anglican solitatries

I thought I would collect some of the references and links that speak directly of solitaries (recluses, anchorites, or hermits) within the modern Anglican Communion (that is, after the Reformation). Some of these are formal (under episcopal oversight).

Single

Unnamed solitary (1851) under Dr Pusey from within the Society of the Holy Trinity (Reed, 52)

Brother Randall Horton

Brother Anthony-Francis

Sister Dorthy Mary (Yelton, 98)

Father William Sirr (of Glasshampton)

Brother Harold Palmer (cf Oneness: The dynamics of monasticism)

Martha Reeves (aka, Maggie Ross)

Sister Mary Phillida (Lady Phillida Shirley: 1896-1985) 1933 to 1985 (Yelton, 139).

Mother Mary Magdalene (Mary Elliott-Weekes: 1911-1995) from 1972 to 1995

Sister Mary Lioba (Beryl Iris Higgs: 1896-1986) from 1959 to 1968

Brother Walter

Multiply

A Hermit of the Heart

  • Martha Ainsworth
  • Brother Randall Horton
  • Brother Anthony-Francis

anchoresses (The Walsingham Archives)

  • Sister Mary Phillida (Lady Phillida Shirley: 1896-1985) lived in the Shrine grounds from 1933 to 1985,
  • Mother Mary Magdalene (Mary Elliott-Weekes: 1911-1995) from 1972 to 1995, and
  • Sister Mary Lioba (Beryl Iris Higgs: 1896-1986) from 1959 to 1968

Sources

Yelton, Michael. Anglican Papalism: An illustrated History, 1900-1960.

Oneness: The dynamics of monasticism edited by Stephen Platten

Reed, John Shelton. Glorious Battle: The Cultural Politics of Victorian Anglo-Catholicism