Richard Cobbold - Life, Work

Writer, born in Ipswich, Suffolk, E England, UK. He wrote Margaret Catchpole (1845) and other works, and for 50 years was rector of Wortham, near Diss.

Richard Cobbold (1797–1877) was a British writer.

Life

Born in 1797 in the Suffolk town of Ipswich into a large and affluent family who made their money from the brewing industry.

Their name lives on in Ipswich in the firm of Tolly Cobbold to this day.

Work

Cobbold achieved considerable success with his popular historical novels which include:

The History Of Margaret Catchpole: A Suffolk Girl (1845) Mary Anne Wellington: The Soldier's Daughter, Wife and Widow (1846) Zenon The Martyr: A Record of the Piety, Patience and Persecution of the Early Christian Nobles (1847) Freston Tower: A Tale of the Times of Cardinal Wolsey (1850) The Young Man's Home (1848) JH Stegall, a Real History of a Suffolk Man (1851)

During his time at Wortham, more significantly, he recorded the daily lives of his various parishioners, both in words and pictures.