Other candidates whom her family pressed her to marry included Sir Thomas Osborne
(a cousin), Henry Cromwell
, and Sir Justinian Isham
, a widower with children, a middle-aged and publicly distinguished figure (brother of...
politics
Barbara Blaugdone
Her religious witness had, owing to the persecution of Quakers
, its political side. She was clearly a persuasive speaker, as shown by her success with the Mayors of Basingstoke and of Marlborough. She also...
