J. M. J. Fletcher
# J. M. J. Fletcher

The Reverend James Michael John Fletcher MA (Cantab.) (29 September 1852 – 23 February 1940), was an English clergyman of the Church of England, author and historian.

## Education

Fletcher was educated at Derby School and the University of Cambridge.

## Career

* Vicar of Tideswell
* Rector of Wimborne Minster
* Canon of Salisbury
* Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

## Publications

* Distinguished Alumni of Derby School (Derby Reporter, 1872)
* A Guide to Tideswell (1902)
* Mrs Wightman of Shrewsbury: The Story of a Pioneer in Temperance Work (Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1906)
* A Historical and Descriptive Guide to the Churches of Shrewton, Maddington and Rollestone in the County of Wiltshire by J.M.J. Fletcher and Arthur S. Robins (1920)
* The Boy Bishop at Salisbury and Elsewhere (Salisbury, 1921)
* The Black Death in Dorset (1923)
* Notes on the Cathedral Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Salisbury (Cathedral Chapter, Salisbury, 1924)
* The Stained Glass in Salisbury Cathedral, in Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine vol. xlv (1930)
* Old Belfry in the Close, in Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine vol. xlvii (1932)
* Seth Ward, Bishop of Salisbury, in Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine vol. xlix
* Dorset Worthy, William Stone, Royalist and Divine (1615-1685) (in Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club volume 36)
* Dorset Royal Peculiar (in Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club volume 38)
* Sir Thomas Dackomb, Priest, Rector of Tarrant Gunville, 1549-1567, a Dorset Bibliophile (in Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club volume 44)
* Century of Dorset Documents (in Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club volume 44)
* Trio of Dorchester Worthies (in Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club volume 44)
* Dorset Men in London at the End of the 17th Century (in Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club volume 54)
* Thomas Bennet (1924)
* Incumbents of Salisbury Churches during the Commonwealth
* The Plague-Stricken Derbyshire Village: or What to See in and around Eyam (1930)
* Bishop Giles of Bridport, 1257-1262 in Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine vol. xlvi (1934)
* Chained Books in Dorset and Elsewhere (Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, Vol. 35)
* Fletcher, J.M.J. (1913). "The Marriage of St. Cuthburga, who was afterwards foundress of the Monastery at Wimborne". Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 34: 167–185.

### Editor

Fletcher edited the journal Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club between 1917 and 1932.

