Introduction

Biography

Son of a Roy­al Na­vy cap­tain, Cham­bers at­tend­ed Or­iel Col­lege, Ox­ford, gra­du­at­ing with hon­ors in 1827 (MA 1831).

He was called to the Bar by the In­ner Tem­ple in 1831. In 1842, he pub­lished an ela­bo­rate trea­tise on the ju­ris­dic­tion of the Court of Chan­ce­ry ov­er the per­sons and pro­pe­rty of in­fants, and was ap­point­ed Re­cor­der of New Sar­um the same year.

At Sal­is­bury, he be­came in­ter­est­ed in li­tur­gi­cal and oth­er ec­cle­si­as­ti­cal lore pe­rtain­ing to the ca­the­dral, and to St. Os­mund, its bi­shop in 1078.

Works

• A Com­plete Dic­tion­ary of the Law and Prac­tice of the Elect­ion of a Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment, 1837
• A Prac­ti­cal Trea­tise on the Ju­ris­dic­tion of the High Court of Chan­ce­ry, 1842
• A Re­view of the Gor­ham Case, 1850
• The Psal­ter, or Se­ven Or­di­na­ry Hours of Sar­um, with the Hymns for the Year, and the Va­ri­ations of the York and Here­ford Bre­vi­ar­ies (Lon­don: 1852)
• An Order of Household Devotion for a Week, with Variations for the Seasons and Festivals, from the Ancient English of Sarum Use (London: 1854)
• A Com­pan­ion for Ho­ly Com­mun­ion for Cler­gy or La­ity; with a Pre­fa­to­ry Of­fice for Con­fes­sion, from the An­cient Eng­lish Of­fic­es of Sar­um Use, 3rd edi­tion, 1855
• Lauda Sy­on, An­cient La­tin Hymns of the Eng­lish and Oth­er Church­es (part 1, 1857; part 2, 1866)
• The En­chei­ri­di­on; of Book of Dai­ly De­vo­tion of the An­cient Eng­lish Church Ac­cord­ing to Sar­um Use (Lon­don: 1860)
• A Com­plete & Par­ti­cu­lar, Yet Con­cise Ac­count of the Mode of Con­duct­ing Di­vine Wor­ship in Eng­land in the 13th and 14th Cen­tu­ries, Cont­rast­ed with and Adapt­ed to That in Use at the Pre­sent Time (Lon­don: 1877)
• A trans­la­tion from the orig­in­al Greek of Her­mes Tris­me­gis­tus, the Chris­tian Neo­pla­to­nist (A.D. 60)