Once established in Ireland, her family became practising members of the Church of Ireland: that is the Anglican
Church. AMH
encountered many practising Catholic
s while living with her maternal step-grandfather
, who often entertained...
Keane, Maureen. Mrs. S.C. Hall: A Literary Biography. Colin Smythe, 1997.
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Friends, Associates
Lady Eleanor Douglas
In spring 1625 LED
took into her household a Scots boy named George Carr
, who was dumb like her lost son Jack. After he learned speech (supposedly in connection with her prophesies) he left...
Intertextuality and Influence
Lady Eleanor Douglas
A thirteen-year-old, Scottish, deaf-mute boy whom Lady Eleanor had with her, George Carr
, was thought miraculously to have regained the power of speech through her prophesying.
Cope, Esther S. Handmaid of the Holy Spirit: Dame Eleanor Davies, Never Soe Mad a Ladie. University of Michigan Press, 1992.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
The politically meaningful anagrams in A Warning...
Residence
Anna Maria Hall
When Anna Maria was a few weeks old, her father died. Mother and daughter went to live with Sarah Elizabeth Fielding
's mother and step-father. The step-father, George Carr
, owned an estate at Graigie...
Residence
Anna Maria Hall
In 1815, after her grandmother's death Anna Maria Fielding (later AMH
), together with her mother
and grandfatherGeorge Carr
, moved from Wexford in Ireland to London.
Keane, Maureen. Mrs. S.C. Hall: A Literary Biography. Colin Smythe, 1997.
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Hall, Samuel Carter. Retrospect of a Long Life: From 1815 to 1883. D. Appleton, 1883.
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Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. Oxford University Press, 1993.
Wealth and Poverty
Anna Maria Hall
According to Samuel Carter Hall, George Carr
did not leave a will and, as a result his grand-daughter did not receive an inheritance. Carr's great-nephew, however, asserts that his uncle left AMH
an annuity of...