STEVENSON,+Joseph

STEVENSON, Joseph (1806-1895) British Museum 1831; Rolls House (PRO) 1834; CL Durham Cathedral 1841; DL Durham University 1847-1849 Best known as an outstanding historian and archivist he was one of the original editors of the Rolls Series and edited also many volumes for the Maitland, Bannatyne and Roxburgh Clubs and for the Surtees Society. He became Vicar of Leighton Buzzard in 1847 but was received into the Roman Catholic Church in 1863.