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Anne SOUTHWELL, Lady Southwell 1574-1636

Biographical Note

Daughter of Sir Thomas Harris, married Sir Thomas Southwell, and after his death in 1626, Captain Henry Sibthorpe. Best known as an author and poet, her extant writings indicate a strong knowledge of theology and literature, a familiarity with court circles, and proto-feminist views such as that of a husband and wife’s ‘mutuality in marriage’.

Books

Her commonplace book, is now Folger MS V.b.198. In 1631, she moved three trunkfuls of books to her new household.

Sources

Cavanaugh, J. The library of Lady Southwell and Captain Sibthorpe, Studies in Bibliography 20 (1967), 243-54.
Hackel, H. The Countess of Bridgewater’s London library, in J. Andersen & E. Sauer (eds), Books and readers, 2002, 138-59, p.139.
Klene, Jean. "Southwell [née Harris], Anne, Lady Southwell (bap. 1574, d. 1636), poet." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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 ====Biographical Note====
-Daughter of [[family::Sir Thomas Harris]], married [[family::Sir Thomas Southwell]], and after his death in 1626, [[family::Captain Henry Sibthorpe]]. Best known as an [[occupation::author]] and [[occupation::poet]], her extant writings, preserved in the Southwell-Sibthorpe commonplace book, illustrate a knowledge of theology and literature, a familiarity with court circles, and proto-feminist views such as that of a husband and wife’s  ‘mutuality in marriage’.
+Daughter of [[family::Sir Thomas Harris]], married [[family::Sir Thomas Southwell]], and after his death in 1626, [[family::Captain Henry Sibthorpe]]. Best known as an [[occupation::author]] and [[occupation::poet]], her extant writings indicate a strong knowledge of theology and literature, a familiarity with court circles, and proto-feminist views such as that of a husband and wife’s  ‘mutuality in marriage’.
 ====Books====
-Her [[subject::commonplace]] book, is now [[present repository ::Folger Shakespeare Library|Folger]] MS V.b.198.  In 1631, she moved three trunkfuls of books to her new household.
+Her commonplace book, is now [[present repository::Folger Shakespeare Library|Folger]] MS V.b.198.  In 1631, she moved three trunkfuls of books to her new household.
 ====Sources====
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