The earliest known autobiography in English is the early 15th-century Booke of Margery Kempe, describing among other things her pilgrimage to the Holy Land and visit to Rome.

** Margery Kempe, writer of the first autobiography in English

Julian became well known throughout England as a spiritual authority: the English mystic ( and author of the first known autobiography written in England ) Margery Kempe mentions going to Norwich to speak with her.

* Margery Kempe

Taking a vow of chastity while being married was unusual, but not unprecedented, as around 1413, Margery Kempe also negotiated a vow of chastity with her husband.

The modern digraph th began to grow in popularity during the 14th century ; at the same time, the shape of thorn grew less distinctive, with the letter losing its ascender ( becoming similar in appearance to the old wynn (), which had fallen out of use by 1300 ) and, in some hands, such as that of the scribe of the unique mid-15th century manuscript of The Boke of Margery Kempe, ultimately becoming indistinguishable from the letter Y.

It is known that cases of the syndrome had already been observed during the Middle Ages, since it was described in the itinerary of Felix Fabri and the biography of Margery Kempe.

** The Book of Margery Kempe ( posthumous )

* The Book of Margery Kempe, Margery Kempe

At the age of 20, Margery Brunham married a Norwich man named John Kempe.

After his death, she continued to work with another male scribe, to complete The Book of Margery Kempe.

There is no firm evidence that Margery Kempe could read or write, but Leyser notes how religious culture was informed by texts.

In 1438, the year her book is known to have been completed, a Marguerite Kempe, who may have been Margery Kempe, was admitted to the Trinity Guild of Lynn.

Margery Kempe went on many pilgrimages and has been known to have purchased indulgences for friends, enemies, the souls trapped in Purgatory and herself.

* Kempe, Margery.

The Book of Margery Kempe, 1436, Ed.

* Kempe, Margery.

He married Margery, daughter of Sir Thomas Brews, and left a son, William Paston ( c. 1479-1554 ), who was also knighted, and who was a prominent figure at the court of Henry VIII.

His maternal grandparents were Sir George Darell or Darrell ( died c. 1474 ) and Margaret Stourton ( born c. 1433 ), a daughter of John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton and Margery or Marjory Wadham.

* Margery Wentworth ( c. 1478-1550 ), mother of Jane Seymour

* Margery Kempe ( c. 1373 – after 1438 ), English autobiographer, religious pilgrim

She joined the King's Company about 1670 and played many important roles in the 1670s, including Benzayda in John Dryden's The Conquest of Granada ( December 1670 and January 1671 ), Melantha in Dryden's Marriage A-la-Mode ( c. April 1672 ), Margery Pinchwife in William Wycherley's The Country Wife ( 12 January 1675 ), and probably Rosalinda in Nathaniel Lee's Sophonisba ( 3 April 1675 ).

* Margery Eagan and Peter Gelzinis are longtime metro columnists, as is Joe Fitzgerald, who was formerly a sports columnist.

Four female writers of the Golden Age are considered the four original " Queens of Crime ": Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh and Margery Allingham.

Oxford was the only son of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding.

He was born on 12 April 1550 at the de Vere ancestral home, Castle Hedingham, the only son of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford and his second wife, Margery Golding.

Both the 16th Earl and the Countess of Oxford had established court connections: John accompanying Princess Elizabeth from house arrest at Hatfield to the throne, and Margery being appointed a Maid of Honor in 1559.

* Heffron, Margery M. "' A Fine Romance ': The Courtship Correspondence between Louisa Catherine Johnson and John Quincy Adams ," New England Quarterly, June 2010, Vol.

Gordon continued to act on the stage throughout the 1930s, including notable runs as Mattie in Ethan Frome, Margery Pinchwife in William Wycherley's Restoration comedy The Country Wife at London's Old Vic and on Broadway, and Nora Helmer in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at Central City, Colorado, and on Broadway.

After high school, Margery ( her sister ) and Ruth were able to enter St. Margaret ’ s School for Girls, a college preparatory school, with help from a full time scholarship.

The production was directed by Michael Bawtree with a cast of Jack Bittner, Margery Cohen, Jim Corti, Ed Dixon, Patricia Elliott, Kurt Peterson, and Janie Sell.

Unmarried, King is survived by relative Margery King.

William Byrd was born in London, the son of another Thomas Byrd about whom nothing further is known, and his wife, Margery.

Jane Seymour was born at Wulfhall, Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, the daughter of Sir John Seymour and Margery Wentworth.

Kett was the son of Tom and Margery Kett and had several brothers, and clergyman Francis Kett was his nephew.

Edward Seymour was born in about 1500, to Sir John Seymour and Margery Wentworth.

* Margery Bonney Erskine ... Committee Woman ( as Mrs. Wallace Erskine )

In 1931, he and Margery " Marny " Kimball were married.

* Autolycus is the name of a pet Jackdaw belonging to the fictional detective Albert Campion in the novels by Margery Allingham.

Margery Allingham, in Time and Tide, wrote that her only regret, " is that the story was written in the first person.

" Against Oblivion: History of Calhoun County " by Margery P. Dews.