ton. The father died before the poet's birth, but from a confusion with his son has been described as interesting himself in Chatterton.
Catcott's works are:
- ‘The Poem of Musæus on the Loves of Hero and Leander; paraphras'd in English Heroick Verse,’ Oxford, 1715, 8vo (anon.). Dedicated to ‘Lady Mary [Wortley] Mountague.’ A copy of the poem, in Catcott's handwriting, is in the British Museum Add. MS. 16614.
- ‘The Court of Love, a Vision from Chaucer,’ Oxford, 1717, 8vo.
- ‘The Supreme and Inferiour Elahim: a Sermon [on Psalm lxxxii. 6], preached before the Corporation of Bristol and the Lord Chief Justice Hardwicke, at the Mayor's Chappel, on Sunday, the 16th of August, 1735, being the day before the Assizes,’ London, 1736, 4to; second edition, London, 1742, 8vo; third, but on title stated to be ‘the second edition,’ Oxford, 1781, 4to. The last-named edition is not in the catalogue of books in British Museum. The first edition was printed by the desire and at the expense of the Bristol corporation. It elicited bantering ‘Observations’ on it by Rev. Arthur Bedford, 1736, which involved Catcott, Hutchinson, Julius Bate, and Daniel Gittins in a pamphlet war.
- ‘An Answer to the Observations on a Sermon preach'd before the Corporation of Bristol … by Alex. Stopford Catcott, LL.B. … As also an Appendix, being a Reply to some Objections in the Bibliothèque Britannique, 1736,’ Bristol, 1737, 8vo.
- ‘The State of the Case between Mr. Bedford and Mr. Catcott, in answer to Mr. Bedford's Examination of Mr. Hutchinson's Remarks,’ &c., Lond. 1738, 8vo, (anon.).
- ‘Tractatus, in quo tentatur conamen recuperandi notitiam Principiorum Veteris et Veræ Philosophiæ, prout eadem in usum humani generis, primum protulerunt sacræ literæ, nuper explicuit vir clarissimus Joannes Hutchinsonus; unde deducuntur modus et ratio formandi cœlos et orbes iisdem insitos; Quinetiam eorundem Motus (telluris autem præcipue) et incœpti et continuati causæ. Cui etiam inseruntur regulæ quædam et observationes Grammaticam Hebraicæ Linguæ spectantes,’ Lond. 1738, 4to; ‘translated, with additional notes and a preliminary dessertation, by Alexander Maxwell,’ Lond. 1822, 8vo. This and his ‘single sermons’ are erroneously attributed by Orme to Alexander Catcott [q. v.]
- ‘The Antiquity and Honourableness of the Practice of Merchandize. A Sermon [on Isaiah xxiii. 8], preached before the Worshipful Society of Merchants of the City of Bristol, in the Parish Church of St. Stephen, November the 10th, 1744,’ Bristol, 1744, 4to.
- ‘Sermons [x.] by the late Reverend A. S. Catcott, LL.B.,’ Bristol, 1752, 8vo. These are included in (xviii.) ‘Sermons,’ London, 1753, 8vo; London, 1767, 8vo. Though stated to be ‘the second edition,’ it is that of 1753 with a new title-page. The title-page issued with the ten sermons ‘Bristol, 1752,’ is sometimes prefixed to the complete volume published in 1753, edited by his son Alexander, who has added a few notes.
- ‘The Hundred and Fourth Psalm Paraphrased,’ printed in the ‘Universal Magazine,’ July 1759; in Alexander Catcott's ‘Treatise on the Deluge,’ 1761, 280–4, in the second edition, 1768, 419–23, and elsewhere. Corry and Evans (History of Bristol, ii. 183) and Pryce (Popular History of Bristol, 1861, p. 183) attribute Alexander Catcott's ‘Treatise on the Deluge’ to his father, A. S. Catcott. 10. ‘Bristol Grammar School Visitation Exercises, Fifth of November Speeches before the Mayor and Corporation of Bristol, &c., &c. Translations and various other Pieces, by A. S. Catcott, Master of the Thorne's Grammar School, Bristol,’ 8vo, 233 pages, all in the autograph of A. S. Catcott. The title is in the handwriting of Richard Smith, surgeon, Catcott's grandson.
He possessed many of the books of George Symes Catcott, of Chattertonian fame.
[Authorities cited above; Catcott's books. Mr. F. Madan, Bodleian Library, has kindly supplied transcripts of the Rawlinson MSS. for this article.]
CATESBY, Sir JOHN (d. 1486), justice of the common pleas, appears to have been the uncle of William Catesby [q. v.], the councillor of Richard III. The family had been for some time settled in Northamptonshire, and held also the manor of Lapworth in Warwickshire. His mother was a coheiress of William de Montfort. He was a member of the Inner Temple, then called the Inner Inn, and his name first appears in the year books in Michaelmas 1458. He received the coif in 1463, and was made king's serjeant on 18 April 1469. On 20 Nov. 1481 he was appointed justice of the common pleas, and next year he was knighted. His name appears in the commissions for the western circuit, as well as in those for Northamptonshire, during the reigns of Edward V and Richard III. His will shows that he was lord of the manor of Whiston in Northamptonshire. At the accession of Henry VII his reappointment as a judge was delayed for about a month after that of his brethren, probably in consequence of his nephew's attainder. That he was a worthy character we are justified in believing, from the fact that Bishop Waynflete in his will named him first among his executors. He died between 3 Nov. 1486 and Hilary term
