Madan, Falconer. The Madan Family. Oxford University Press, 1933.
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Cultural formation | Judith Cowper Madan | JCM
was confirmed in the Church of England
by Thomas Secker
, probably at St James's, Piccadilly, having apparently not received this sacrament as a child. Madan, Falconer. The Madan Family. Oxford University Press, 1933. 82 |
Employer | Catherine Talbot | It seems to have been from about the same date that she took on the duties of secretary as well as housekeeper and hostess to her adoptive father the archbishop
. Myers, Sylvia Harcstark. The Bluestocking Circle: Women, Friendship, and the Life of the Mind in Eighteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1990. 221 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Catherine Talbot | Her mother, born Mary Martyn
, was befriended in her straits as a single parent by Catherine Benson
(a bishop's sister), who had been living with the Talbots. From the time of Catherine Benson's marriage... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Catherine Talbot | Thomas Secker
wrote to Catherine Talbot when she was about thirteen that she stood in the place of a child to him and his wife
, who were childless. He was a clergyman who rose... |
Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Carter | EC
associated on terms of warmth and equality with men of letters or culture such as Samuel Johnson
, Samuel Richardson
, Thomas Birch
, Moses Browne
, Richard Savage
, William
and John Duncombe |
Instructor | Catherine Talbot | The three girls studied Latin together. CT
also learned, under the eye of Thomas Secker
, the Bible, modern languages, and astronomy (the latter from Thomas Wright
). Myers, Sylvia Harcstark. The Bluestocking Circle: Women, Friendship, and the Life of the Mind in Eighteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1990. 68 |
politics | Elizabeth Carter | In old age EC
had a reputation for gentleness, even bashfulness; but as a young woman she could be combative in the cause of women. She won an argument with Archbishop Secker
(guardian of Catherine... |
Residence | Catherine Talbot | This was in consequence of Thomas Secker
's elevation to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury. |
Textual Production | Elizabeth Carter | EC
worked at her translation for several years. She consulted widely about details of linguistic and contextual information, accessing the advice of both her friend Catherine Talbot
and Talbot's foster-father Archbishop Secker
(though she declined... |
Travel | Catherine Talbot | CT
, with Archbishop Secker
and the usual family party, visited Canterbury, Dover, and Deal, where they stayed with Elizabeth Carter
. Myers, Sylvia Harcstark. The Bluestocking Circle: Women, Friendship, and the Life of the Mind in Eighteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1990. 74 |
Wealth and Poverty | Elizabeth Carter | EC
was proud of her financial independence (though she also accepted support from her wealthy friend Elizabeth Montagu
and from Archbishop Secker
, patron of her friend Catherine Talbot). She leased from Secker a group... |
Wealth and Poverty | Catherine Talbot | The death of Thomas Secker
, Archbishop of Canterbury, threw his dependents, CT
and her mother, into painful insecurity: his will could not be found. Myers, Sylvia Harcstark. The Bluestocking Circle: Women, Friendship, and the Life of the Mind in Eighteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1990. 222 Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers. 38 (1768): 452-3 |
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