Thomas, a comedian and mimic, of Drury Lane Theatre, who died in America, and the Joseph mentioned above, ‘a music engraver and most excellent teacher of the pianoforte’ (J. T. Smith, Nollekens and his Times, i. 222). A portrait of Caulfield was prefixed to his ‘Calcographiana’ ‘to supersede the multiplicity of caricatures of my person.’
The following is a list of his works: 1. ‘Caulfield's edition of curious Tracts: the Age and long Life of Thomas Parr, illustrated with seven elegant Prints from the Designs of Anthony Van Assen,’ London, 1794, 12mo, a reprint of Taylor the Water Poet's life, 1635. 2. ‘Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters of remarkable Persons, from the Reign of Edward III to the Revolution; collected from the most authentic accounts extant by J. C.,’ London, 1794–5, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. 3. ‘The Oxford Cabinet [ed. by J. C.],’ London, 1797, 4to. 4. ‘An Enquiry into the Conduct of Edmond Malone, Esq., concerning the Manuscript Papers of John Aubrey, F.R.S., in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford [by J. C.],’ 1797, 12mo. 5. ‘The new Wonderful Museum and Extraordinary Magazine … by Wm. Granger, assisted by many valuable articles communicated by J. C. and others’ [1803]–1808, 6 vols. 8vo. 6. ‘The History of the Gunpowder Plot, by J. C.,’ 1804, 8vo. 7. ‘Londina Illustrata,’ 1805–25, 2 vols. 4to; the principal part of the letterpress was supplied by J. C. 8. ‘Cromwelliana, a Chronological Detail of Events in which Oliver Cromwell was engaged from 1642 to 1658, with a continuation to the Restoration [ed. by J. C.],’ 1810, folio. 9. ‘Historical Remarks on the ancient and present State of the Cities of London and Westminster,’ Westminster, 1810; ‘The Wars in England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 to 1660,’ ib. 1810; ‘Admirable Curiosities, Rarities, and Wonders in England, Scotland, and Ireland,’ ib. 1811; ‘The History of the Kingdom of Scotland,’ ib. 1813; ‘The History of the House of Orange,’ ib. 1814, 6 pieces, 8vo, edited by J. C. from the editions of 1681–5, usually attributed to Richard or Robert Burton [q. v.], the pseudonym under which the publisher and author, Nathaniel Crouch, published his works. 10. ‘The Antiquity, Honour, and Dignity of Trade [ed. by J. C.],’ 1813, 8vo. 11. ‘Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters of Remarkable Persons from the reign of Edward III to the Revolution. A new edition completing the twelfth class of Granger's Biographical History of England, by J. C.,’ London, 1813, 3 vols. 8vo. 12. ‘Calcographiana, Guide to the Knowledge and Value of Engraved British Portraits, by J. C.,’ London, 1814, 8vo, portrait of J. C. 13. ‘A Catalogue of Portraits of Foreigners who have visited England, as noticed by Clarendon, Thurloe, &c. [by J. C.],’ London, 1814, sm. 8vo. 14. ‘The Eccentric Magazine [ed. by Henry Lemoine and J. C.],’ 1814, 2 vols. 8vo. 15. ‘The Court of Queen Elizabeth, originally written by Sir Robert Naunton under the title of “Fragmenta Regalia,” with considerable biographical additions by J. C.,’ London, 1814, 4to. 16. ‘A Gallery of British Portraits during the reigns of James I, Charles I, and the Commonwealth,’ 1814, parts i. and ii. folio. 17. ‘Memoirs of Sir Robert Naunton, Knt.,’ 1814, 4to. 18. ‘Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters of Remarkable Persons, from the Revolution in 1688 to the end of the reign of George II, collected by J. C.,’ 1819–20, 4 vols. roy. 8vo. 19. ‘The High Court of Justice, by J. C.,’ 1820, 4to. 20. ‘Memoirs of the celebrated Persons comprising the Kit-Cat Club [by J. C.],’ 1821, roy. 4to. 21. ‘Biographical Sketches illustrative of British History [by J. C.],’ London, 1823; only three numbers issued. 22. ‘A Biographical History of England, by the Rev. James Granger, fifth edition, with upwards of 400 additional Lives [ed. by J. C.],’ London, 1824, 6 vols. 8vo.
[A biographical sketch was contributed by G[eorge] S[meeton], Caulfield's friend and printer, to the Gent. Mag. 1826, pt. i. p. 569; reproduced in the Annual Register, 1826, p. 246, and the Annual Biogr. and Register, xi. 1827, pp. 441–3. See also Nichols's Illustr. vi. 441.]
CAUNT, BENJAMIN (1815–1861), champion pugilist, was born in the village of Hucknall-Torkard, Nottinghamshire, on 22 March 1815. His father, a tenant of Lord Byron, was engaged in some humble capacity at Newstead. The son, according to his own account, was a gamekeeper or a watcher, but other people said he was a navvy. His height was 6 feet 2½ inches, and his weight 14 stone 7 lbs. At an early age he aspired to pugilistic honours. On 21 July 1835 he was defeated by William Thompson, known as Bendigo. On 17 Aug. 1837 Caunt defeated William Butler in fourteen rounds for a stake of 20l. a side. The reputation of Bendigo having in the meantime much risen, another encounter between him and Caunt came off on 3 April 1838 on Skipwith Common, near Selby, when, after a fight of seventy-five rounds, lasting eighty minutes, a dispute arose, which was settled in favour of Caunt, who now took the title of champion. On 26 Oct. 1840 he beat John Leechman, known as Brassey, after 101 rounds, and was hailed ‘champion of England.’ In a fight with Nicholas Ward on
