It was dedicated to James Bedingfield
, and the title page gave her name along with a quotation from Burns
.
Family and Intimate relationships
Mary Bryan
MB
's husband, Edward Bryan
, died intestate; he left Mary his executrix, but also left her and her six children to the care of James Bedingfield
.
Bryan, Mary, and Jonathan Wordsworth. Sonnets and Metrical Tales 1815. Woodstock Books, 1996.
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Ragaz, Sharon. “Writing to Sir Walter: The Letters of Mary Bryan Bedingfield”. Cardiff Corvey: Reading the Romantic Text, No. 7, Dec. 2001.
Ashfield, Andrew. Emails to Orlando about Mary Bryan, Helen Maria Williams. 8 Mar. 2010.
Family and Intimate relationships
Mary Bryan
The widow MB
was married secretly, at St Clement Danes in London, to Dr James Bedingfield
, the friend whom her first husband had appointed to look after her and her children.
Ragaz, Sharon. “Writing to Sir Walter: The Letters of Mary Bryan Bedingfield”. Cardiff Corvey: Reading the Romantic Text, No. 7, Dec. 2001.
Occupation
Mary Bryan
A work by MB
's friend, patron, and future second husband, James Bedingfield
, was printed by her press, in her name.
Waldron, Mary, and Isobel Grundy. Letter about Mary Bryan to Isobel Grundy. 2000.
