Memoirs of Dr Richard Gilpin, of Scaleby Castle in Cumberland
And of his Posterity in the Two Succeeding Generations

First published in 1879, this work sheds light on the Gilpin family in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

William Gilpin (Author), William Jackson (Edited by)

9781108067164, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 6 November 2014

182 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.1 cm, 0.24 kg

A physician and nonconformist minister who was active in the north of England, Richard Gilpin (1625–1700) was a popular preacher, leading large congregations, yet he faced opposition from Quakers and was ultimately unable to unite various dissenting factions. Including details about his descendants, the present work sets his story within the wider context of the Gilpin family history. First published in 1879, it was written in 1791 by fellow clergyman William Gilpin (1724–1804), an enlightened schoolmaster and writer on aesthetics. As well as covering his ancestors, William appends here his own life story, discussing his career as a teacher and his literary calling. He touches on his journeys during summer vacations when, with notebook and sketching materials, he would explore picturesque features of the British landscape. His volumes of Observations, based on these travels, are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.

Introduction
Author's preface
Memoirs of the Gilpin family
An account of the Reverend Mr Gilpin of Vicar's-Hill
Note to the pedigree
Index of persons
Index of places.

Subject Areas: The arts: general issues [AB]