Abstract
The Catholic Record Society celebrates its centenary this year. Its inaugural meeting took place in the Chapter Hall of Archbishop’s House, Westminster, on 10 June 1904 with Archbishop Bourne in the chair. The first meeting was convened by Joseph Stanislaus Hansom, who gathered together more than seventy enthusiastic founder members. The original roll was predominantly lay (fifty in total, mainly male, mainly resident in the London area) with a sprinkling of ‘old Catholics’, a few secular priests, a trio of Benedictines, a couple of Jesuits, and an Oratorian. Hansom’s successful initiative was the culmination of a venerable tradition in English Catholic historical scholarship. Benedictine and Jesuit scholars had long collected materials on the history of their respective orders.
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