellowship in 1648, he became tutor to the young Duke of Buckingham, and then lived with the Earl of Essex and other friends till 1654, when he and some other Catholics purchased a house at Hoxton, where they lived a community life, occupying themselves in devotion and study. In 1660 his fellowship was restored, but after a brief residence in Oxford he returned to the more congenial surroundings at Hoxton, where, assured of the income of his fellowship, he lived till his death occupied in literary labours. His friend Hearne the antiquarian declared him to be "one of the greatest men that ever this nation produced". Among his numerous books the chief original works were "Ancient Church Government", 5 parts (1662-85); "Guide in Controversies" (1667), and a long appendix thereto (1675); four theological works against Stillingfleet; "Life of Christ" (1685); "Motives to Holy Living" (1688); "Discourse on the Eucharist" (1688); "On Images and Idolatry" (1689), and an incomplete treatise on Antichrist (1689). He also translated the "Life of St. Teresa" and St. Augustine's "Confessions", and paraphrased the Epistles of St. Paul (with Walker and Allestree) and the Apocalypse. A large collection of his unpublished manuscripts, with autograph letters and writings relating to him, which was formed in the eighteenth century by Cuthbert Constable, is now in the possession of Sir Thomas Brooke, F.S.A., of Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield.

References

*catholic|Abraham Woodhead
*Jerome Bertram, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29923 ‘Woodhead, Abraham (1609–1678)’] , "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Abraham Woodhead —     Abraham Woodhead     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Abraham Woodhead     Born at Almonbury, Yorkshire, about March, 1609; died at Hoxton, Middlesex, 4 May, 1678. This voluminous controversial writer was educated at University College, Oxford,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Woodhead — This intriguing surname is of medieval English and Scottish origins. It was not a nickname, but residential and as such it described a person who either lived at a place called Woodhead, of which there are at least four examples in the British… …   Surnames reference

  • Woodhead, Abraham — • English writer (1609 1678) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Francis Nicholson —     Francis Nicholson     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Francis Nicholson     A controversial writer; b. at Manchester, 1650 (baptized 27 Oct.); d. at Lisbon, 13 Aug., 1731. The son of Henry or Thomas Nicholson, a Manchester citizen, when sixteen he… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Cuthbert Constable — (c. 1680 – 27 March 1746), born Cuthbert Tunstall, was an English physician and antiquary, the Catholic Maecenas of his age .[1] He was the son of Francis Tunstall of Wycliffe Hall, Yorkshire, England, and Cicely, daughter of John Constable,… …   Wikipedia

  • Cuthbert Constable —     Cuthbert Constable     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Cuthbert Constable     (Formerly TUNSTALL)     Date of birth uncertain; d. 27 March, 1746. He was the son of Francis Tunstall of Wycliffe Hall, Yorkshire, England, and Cicely, daughter of John… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • 1678 in literature — The year 1678 in literature involved some significant events.Events*Thomas Otway, escaping from an unhappy love affair, obtains a commission in the army. *Printer Joseph Moxon becomes the first tradesman to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal… …   Wikipedia

  • Richard Allestree — or Allestry (1619 28 January 1681), was a Royalist churchman and provost of Eton College from 1665.The son of Robert Allestree, descended from an old Derbyshire family, he was born at Uppington in Shropshire. He was educated at Coventry and later …   Wikipedia

  • Francis Atterbury — Infobox Bishop honorific prefix = name = Francis Atterbury honorific suffix = bishop of = Bishop of Rochester caption = Bishop Atterbury province = diocese = Diocese of Rochester see = enthroned = ended = predecessor = successor = ordination =… …   Wikipedia

  • Miles Pinkney — (1599–1674), alias Thomas Carre or Carr, was an English Catholic priest of the Old Chapter. A point of contact for English Catholics with Cardinal Richelieu, some of whose works he translated, he was also a founder of the St. Augustin convent in… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”