Frederick Charles Husenbeth

[3] Shortly after the restoration of the English hierarchy by Pope Pius IX, Husenbeth was elected provost of the Chapter of Northampton,[4] and Vicar-General of the diocese.

Husenbeth is described as having a singularly kind heart, agreeable manners, conversational powers of a high order, and a sense of humour which made him a very pleasant companion.

Many of these were controversial publications, written in refutation of George Stanley Faber and Joseph Blanco White, while others treated of historical, liturgical, or doctrinal matters.

He also published articles on a great variety of subjects in different Catholic journals, and was a lifelong writer in the columns of Notes and Queries, in which more than thirteen hundred contributions appeared over his initials.

[3] Husenbeth's valuable library collection of crucifixes, reliquaries and similar objects and of letters chiefly on religious subjects, were sold at Norwich a few months after his death.