Introduction

Biography

Emily was the wife of Ed­ward Gif­ford Shap­cote, cur­ate of Od­i­ham, Hamp­shire (and lat­er a mis­sion­ary in South Af­ri­ca) (mar­ried 1856). Her mar­ried name is some­times shown as Shep­cote, though the orig­in­al mar­riage re­cord shows Shap­cole.

In 1866, Em­i­ly moved to Ro­man Ca­thol­i­cism. Her hus­band fol­lowed two years lat­er.

As of 1906, she was liv­ing in Tor­quay.

Works

• Hymns for In­fant Children, 1852 (the date is oft­en er­ron­e­ous­ly shown as 1840). Em­i­ly co-au­thored this work with her aunt Mary Ste­ward (A. in the book) and her sis­ter El­ea­nor Stew­ard (C.).
• Eucharistic Hours, 1886