John Edward Jackson

John Edward Jackson (12 November 1805 – 6 March 1891) was an English clergyman of the Church of England, antiquary, and archivist.

Life Born on 12 November 1805, Jackson 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 was educated at Charterhouse School, matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 9 April 1823, graduated B.A. with second-class classical honours in 1827, and proceeded to M.A. in 1830.

In 1834 he was ordained curate of Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset. In 1861, he was at the Parsonage, Leigh Delamere, with two nephews both aged fifteen, a housekeeper, and a housemaid.

He died in March 1891,

Works

Jackson's published works were:

The History of Grittleton, co. Wilts, 1843, for the Wilts Topographical Society.

A Guide to Farleigh-Hungerford, co. Somerset, Taunton, 1853 Third edition 1879. History of the ruined Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Doncaster, London, 1853. Maud Heath's Causey, Devizes, 1854. Murder of Henry Long, Esq., A.D. 1594, Devizes, 1854. Reprinted in 1907, together with a description of Bradford-on-Avon. The house is now known as The Hall, Bradford-on-Avon. Leland's Journey Through Wiltshire, AD 1540–42, 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. Ambresbury is now known as Amesbury. History of Longleat, Devizes, 1857; 2nd ed., 1868. The History of the Parish 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.

Wittenham and Rowley are now part of the parish of Wingfield. Wulfhall and the Seymours. With an appendix of original documents discovered at Longleat. Privately printed, 1874. An account of the life and death of Amy Robsart, wife of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester.

As editor:

Kingston House, Leland's Journey Through Wiltshire; History of Longleat, History of the Priory of Monkton Farley, On the Hungerford Chapels, Maud Heath's Causey, Murder of Henry Long, Wiltshire Sheriffs and The History of Kington St. Michael were published together in 1854 as Wiltshire Essays.