Cicely Bulstrode

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Very little has survived of CB 's writing, done (if at all) early in the seventeenth century, and none attributed without doubt. There is fairly strong circumstantial evidence of her authorship of a single, very brief, satirical essay published after her early death.

Milestones

Shortly before 12 February 1584

CB was born, at or near Beaconsfield, where on this day she was baptised. She was one of ten children.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

4 August 1609

CB died at Lady Bedford 's house in Twickenham, Middlesex.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

13 December 1613

A poem, The Wife, posthumously attributed to Sir Thomas Overbury , was entered in the Stationers' Register. It appeared next year with extraneous material, some of it written by several women, who included Anne, Lady Southwell , and probably CB .
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press.
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Biography

Birth and Family

Shortly before 12 February 1584

CB was born, at or near Beaconsfield, where on this day she was baptised. She was one of ten children.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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