Anne (Harris) Southwell (1574 - 1636)

Born 1574 in Cornworthy, Devon, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Southwell — married 24 Jun 1594 in London, England

Descendants

Died 1636 at about age 62 in Acton, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Anne Southwell born 1574, dau of Thomas and Elizabeth Harris of Cornworthy, Devon,^[1]

On 24 June 1594, she married Thomas Southwell of Norfolk at St Clement Danes in London; they had two daughters.

Anne and her first husband moved to Ireland in the early seventeenth century, but little is known of their life there.

Some time after her first husband's death in 1626, she married Captain Henry Sibthorpe, who was an army officer then serving in Ireland.

Anne (Harris) Southwell was an accomplished poetess: An unusual document, the Folger manuscript is a collaborative effort between the feisty Lady Anne Southwell and her second husband, Captain Henry Sibthorpe. It includes many poems by Lady Anne and some of her letters. This diplomatic edition includes drafts, deleted lines, alternate readings, marginalia, and paleographical and textual notes. The commentary provides background on related literature, history, music, and art history.

Lady Anne writes with wit, irony, and a profound sense of godliness which, however, does not prevent her from relentlessly testing theological doctrine. She takes as her examples many of the strong women of the Old Testament and warns against the heresy of "thinkinge ffemales haue so little witt / as but to serue men they are only fitt." Students of history, literature, religion, and women's studies will find much that is fascinating, delightful, and valuable in this volume. ^[2]

Birth

1574 Cornworthy, Devonshire, England^[3]

Death

1636 Acton, Cy of Middlesex, England^[4]

Christening

22 AUG 1574 Cornworthy Parish Ch., Cornworthy, Devonshire, England^[5]

Marriage

1598^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Southwell
2. ↑ From the Renaissance English Text Society. World Wide Web site: Available: [Online]: (http://www.asu.edu/clas/acmrs/mrts/crets.html) [28 March 2002].
3. ↑ Source: #S140
4. ↑ Source: #S140
5. ↑ Source: #S140
6. ↑ Source: #S140

• S140 Author: John H. M. Young Title: Royal Courtenays/Carew/Alcock/McDougall/Glines RootsWeb/21 Oct 2003

See also:

• The Southwell-Sibthorpe commonplace book : Folger Ms. V.b. 198 Southwell, Anne, Lady, 1573-1636., Sibthorpe, Henry., Klene, Jean., Folger Shakespeare Library. Tempe, Ariz. : Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1997. xii - xxiii.

Acknowledgments

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