John Hewitt (antiquary)

John Hewitt (1807–1878) was an English antiquarian.

Life

Born at

For many years he resided at Woolwich, but on his retirement from the War Office he returned to Lichfield, where he died on 10 January 1878.^[1]

Works

Hewitt contributed to many periodicals as a young man. He used the pseudonym Sylvanus Swanquill. His works include:^[1]

• ‘The Tower [of London]: its History, Armories, and Antiquities: before and since the Fire,’ London, 1841, published by the authority of the master-general and board of ordnance. It went through several editions in English, French, and Spanish.
• ‘Chart of Ancient Armour from ye XI to ye XVII cent.,’ with descriptions of the figures in the chart [London, 1847].
• ‘Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: from the Iron period of the Northern nations to the end of the [seventeenth] century,’ 3 vols., London, 1855–60.
• ‘Official Catalogue of the Tower Armories,’ London, 1859.
• ‘Old Woolwich,’ 1860, published by the Royal Artillery Association.
• ‘Handbook for the City of Lichfield and its Neighbourhood,’ Lichfield, 1874; 2nd edit. 1884.
• ‘Handbook of Lichfield Cathedral,’ 1875; 3rd edit., enlarged by the Dean of Lichfield (E. Bickersteth), Lichfield, 1886.
• An enlarged edition of Charles Alfred Stothard's ‘Monumental Effigies,’ London, 1876.
• Numerous contributions to the
  Archæological Journal and The Reliquary
  , including a series of papers in the latter on Mediæval Arms and Armour.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cooper, Thompson (1891). "Hewitt, John (1807-1878)". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

External links

• Works by or about John Hewitt at Wikisource