Publications by Fr. Enraght
To The Poor The Gospel is Preached - a sermon (with a preface) advocating the right of the people to freedom of public worship in "The Church of the People", (1865) - written while a Curate at St Luke Church Sheffield.
Bible-Ritualism Indispensably Necessary for Purposesof Instruction & of Worship - a sermon, (1866) - written while a Curate at St Luke Church Sheffield
Who Are True Churchmen, and Who Are Conspirators?- an appeal to the Last Settlement of the English Reformation in 1662 (1870) - written while a Curate at St Paul's Church Brighton.
Free and Open Churches and the Weekly Offertory- a lecture for the National Association for Promoting Freedom of Worship (1871) - written while a St Paul's Church Brighton.
The Real Presence and Holy Scripture (1872) - written while Curate-in-Charge of Portslade by Sea with Hangleton
Catholic Worship not Pharisaic-Judaism (1873) - written while Curate-in-Charge of Portslade by Sea with Hangleton.
Not Law, But Unconstitutional Tyranny - a lecture on the "Present Unconstitutional Exercise of the Royal Supremacy in Matters Spiritual", (1877) - Holy Trinity Bordesley
A Pastoral to the Faithful Worshipping at Holy Trinity, Bordesley - Birmingham, (July 20th, 1879).
The Ridsdale judgement on vestments: Was it an intentional miscarriage of justice? : summary of an address delivered in the Holy Trinity Schools, Bordesley, (Nov. 17, 1880)
My Ordination Oaths and other Declarations: am I Keeping Them? (1880)- Holy Trinity, Bordesley
An Aggrieved Parish, or The Minutes of the Easter vestries in the Parish of Holy Trinity, Birmingham, from 1878 to 1881, with an address delivered in 1881.
My Prosecution under the Public Worship Regulation Act - a statement laid before the most Rev. the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, (1883) - Holy Trinity, Bordesley
Notable sources that mention Fr Richard Enraght
To The Poor The Gospel is Preached - a sermon (with a preface) advocating the right of the people to freedom of public worship in "The Church of the People", (1865) - written while a Curate at St Luke Church Sheffield.
Bible-Ritualism Indispensably Necessary for Purposesof Instruction & of Worship - a sermon, (1866) - written while a Curate at St Luke Church Sheffield
Who Are True Churchmen, and Who Are Conspirators?- an appeal to the Last Settlement of the English Reformation in 1662 (1870) - written while a Curate at St Paul's Church Brighton.
Free and Open Churches and the Weekly Offertory- a lecture for the National Association for Promoting Freedom of Worship (1871) - written while a St Paul's Church Brighton.
The Real Presence and Holy Scripture (1872) - written while Curate-in-Charge of Portslade by Sea with Hangleton
Catholic Worship not Pharisaic-Judaism (1873) - written while Curate-in-Charge of Portslade by Sea with Hangleton.
Not Law, But Unconstitutional Tyranny - a lecture on the "Present Unconstitutional Exercise of the Royal Supremacy in Matters Spiritual", (1877) - Holy Trinity Bordesley
A Pastoral to the Faithful Worshipping at Holy Trinity, Bordesley - Birmingham, (July 20th, 1879).
The Ridsdale judgement on vestments: Was it an intentional miscarriage of justice? : summary of an address delivered in the Holy Trinity Schools, Bordesley, (Nov. 17, 1880)
My Ordination Oaths and other Declarations: am I Keeping Them? (1880)- Holy Trinity, Bordesley
An Aggrieved Parish, or The Minutes of the Easter vestries in the Parish of Holy Trinity, Birmingham, from 1878 to 1881, with an address delivered in 1881.
My Prosecution under the Public Worship Regulation Act - a statement laid before the most Rev. the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, (1883) - Holy Trinity, Bordesley
Notable sources that mention Fr Richard Enraght
Richard William Enraght (1837-1898),
Rector of Bintry, Controversialist 1879-81: correspondence and papers
on his prosecution for ritualist practices held at Lambeth Palace
Library, Reference - Archibald Campbell Tait, NRA 8476 Tait
William Ewart Gladstone - letters to Revd. R. W. Enraght, Gladstone's Diaries, (18th March 1880, Midlothian Campaigns).
William Ewart Gladstone - letters to Revd. R. W. Enraght, Gladstone's Diaries, (18th March 1880, Midlothian Campaigns).
