Anna Trapnel

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AT was a mid-seventeenth-century prophetic writer who published six tracts having strong sectarian and political import: expressing and even shaping the views of her Fifth Monarchist sect. Some of her printed works were taken down by others from words she spoke while lying in trances.
  • BirthName: Anna Trapnel
Line engraving of Anna Trapnel after Richard Gaywood, published by J. Caulfield in 1823. She is shown wearing Quaker dress, including a tall hat, and in conference with a devil. The print is captioned: "Hannah Trapnel, a Quaker, and pretended prophetess. . . . For an account of this extraordinary women, see Heath's Chronicle, Cromwelliana & the High Court of Justice."

Milestones

About 1622

AT was born at Stepney in East London.
Scott-Luckens, Carola. “Contextual Materials for The Cry of a Stone by Anna Trapnel”. Women Writers Project, Sept. 1999.

March 1646

AT wrote her first, brief discourse or devotional essay, which reached print eight years later in A Legacy for Saints.
Trapnel, Anna. A Legacy for Saints. T. Brewster, 1654.
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Biography

Birth and Background

About 1622

AT was born at Stepney in East London.
Scott-Luckens, Carola. “Contextual Materials for The Cry of a Stone by Anna Trapnel”. Women Writers Project, Sept. 1999.

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