Charles Parkin
Charles Parkin (1690–1765) was an English clergyman and antiquarian. He was rector of
Life
The son of William Parkin of London, a prosperous shoemaker, he was born on 11 January 1690, and educated at
Blomefield's History of Norfolk
He assisted
William Stukeley and the Royston Cave
In the 1740s Parkin engaged in a vituperative dispute with William Stukeley over the antiquity and imagery of the carvings on the walls of the recently discovered cave at Royston.[3] He attacked Stukeley's claim that the chamber had been the private oratory of one "Lady Roisia"[4] in a pamphlet entitled An Answer to, or Remarks upon, Dr. Stukeley's "Origines Roystonianæ" (London, 1744). When Stukeley published a reply, Parkin responded with A Reply to the Peevish, Weak, and Malevolent Objections brought by Dr. Stukeley in his Origines Roystonianæ, No.2 (Norwich, 1748).[2] Joseph Beldam, a later historian of the cave, wrote that "though both parties showed abundant learning and ingenuity, the cause of truth suffered much from their mutual loss of temper.[3]
Death and bequests
Parkin died on 27 August 1765, and by his will (dated 17 June 1759) bequeathed money to his old college for the foundation of exhibitions to be held by scholars from the Merchant Taylors' School and from the free school at
Notes
- ^ "Parkin, Charles (PRKN708C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c d e "Parkin, Charles". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ a b Beldam, Joseph (1858). The Origins and Use of the Royston Cave. Royston: John Warren. p. 3.
- ^ Historic England. "Royston Cave (1015594)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Parkin, Charles". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.