The United States Supreme Court's opinion in Smith v. Whitney, et al., 116 U.S. 167 (1886), cited the judgment in Enraght v. Penzance,
7 App. Cas. 240, while ultimately declining to issue a writ of
prohibition to the Secretary of the Navy of a General Court-martial of
naval officers:- "There may indeed be cases in which two matters before the inferior
court are so distinct that a writ of prohibition may go as to the one
and not as to the other. But when the leading charge is within its
jurisdiction, and the other charge, though varying in form, is for the
same or similar acts, like a second count in an indictment, and the same
sentence may be awarded on the first charge as upon both, a writ of
prohibition should not issue".
Letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Bishop of Worcester [59]:-
ADDINGTON PARK, CROYDEN, Dec.12, 1879 MY DEAR LORD, An application was, I
understood, this day made in the Arches Court by the counsel for the
promoters in the case of ‘Perkins v Enraght’ for the delivery to them of
all the documents and other exhibits which had been used as evidence in
the case, on the ground that the time for appeal had passed, and the
case might be now discharged. The Dean of the Arches having acceded to
this application, a certain wafer, alleged to have been consecrated by
Mr. Enraght, in the service of Holy Communion, instead of the bread
directed by our Church to be employed for this purpose, was placed in my
hands by request of the Proctors for the prosecution. I have taken care
that the wafer should be reverently consumed, since however irregular
may have been the mode of administering the Holy Communion, the fact
seems now clear to me, though in no way brought before the Court, that
this wafer was used in that administration. I have therefore thought
that it ought to be disposed of as rubric directs, Believe me, my dear
Lord, yours very truly, A. C. CANTUAR
(The Archbishop of Canterbury in 1879 was Archibald Campbell Tait)
(The Archbishop of Canterbury in 1879 was Archibald Campbell Tait)
The following text is from the Daily Post Newspaper, (Birmingham) 22nd November 1880:-
"What is the Use ? The prosecutions must prove futile, because the doctrines aimed at may
be legally taught by ministers of the Church of England. It has been
decided that baptismal regeneration may be lawfully taught; it has also
been decided that a real presence in the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
may also be lawfully taught. As to the assertion of a priesthood, the
Prayer Book is full of it; and the Low Churchmen are conscious of the
difficulty of explaining it away. If then, the doctrine remains and must
remain --- for no one seriously propose to expunge it by legal process
--- of what use is it to go on prosecuting and imprisoning clergymen who
insist upon the use of symbols as a means of enforcing a doctrine which they may preach without legal hindrance, from one end of the year to the other"
From the 1885 Edition of Showell’s Dictionary of Birmingham:- "Ritualism– though there have been many instances of local clergymen adopting practices which usually come under the name of ritualistic, we have had but one “Martyr to the Cause” in the person of the Rev R. W. Enraght, of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Bordesley.
Among the
numerous practices of which complaint was made against him were the
following:- The use of lighted candles, the wearing of the alb and
chausuble, the ceremonial mixing of water and wine, the making of the
sign of the cross towards the congregation, the use of wafers instead of
bread, standing with his back to the congregation during the prayer of
consecration, not continuing to stand for the whole time during the
prayer, elevation of the cup and paten more than is necessary, causing
the Agnus Dei to be sung immediately after the consecration, standing
instead of kneeling during the Confession, and kissing the Prayer Book.
Remonstrance, monition and inhibition not being sufficient to teach him
the error of his ways, Mr Enraght was committed for contempt on Nov. 20,
1880, and taken to Warwick gaol on the 27th. He was released soon after
Christmas, and another Vicar filleth his place."
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References
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[1] Enquire Within upon Everything (1939). "Enraght" is pronounced as "en-rowt".
