Celia Fiennes

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CF was a remarkable, indeed a unique, travel-writer about her own country. Travelling in the later seventeenth and the early eighteenth century, and writing the account that has come down to us in the latter, she is an immediate (independent instead of employed) predecessor of Daniel Defoe in his role as national surveyor. She was not an influence, however, for her work took a century even to be quoted in print, and longer still to be printed itself.

Milestones

7 June 1662

CF was born, either at Newton Tony (or Toney) or at Tytherley in Hampshire (her mother's home), which are both near Salisbury.
Fiennes, Celia. “Editorial Note and Introduction”. The Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes, edited by Christopher Morris, Macdonald; Webb and Bower, pp. 8-31.
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“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

April-December 1702

Internal evidence clearly suggests that CF did the actual writing up of her travels during these months.
Fiennes, Celia. “Editorial Note and Introduction”. The Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes, edited by Christopher Morris, Macdonald; Webb and Bower, pp. 8-31.
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10 April 1741

CF died at Hackney, just outside London, probably at the home of one of her nieces.
Fiennes, Celia. “Editorial Note and Introduction”. The Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes, edited by Christopher Morris, Macdonald; Webb and Bower, pp. 8-31.
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Biography

Birth and Family

7 June 1662

CF was born, either at Newton Tony (or Toney) or at Tytherley in Hampshire (her mother's home), which are both near Salisbury.
Fiennes, Celia. “Editorial Note and Introduction”. The Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes, edited by Christopher Morris, Macdonald; Webb and Bower, pp. 8-31.
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“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.