Sir William Dugdale
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
an English antiquary, was born in Warwickshire, September 12, 1605, and devoted his life chiefly to the study of English antiquities. He died February 10, 1686. Among his writings, the most notable is the Monasticon Anglicanum (1655-73, 3 volumes, fol. London; new ed. of volume 1:1682; 3d edit. 1817-29, 8 volumes, fol.), containing an account of the religious houses of England, with abundant illustrative plates; an English version (probably by James Wright), abridged, appeared in 1692, and another in 1718 (fol.), probably by John Stevens, who also published The History of the Ancient Abbeys, Monasteries, etc., being two additional volumes to Dugdale's Monasticon (2 volumes, fol. 1722-23). Dugdale also wrote a History of St. Paul's Cathedral (1716, fol.; 2d edit. by Ellis, London, 1818). — Kippis, Biographia Britannica, 5:479.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Antiquary, born in Warwickshire; was made Chester herald, accompanied Charles I. throughout the Civil War; his chief work was the "Monasticum Anglicanum," which he executed conjointly with Roger Duckworth; wrote also on the antiquities of Warwickshire and heraldry; left 27 folio MSS. now in the Bodleian Library (1605-1686).
