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Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
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Draft chapters by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ of the book he was working on before he died 'The Irish Church in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries'

Draft chapters by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ of the book he was working on before he died 'The Irish Church in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries'. Incomplete – first three chapters are missing. Includes:

  • draft table of contents (2 different drafts, 1p. and 4pp);
  • preface (3pp);
  • list of abbreviations (2 drafts, each 2pp);
  • chapter 4 ‘The Origins of the See of Dublin’ (2 different drafts: 47pp and 4pp footnotes; 37pp);
  • chapter 5 ‘Lanfranc and the Irish Church’ (2 different drafts: 53pp, 3pp footnotes and 1p. of editing notes; 36pp (pp.57 – 92) and 4pp footnotes);
  • chapter 6 ‘Gregory VII and the Irish Church’ (5pp incomplete, and 4pp footnotes);
  • chapter 7 ‘Saint Anselm and the Irish Church’ (34pp and 2pp footnotes (p.27 is missing) );
  • chapter 8 ‘Six Irish Papal Legates (1101 – 98)’ (82pp and 10pp footnotes);
  • chapter 9 ‘The First Synod of Cashel (1101)’ (54pp and 4pp footnotes);
  • chapter 10 ‘The Synod of Rath Breasail (1111)’ (29pp and 3pp footnotes);
  • chapter 11 ‘Saint Malachy and the See of Armagh (1121 – 37)’ (56pp and 4pp footnotes);
  • chapter 12 ‘The Synod of Kells’ (35pp and 3pp footnotes (p.17 is missing) );
  • chapter 13 ‘The Irish Dioceses after the Synod of Kells’ (105pp; 9pp footnotes and 7pp editing notes (1968 – 1969) );
  • chapter 14 ‘Irish Cistercian bishops and the Anglo-Norman invaders’ (43pp and 6pp footnotes);
  • chapter 15 ‘Epilogue’ (7pp and 3pp footnotes) (partly typescript and partly holograph);
  • ‘Appendix A: An Arrouaisian Breviary from St. Mary’s Abbey, Trim’ (9pp and 1p. footnotes) and
  • ‘Appendix B: A New List (c.1600) of Medieval Irish Dioceses’ (14pp; 1p. footnotes and 1p. editing notes).

Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s Bible

Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s Bible, with entries in his handwriting in the ‘Family Register’ of the dates on which his mother and siblings were received into the Catholic Church; dates of family marriages and deaths and the dates on which he took his first vows and was ordained.

Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic

Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from publishers the Clarendon Press, Oxford, concerning reissuing of 'Roman Education'

Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from publishers the Clarendon Press, Oxford, concerning Russell & Russell’s reissuing of 'Roman Education'. ‘As he says in his letter of 29 January 1964 a loophole in the Unites States copyright law enables books published here (UK) before 1957 to be reprinted there (US) without authorisation – though not to be exported into countries where this loophole doesn’t exist. Naturally he didn’t say that practically all American publishers regard it as unethical to take advantage of this loophole, for various reasons, and especially because it is liable to create the situation in which we now find ourselves.’

Letters and royalty statements from publishers Russell & Russell Inc., New York, who reissued 'Roman Education'

  • IE IJA J/10/93
  • File
  • 29 January 1964 - 31 December 1973
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters and royalty statements from publishers Russell & Russell Inc., New York, who reissued 'Roman Education' in 1964. ‘As you know, the book has never been protected by copyright in the United States and is, therefore, in the public domain in this country. Nevertheless, it is our practice as a courtesy to the author to pay a royalty on all copies sold.’ (29 January 1964, 1p.)

Letters from Longmans Group Ltd. concerning the publication of 'Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland'

  • IE IJA J/10/98
  • File
  • 7 October 1953 - 12 May 1975
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Longmans Group Ltd. (formerly Longmans Green & Co. Ltd.) concerning the publication of 'Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland' by Fr Gwynn and Neville Hadcock. Includes copy of the agreement between the publishers and Fr Gwynn for the book signed on the company’s behalf (6 November 1953, 4pp).

Letters from Neville Hadcock asking Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ to participate in the proposed volume, 'Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland'

  • IE IJA J/10/97
  • File
  • 24 September - 4 October 1953
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Neville Hadcock asking Fr Gwynn to participate in the proposed volume, 'Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland'… ‘that is, if I do the sort of donkey work and prepare lists, by counties in the first place, with ref(erence)s of all recorded monasteries marking those in doubt, as I complete a county I could pass it on to you to weed.’ (24 September 1953, 4pp).

