Fane (d. 1568), writer and literary patron Anne Finch (1661–1720), poet Mary FitzAlan (1540–1557), translator Grace Gethin (née Norton; 1676–1697), essayist Jane Grey (1537–1554), scholar Constantia Grierson (née Crawley; c. 1705-1732), classicist, editor, and poet Anne Halkett (née Murray; c. 1623 – 1699), religious writer and autobiographer Cecily Heron (née More; born 1507–?), Latinist and daughter of Thomas More Susanna Hopton (née Harvey; 1627–1709), religious writer Jane Howard (1537–1593), noblewoman Esther Inglis (née Langlois; 1570/71-1624), calligrapher and miniaturist Margery Kempe (c. 1373 - c. 1440), pilgrim and writer Anne Killigrew (1660–1685), poet and painter Catherine Killigrew (c. 1530-1583), gentlewoman and scholar Elizabeth Legge (1580–1685), linguist & poet Elizabeth Lucar (née Withypoll; 1510–1537), calligrapher Jane Lumley (née Fitzalan; 1537–1578), classicist Damaris Cudworth Masham (1658–1708), philosopher theologian Mary Monck (née Molesworth; 1677? – 1715), poet Dudleya North (1675–1712), orientalist, linguist, and classical scholar Frances Norton (née Freke; 1640–1731), writer Julian of Norwich (1343–1443), anchorite and writer Dorothy Pakington (née Coventry; 1623–1679), religious writer Catherine Parr (1512–1548), queen consort Blanche Parry (1508-1589), antiquary Katherine Philips (née Fowler; (1631/2 – 1664), poet Margaret Roper (née More; 1505–1544), scholar, translator, and daughter of Thomas More Margaret Rowlett (née Cooke; d. 1558), sister of Ann Bacon, Mildred Cooke, Elizabeth Russell Elizabeth Russell (née Cooke; 1528–1609), gentlewoman and poet Anne Seymour (later Dudley; 1538–1588), poet Jane Seymour (1541–1561), poet Margaret Seymour (b. 1540), poet Mary Sidney (later Herbert; 1561–1621), poet Arbella Stuart (later Seymour; 1575–1615), noblewoman Mary Stuart (1542–1587), Queen of Scotland Catherine Tishem (died 1595), classical scholar Elizabeth Tudor (1533–1603), Queen of England and Ireland Mary Tudor (1516–1558), Queen of England and Ireland Elizabeth Walker (née Sadler; 1623–1690), diarist and pharmacist Elizabeth Jane Weston (bap. 1581?, d. 1612), scholar & linguist Anne Wharton (née Lee; 1659–1685), poet and dramatist Notes References Allibone, S. A. A critical dictionary of English literature. 1859-71. Ballard, George. ''Memoirs of several ladies of Great Britain. Edited with an introduction by Ruth Perry. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1985. Chalmers, A. The general biographical dictionary. 1812-1817. External links Full digitized text available at HathiTrust: Memoirs of several ladies of Great Britain, who have been celebrated for their writings, or skill in the learned languages, arts and sciences (Oxford: W. Jackson, 1752). Full digitized text available at the Internet Archive: Memoirs of several ladies of Great Britain, who have been celebrated for their writings, or skill in the learned languages, arts and sciences