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Elizabeth Bury
Elizabeth Bury (March, 1644–1720) was an English diarist. Early life Bury was baptised 12 March 1644 at Clare, Suffolk, the day of her birth having probably been 2 March. Her father was Captain Adams Lawrence of Linton, Cambridgeshire; her mother was Elizabeth Cutts of Clare, and besides Elizabeth there were three other children. In 1648, when Elizabeth was four years old, Captain Lawrence died, and in 1661 Mrs. Lawrence remarried, her second husband being Nathaniel Bradshaw, B.D., minister of a church in the neighbourhood. About 1664 Elizabeth described herself as "converted", and became introspective. Her studies were Hebrew language, Hebrew, French language, French, music, heraldry, mathematics, philosophy, philology, anatomy, medicine, and divinity. Her stepfather, Mr. Bradshaw was one of the ejected ministers in 1662. The family moved to Wivelingham, Cambridgeshire. Elizabeth in 1664 began writing down her "experiences" in her ''Diary'', initially in shorthand.' Adult l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mrs Elizabeth Bury
Mrs. (American English) or Mrs (British English; standard English pronunciation: ) is a commonly used English honorific for Woman, women, usually for those who are married and who do not instead use another title (or rank), such as ''Doctor (title), Doctor'', ''Professor'', ''President (government title), President'', ''Dame (title), Dame'', etc. In most Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries, a full stop (period) is usually not used with the title. In the United States and Canada a period (full stop) is usually used (see Abbreviation#History, Abbreviation). ''Mrs'' originated as a contraction (grammar), contraction of the honorific ''Mistress (form of address), Mistress'' (the feminine of ''Mister (Mr), Mister'' or ''Master (form of address), Master'') which was originally applied to both married and unmarried women. The split into ''Mrs'' for married women and ''Miss'' for unmarried began during the 17th century; the 17th century also saw the coinage of a new unmarke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
