Robert Goadby
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Robert Goadby was an English
printer and publisher in Sherborne
, Dorset
. He was a Whig supporter, and influential through his newspaper, the Sherborne Mercury
. He was also responsible for the biography of the rogue Bampfylde Moore Carew
; Goadby and his wife have both in fact been claimed as the author of a popular work on his life that gave Carew the status of folk hero
.
. He also published from 1744 The Western Flying Post, amalgamated into the Mercury in 1748. Goadby made enemies as well as friends by his plain speaking and views.
He died after a long illness on 12 August 1778, and was buried in Oborne
. He was a religious man and naturalist, and bequeathed an endowment providing for the preaching of a sermon on the first Sunday of May in every year in Sherborne Church on the beauties of nature. As the endowment became too valuable for its purposes, provision for the poor was made with the surplus.
, a prominent Church of England
bishop. Apology for the Life of Bamfylde Moore Carew was printed by Goadby in 1749, and was often reprinted. Other works published by Goadby were The Universe Displayed, A Rational Catechism on the Principles of Religion drawn from the Mind itself, and Goadby's British Biography.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
printer and publisher in Sherborne
Sherborne
Sherborne is a market town in northwest Dorset, England. It is sited on the River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The A30 road, which connects London to Penzance, runs through the town. The population of the town is 9,350 . 27.1% of the population is aged 65 or...
, Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
. He was a Whig supporter, and influential through his newspaper, the Sherborne Mercury
Sherborne Mercury
The Sherborne Mercury is a defunct regional newspaper, published in Sherborne, Dorset, United Kingdom.It was a hugely influential newspaper, particularly as its news coverage and distribution went well beyond that of the boundaries of Dorset....
. He was also responsible for the biography of the rogue Bampfylde Moore Carew
Bampfylde Moore Carew
Bampfylde Moore Carew was an English rogue, vagabond and impostor, who claimed to be King of the Beggars.He was the son of Reverend Theodore Carew, rector of Bickleigh. The Carews were a well-established Devonshire family. Although they had a reputation for adventurousness, Bampfylde Moore Carew...
; Goadby and his wife have both in fact been claimed as the author of a popular work on his life that gave Carew the status of folk hero
Folk hero
A folk hero is a type of hero, real, fictional, or mythological. The single salient characteristic which makes a character a folk hero is the imprinting of the name, personality and deeds of the character in the popular consciousness. This presence in the popular consciousness is evidenced by...
.
Life
His publishing business was large for a small provincial centre, and his Sherborne Mercury was an influential journal in South West EnglandSouth West England
South West England is one of the regions of England defined by the Government of the United Kingdom for statistical and other purposes. It is the largest such region in area, covering and comprising Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. ...
. He also published from 1744 The Western Flying Post, amalgamated into the Mercury in 1748. Goadby made enemies as well as friends by his plain speaking and views.
He died after a long illness on 12 August 1778, and was buried in Oborne
Oborne
Oborne is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale close to the border with Somerset, on the A30 road adjacent to the town of Sherborne. The village has a population of 115 . Oborne is in the group parish of Yeo Head together with the three villages of Castleton,...
. He was a religious man and naturalist, and bequeathed an endowment providing for the preaching of a sermon on the first Sunday of May in every year in Sherborne Church on the beauties of nature. As the endowment became too valuable for its purposes, provision for the poor was made with the surplus.
Printer and publisher
His major production was the Illustration of the Holy Scriptures, in three large folio volumes (1759). Goadby also compiled and printed a popular book entitled The Christian's Instructor and Pocket Companion, extracted from the Holy Scriptures, which was approved by Thomas SherlockThomas Sherlock
Thomas Sherlock was a British divine who served as a Church of England bishop for 33 years. He is also noted in church history as an important contributor to Christian apologetics.-Life:...
, a prominent Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
bishop. Apology for the Life of Bamfylde Moore Carew was printed by Goadby in 1749, and was often reprinted. Other works published by Goadby were The Universe Displayed, A Rational Catechism on the Principles of Religion drawn from the Mind itself, and Goadby's British Biography.