Author:Thomas Wright (1810-1877)

For authors with similar names, see Author:Thomas Wright.

Thomas Wright
(1810–1877)

Thomas Wright

Works

• The history and topography of the county of Essex, 1831 vol 1, vol 2
• The Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain, 1834 external scan
• The tale of the basyn and the frere and the boy. 1836 external scan
• The Turnament of Totenham and the Feest. 1836 external scan
• The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent, 1837 (Volume 5)
• Conquest of Ireland by Henry the Second, 1837 external scan
• Queen Elizabeth and Her Times, 1838 vol 1, vol 2
• Alliterative poem on the deposition of King Richard II., 1838 external scan
• Early mysteries, 1838 external scan
• The political songs of England, from the reign of John to that of Edward II, 1839 external scan
• An essay on the state of literature and learning under the Anglo-Saxons; 1839 external scan
• Memorials of Cambridge, with Historical and Descriptive Accounts, 2 vols., 1841. This was written by him and Harry Longueville Jones, and published by the engraver John Le Keux.
• Popular Treatises on Science Written During the Middle Ages (with translation) (1841) external scan
• Reliquiæ Antiquæ: Scraps from Ancient Manuscripts, 1841 vol 1, vol 2
• Political Ballads Published in England During the Commonwealth, 1841 external scan
• Le Keux's memorials of Cambridge, 1841 vol 1, vol 2
• Jack of Dover, 1842 (short work) external scan
• Biographia Britannica Literaria, or, Biography of literary characters of Great Britain and Ireland 1842 vol 1, vol 2
• Specimens of lyric poetry, composed in England in the reign of Edward the First, 1842 external scan
• A selection of Latin stories: From manuscripts of the thirteenth century, 1842 (v. short work) external scan
• The autobiography of Joseph Lister, of Bradford in Yorkshire, 1842 external scan
• The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman (1842) external scan
• The Chester plays, 1843 external scan
• Three Chapters of Letters Relating to the Suppression of Monasteries (1843) external scan
• St. Patrick's purgatory, 1844 external scan
• St. Brandan: A Medieval Legend of the Sea, in English Verse and Prose, 1844 external scan
• The pastime of pleasure: an allegorical poem, 1845 external scan
• The archaeological album; or, Museum of national antiquities, 1845 external scan
• The seven sages, 1845 external scan
• Essays on subjects connected with the Literature, Popular Superstitions and History of England in the Middle Ages (1846) vol 1, vol 2
• Songs and carols of the fifteenth century, 1847 external scan
• England under the house of Hanover, 1848 vol 1, vol 2
• Early travels in Palestine, 1848 external scan
• The young mill-wright and miller's guide, 1848 external scan
• The history of Ireland, 1849 external scan
• The history of Scotland, 1850 vol 1, vol 2, vol 3
• Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures of James Gillray, 1851 external scan
• Narratives of sorcery and magic, 1851 external scan
• The history of Ludlow and its neighbourhood, 1852 external scan
• The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon, 1852 external scan
• The Canterbury tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. 1853 external scan
• The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian, 1854 external scan
• Wanderings of an antiquary, 1854 external scan
• Early Christianity in Arabia (1855) (transcription project)
• The history of Fulk Fitz Warine, 1855 external scan
• On the History of the English Language, 1857 (short work) external scan
• A Volume of Vocabularies, 1857 external scan
• La mort d' Arthure. 1858 external scan
• Dictionary of obsolete and provincial English, 1857 vol 1, vol 2
• The Political Songs of England: From the Reign of John to that of Edward II. in 6 vols. 1859 vol 1, vol 2
• Songs and ballads of the reign of Philip and Mary. Ed., 1860 external scan
• On the remains of a primitive people in the south-east corner of Yorkshire, 1860 (short work) external scan
• Essays on archaeological subjects, 1861 vol 1, vol 2
• A History of Domestic Manners and Sentiments in England During the Middle Ages (1862) external scan
• On the influence of mediaeval upon Welsh literature, 1863 external scan
• On the Human Remains Found in the Excavations at Wroxeter, 1863. Article from Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London, Volume 2. external scan
• The Roll of arms of the princes, barons, and knights who attended King Edward I. to the Siege of Caerlaverock in 1300, 1864 external scan
• On the early history of Leeds, in Yorkshire, 1864 external scan
• The Roll of Caerlaverock (with translation and annotations) (1864)
• Autobiography of Thomas Wright (editing; this refers to his grandfather) (1864) external scan
• A history of caricature & grotesque in literature and art, 1864 external scan
• A discourse on the worship of Priapus, 1865 external scan
• Nare's Glossary (with Robert Nares and James O. Halliwell) (1867)
• Caricature history of the Georges, 1868 external scan
• The book of the knight of La Tour-Landry, 1868 external scan
• Churchwardens' accounts of the town of Ludlow, 1869 external scan
• Womankind in western Europe from the earliest times to the seventeenth century, 1869 external scan
• The homes of other days, 1871 external scan
• Gesta Romanorum or, Entertaining stories, 1871, (transcription volumes: 1, 2)
• Uriconium; a historical account of the ancient Roman city, 1872 external scan
• Feudal manuals of English history, 1872 external scan
• The Anglo-Latin satirical poets and epigrammatists of the twelfth century, 1872 vol 1, vol 2
• The Works of James Gillray, the Caricaturist: with the Story of his Life and Times, published by Chatto & Windus (1874) external scan
• A second volume of vocabularies, 1873 external scan
• The ruins of the Roman city of Uriconium, 1877 external scan
• The poetical works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 1880 external scan
• Anglo-Saxon and Old English vocabularies, 1883 vol 1, vol 2
• Historical works of Giraldus Cambrensis, 1915 external scan
  • Laudabiliter, transl.
• The poetical works of Geoffrey Chaucer and George Crabbe external scan

Articles in the Archaeological Journal

• "Anglo-Saxon Architecture" in Archaeological Journal, 1 (1845), pp. 24–35
• "The Horn-shaped Ladies' Head-Dress in the reign of Edward I" in Archaeological Journal, 1 (1845), pp. 45–48
• "Original Documents: Early English receipts for Painting, Gilding, &c." in Archaeological Journal, 1 (1845), pp. 64–66
• "Notices of New Publications: Iconographie Chretienne" in Archaeological Journal, 1 (1845), pp. 72–81
• "Original Documents: Early English Artistical Receipts" in Archaeological Journal, 1 (1845), pp. 152–155
• "Notices of New Publications: A Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford" in Archaeological Journal, 1 (1845), pp. 177–179
• "Notices of New Publications: Ancient and Modern Architecture" in Archaeological Journal, 1 (1845), pp. 184–186
• "Notices of New Publications: The Illuminated Calendar and Home Diary for 1845" in Archaeological Journal, 1 (1845), pp. 405–406
• "Notices of New Publications: The History and Antiquities of Cleveland" in Archaeological Journal, 1 (1845), pp. 411–413
• "Notices of New Publications: The Handbook of Leicester" in Archaeological Journal, 1 (1845), pp. 415–417
• "Illustrations of Domestic Architecture, from popular Medieval Writers" in Archaeological Journal, 1 (1845), pp. 212–221
• "On the Remains of Shobdon Old Church, Herefordshire" in Archaeological Journal, 1 (1845), pp. 233–237
• "Illustrations of Domestic Architecture from Illuminated MSS" in Archaeological Journal, 1 (1845), pp. 301–307

Works about Wright

• "Wright, Thomas," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• "Wright, Thomas (antiquarian)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Wright, Thomas (1810-1877)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.