[2] John Hawes (1995) “Ritual and Riot” [3] Nigel Yates (1999). Anglican Ritualism in Victorian Britain 1830-1910 [4] The Catholic Literature Association, (1933). Arthur Douglas Wagner [5] The Catholic Literature Association, (1933). Arthur Douglas Wagner [6] James Bentley (1978). Ritualism & Politics in Victorian Britain. Pages 39 & 81. [7] Brighton Gazette, (April 1872) [8] R.W.Enraght (1870) Who Are True Churchman and Who Are Conspirators [9] R.W. Enraght (1877) “Not Law, But Unconstitutional Tyranny” appendix [10] J.Middleton (1984). St Nicolas Church Portslade, A History. page 19 [11] Surrey Standard, (October 1864) [12] J. Embry. (1931) The Catholic Movement and the Society of the Holy Cross. Chapter 2 [13] Brighton Observer, (December 1871) [14] Surrey Standard, (October 1864) [15] "The Late School Board Meeting at Portslade" To the editor of Brighton Gazette, 3rd June 1875" [16] A & P Robinson. (2000) Outline of The Ministry of Fr. Enraght (Church of St Alban the Martyr, Highgate, Birmingham) [17] The Catholic Literature Association (1933). James Pollock and His Brother [18] G. Wakelin (1895) The Oxford Movement, Sketches and Recollections. [19] James Bentley (1978). Ritualism & Politics in Victorian Britain. Pages 97 & 117 [20] L.E.Ellsworth (1982). Charles Lowder page150 [21]William Gifford (1899) The Quarterly Review [22] Michael Reynolds (1965) Martyr of Ritualism (Fr Mackonochie) pages 124-125 [23] L.E.Ellsworth (1982). Charles Lowder page164 [24] R.W. Enraght (1883) My Prosecution under the Public Worship Regulation Act [25] Showell’s Dictionary of Birmingham (1885) [26] R.W. Enraght (1873) Catholic Worship page7 [27] R.W. Enraght (1883) My Prosecution under the Public Worship Regulation Act [28] G. Bayfield Roberts (1895). The History of the English Church Union 1859-1894 [29] R.W. Enraght (1883) My Prosecution under the Public Worship Regulation Act [30] F.C.Ewer (1880) Sermon on the Imprisonment of English Priests for Conscience Sake (Preached in St. Ignatius Church, New York., on the Fourth Sunday in Advent, 1880) [31] G. Wakelin (1895) The Oxford Movement, Sketches and Recollections. [32] F.C.Ewer (1880) Sermon on the Imprisonment of English Priests for Conscience Sake) [33] William Pitt McCune. (1964) History of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament in the United States of America [34] H.P.Liddon (1894) Life of Edward Bouverie Pusey. Chapter 17 [35] Hall Collection 3/13, Pusey House Oxford [36] R.W. Enraght (1883) My Prosecution under the Public Worship Regulation Act [37] The Heslopian Magazine (2003) No.1 page 19 [38] G. Wakelin (1895) The Oxford Movement, Sketches and Recollections. [39] The Yorkshire Post 18th January 1883 [40] R.W. Enraght (1883) My Prosecution [41] Midland Echo March 29th 1883 [42] Nigel Yates (1999). Anglican Ritualism in Victorian Britain 1830-1910. page 262 [43] P. T. Marsh (1969). The Victorian Church in Decline page 288 [44] Crockford's Clerical Directory (1884) [45] Nigel Yates (1999). Anglican Ritualism in Victorian Britain 1830-1910. page 262 [46] A & P Robinson. (2000) Outline of The Ministry of Fr. Enraght (Church of St Alban the Martyr, Highgate, Birmingham) [47] G. Wakelin (1895) The Oxford Movement, Sketches and Recollections. [48] G. Bayfield Roberts (1895). The History of the English Church Union 1859-1894. [49] Crockford's Clerical Directory (1897) [50] UK Census for 1881 & 1901 [51] Information supplied by Fr Richard Enraght’s Great Grandson Mr. David Wood. [52] A & P Robinson. (2000) Outline of The Ministry of Fr. Enraght (Church of St Alban the Martyr, Highgate, Birmingham) [53] Crockfords Clerical Directory [54] Catholic Literature Association 1933 Arthur Tooth [55] Marcus Donovan (1933) After the Tractarians. [56] Ministry of Justice, The UK Statute Law Database [57] Crockford's Clerical Directory (1897) [58] R.T.David (1891). Life of Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury Vol.2 page 422 [59] R.T.David (1891). Life of Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 2 page 264 Bibliography G. Bayfield Roberts.(1895) The History of the English Church Union 1859-1894 James Bentley.(1978) Ritualism & Politics in Victorian Britain (1978). R.T.David.(1891) Life of Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (1891) L.E.Ellsworth.(1982) Charles Lowder J. Embry.(1931) The Catholic Movement and the Society of the Holy Cross. F. C. Ewer. Sermon on the Imprisonment of English Priests for Conscience Sake (Preached in St. Ignatius Church, New York., on the Fourth Sunday in Advent, 1880) P. T. Marsh.(1969) The Victorian Church in Decline (Archbishop Tait & The Church of England 1868-1882) William Pitt McCune.(1964) History of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament in the United States of America. Michael Reynolds.(1965) Martyr of Ritualism (Fr Mackonochie of St Alban's Holborn) Nigel Yates.(1999) Anglican Ritualism in Victorian Britain 1830-1910 See the Revd Richard Enraght Biography |