Hadcock, Neville, -1980, historian

Letters from Peter Wait of Methuen & Co. Ltd., concerning their acceptance of a book on the history of the medieval Irish Church

  • IE IJA J/10/100
  • File
  • 12 January 1949 - 13 March 1962
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Peter Wait of Methuen & Co. Ltd., concerning their acceptance of his proposal to write a book on the history of the medieval Irish Church. Includes amended copy plan of chapters of the proposed book, sent to Methuen by Fr Gwynn entitled 'The Reform of the Medieval Irish Church' (n.d., 7pp). There is some disagreement about the type of book it should be. Fr Gwynn expressed his wish to gather his essays from the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' and rewrite them to make a single connected story, however Mr. Wait wants a similar book but ‘on a good deal less detailed scale’ (13 January 1953, 2pp). Includes letters from Françoise Henry, U.C.D., to Fr Gwynn, offering to speak to the publishers on Fr Gwynn’s behalf (5, 23 February 1962, 2 items, 2pp each) and the publisher’s letter to Fr Gwynn following (Prof.) Henry’s conversation with them, “I would like a book, and I don’t insist on a ‘text book.’ I would like something that the educated person without specialised knowledge of the subject can read and which would be useful to students as well.” (19 February 1962, 1p.)

Wait, Peter, publisher

Letters from publishers Browne Nolan Ltd. agreeing to publish his book 'The Reform of the Medieval Irish Church'

  • IE IJA J/10/99
  • File
  • 16 February - 22 March 1949
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters from publishers Browne Nolan Ltd. to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, agreeing to publish his book 'The Reform of the Medieval Irish Church', ‘which, if it will not be a best seller, should certainly enjoy a reasonable sale on publication and a continuing, if limited, demand for many years.’ They are also interested in ‘your short History of the Irish Medieval Church but since Methuens have invited you to write it you may possibly feel some obligation towards them, even though, as you say, you have not yet made a contract.’ Includes summary of book ‘Offered to Browne and Nolan: c.300 pages: to be ready for press in autumn of 1950; to be published in autumn of 1951’ (14 February 1949, 1p.).

Letters from publishers to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on a proposal to reprint Fr Gwynn’s 1920 book 'Roman Education from Cicero to Quintilian'

  • IE IJA J/10/92
  • File
  • 17 May 1956 - 3 November 1969
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters from publishers the Clarendon Press, Oxford, to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on a proposal by publishers W. Heffer & Sons, Ltd. to reprint Fr Gwynn’s 1920 book 'Roman Education from Cicero to Quintilian'. Includes letters to Fr Gwynn from Heffers (30 June 1956 – 15 July 1960, 3 items), royalty statements from Clarendon Press (1969, 1971, 2 items) and copy of 'Roman Education from Cicero to Quintilian'.

Letters from publishers, the Clarendon Press, Oxford to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning his latest book which needs complete revision

  • IE IJA J/10/102
  • File
  • 2 September 1970 - 24 September 1974
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters from publishers, the Clarendon Press, Oxford to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning his latest book which their Delegates say needs complete revision – ‘the book is not strictly a unified history but a series of disconnected and overlapping studies, which have been published separately already except for chapters XIII and XIV. They have much interest for specialists in the subjects concerned, though not for the general reader or for undergraduates.’

Notes made by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ concerning Fr Gerard Hopkins's books

Notes made by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ concerning Fr Gerard Hopkins's books. Includes:
– memorandum recording an inquiry into ‘the annotated books of Hopkins’ from a Dr. James Cotter, New York, in summer 1976, ‘I wrote to him (Fr Anthony Bischoff SJ) June 21st 1977…I received no acknowledgement. He was on a visit to…Inishannon, Co. Cork’ (n.d., 1p.);
– ‘1st Memorandum re Hopkins’ Books. Sept. 8th…1976’ noting how Fr Anthony Bischoff SJ spent a summer examining all the books in the library in 1947; how Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, on becoming Province Archivist in 1975 ‘received a few enquiries about these books. Nobody in the community knew anything about them’, how he wrote to Fr Bischoff about the matter. ‘In August 1976, I found ten of these books in the lower shelf of the press immediately outside my room. I have identified them and list is herewith. There was a typed note…(by)… Fr Gwynn in the press (See J11/17) stating that the books belonged to or were used by Hopkins. I made a card index of all the books…I have marked H those certainly connected with Hopkins.’ (8 September 1976, 1p.);
– ‘2nd Memo’: ‘At present certainly identified with Hopkins 5, probably 2’ and lists them (8 September 1976, 1p.)

McGrath, Fergal P, 1895-1988, Jesuit priest