Her letter, addressed to her prebendary uncle, Charles Elstob
, mentions her deference to his judgement, and the favour she has received from both Oxford
and Cambridge Universities
. Female modesty, she says, prevents her...
Literary responses
Elizabeth Elstob
George Hickes
had strongly supported the forthcoming edition. He thought Elstob's work the most correct I ever saw or read,and that her edition will be of great advantage to the Church of England
against...
Dedications
Elizabeth Elstob
The first of these works, dedicated to Caroline, Princess of Wales
, is sometimes called the first grammar of Anglo-Saxon; in fact Elstob was preceded by her friend and patron George Hickes
, who published...
Occupation
Mary Astell
Material that she kept relating to the school included legal views of the canonical jurist Sir Edward Coke
on charitable institutions, a sermon by George Hickes
on endowing a school for poor girls, and information...
