She grew up as a merely nominal Anglican
without any inward and spiritual faith.
qtd. in
Mendelson, Sara Heller. The Mental World of Stuart Women: Three Studies. Harvester Press, 1987.
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She later acquired intense Puritan
piety. The memoirist Elizabeth Walker
credited Mary Rich's conversion to her husband, the Rev. Anthony Walker
.
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Cultural formation
Mary Rich Countess of Warwick
Her mentor was her father-in-law's chaplain, Anthony Walker
, husband of the memoirist Elizabeth Walker
.
death
Elizabeth Walker
EW
died after a short illness which her husband
reported as a combined Rheumatism, Erysipelas, and Peripneumonia.
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death
Mary Rich Countess of Warwick
She was buried at nearby Felstead, and was eulogised by Anthony Walker
(in a funeral sermon, The Virtuous Woman Found, printed in 1678 and reprinted in 1680, 1686, 1693, and 1847)
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Family and Intimate relationships
Elizabeth Walker
Elizabeth Sadler
was married to the Rev. Anthony Walker
at Hammersmith, on a day which threatened rain but on which the sun eventually broke through.
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politics
Elizabeth Walker
In 1685, perhaps in connection with the death of Charles II
and the succession of the openly Catholic James II
, Anthony Walkersuffered some form of persecution for ten days and seems to have...
Publishing
Mary Rich Countess of Warwick
Passages from her writings were included by Anthony Walker
when he printed his funeral sermon on her, The Virtuous Woman Found, 1678. His work was abridged as Memoir of Lady Warwick, published by...
Reception
Elizabeth Bury
Among EB
's early readers was a Welshwoman of the next generation who in her turn became posthumously known as a diarist: Sarah Savage
, 1664-1752, sister of that Matthew Henry
whom both EB
and...
Textual Production
Elizabeth Walker
EW
's widower, the Rev. Anthony Walker
, published The Holy Life of Mrs. Elizabeth Walker, which is very largely composed of her own writings.
Walker, Anthony, and Elizabeth Walker. The Vertuous Wife: or, the Holy Life of Mrs. Elizabth Walker. J. Robinson, A. and J. Churchill, J. Taylor, and J. Wyat, 1694.
prelims
Travel
Elizabeth Walker
EW
travelled with her husband
and maidservant via London to Tunbridge Wells in Kent to take the waters there, because she was not well.
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Timeline
No timeline events available.
Texts
Walker, Anthony, and Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick. Eureka Eureka, The Virtuous Woman Found. Nathanael Ranew, 1678.
Walker, Anthony, and Elizabeth Walker. The Holy Life of Mrs. Elizabeth Walker. For the Author, 1690.
Walker, Anthony, and Elizabeth Walker. The Vertuous Wife: or, the Holy Life of Mrs. Elizabth Walker. J. Robinson, A. and J. Churchill, J. Taylor, and J. Wyat, 1694.