▁works ▁Lucy ▁H utch inson ▁has ▁a ▁place ▁in ▁literature ▁for ▁her ▁bi ography ▁of ▁her ▁husband , ▁Mem oir s ▁of ▁the ▁Life ▁of ▁Colonel ▁H utch inson , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁her ▁works ▁in ▁poetry ▁and ▁translation . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Mem oir s ▁of ▁the ▁Life ▁of ▁Colonel ▁H utch inson ▁throws ▁lights ▁upon ▁the ▁characteristics ▁and ▁conditions ▁of ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁Pur it ans ▁during ▁the ▁English ▁Civil ▁War . ▁Int ended ▁for ▁her ▁family ▁only , ▁it ▁was ▁printed ▁by ▁a ▁desc endant ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 6 , ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁popular ▁and ▁influ ential ▁account ▁of ▁that ▁period . ▁In ▁the ▁book , ▁she ▁records ▁that ▁John ▁H utch inson ▁had ▁many ▁notable ▁vict ories ▁in ▁the ▁Civil ▁War , ▁including ▁at ▁Sh elf ord ▁Man or ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁October ▁ 1 6 4 5 . ▁In ▁this ▁battle ▁he ▁defeated ▁his ▁kin , ▁Colonel ▁Philip ▁Stan ho pe , ▁the ▁fifth ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁Earl ▁of ▁Ch ester field . ▁Lucy ▁may ▁have ▁even ▁seen ▁the ▁battle , ▁as ▁their ▁estate ▁of ▁O w th or pe ▁in ▁Not ting ham shire ▁was ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁miles ▁away . ▁ ▁Trans lation ▁Lucy ▁H utch inson ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁named ▁transl ator ▁of ▁the ▁full ▁text ▁of ▁Lu cre ti us ' s ▁De ▁R er um ▁N atura ▁into ▁English ▁verse . ▁She ▁is ▁likely ▁to ▁have ▁begun ▁her ▁translation ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 6 5 0 s .