ET
's father, George Tollet
, was a Protestant who moved or fled from Dublin (where he and his brothers had been working) to England during the turbulent year of 1688.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under George Tollet and Thomas Tollet
Friends, Associates
Elizabeth Tollet
Tory politician Robert Harley
was committed to the Tollet
s' house in the Tower of London, where ET
became well acquainted with him.
Londry, Michael. Thomas Parnell’s Poem ’To a Young Lady’ as Addressed to Elizabeth Tollet. 1998.
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Residence
Elizabeth Tollet
ET
lived in the Tower of London, where her father
had lodgings while he worked for the Navy Board.
Londry, Michael, and Elizabeth Tollet. The Poems of Elizabeth Tollet. Oxford University, 2004.