Dorothy, Lady Pakington
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Dorothy, Lady Pakington (née Coventry) (1623–1679) was an English
friend and supporter of learned clergymen, and a writer of religious works.
and his second wife, Elizabeth (1583–1653), daughter of John Aldersey of Spurstow, Cheshire, and widow of William Pitchford. She married Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet
(1621–1680), of Westwood, Worcestershire. The couple had at least three surviving children.
A fervent royalist, Dorothy Pakington wrote manuscript prayers, and shared in the circulation of religious and philosophical manuscripts in the group of clergymen around the king's chaplain Henry Hammond
. The extent of her reputation is showed by the fact that contemporaries believed her the author of The Whole Duty of Man
. Although George Ballard
defended this attribution, modern scholars instead follow two nineteenth-century writers - Richard Barham and C. E. Doble - who attributed the work to Hammond's friend Richard Allestree
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
friend and supporter of learned clergymen, and a writer of religious works.
Biography
Dorothy Coventry was the daughter of Sir Thomas CoventryThomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry
Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry was a prominent English lawyer, politician and judge during the early 17th century.-Education and early legal career:...
and his second wife, Elizabeth (1583–1653), daughter of John Aldersey of Spurstow, Cheshire, and widow of William Pitchford. She married Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1679. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
(1621–1680), of Westwood, Worcestershire. The couple had at least three surviving children.
A fervent royalist, Dorothy Pakington wrote manuscript prayers, and shared in the circulation of religious and philosophical manuscripts in the group of clergymen around the king's chaplain Henry Hammond
Henry Hammond
Henry Hammond was an English churchman.-Early life:He was born at Chertsey in Surrey on 18 August 1605, the youngest son of John Hammond, physician. He was educated at Eton College, and from age 13 at Magdalen College, Oxford, becoming demy or scholar in 1619. On 11 December 1622 he graduated B.A....
. The extent of her reputation is showed by the fact that contemporaries believed her the author of The Whole Duty of Man
The Whole Duty of Man
The Whole Duty of Man is an English Protestant devotional work, first published anonymously, with an introduction by Henry Hammond, in 1658. It was both popular and influential for two centuries, in the Anglican tradition it helped to define...
. Although George Ballard
George Ballard
George Ballard was an English antiquary and biographer, the author of Memoirs of British Ladies .Ballard was born at Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. Self-educated, Ballard taught himself Saxon while working in a habit-maker's shop, and attracted the attention of the Saxon scholar Elizabeth Elstob...
defended this attribution, modern scholars instead follow two nineteenth-century writers - Richard Barham and C. E. Doble - who attributed the work to Hammond's friend Richard Allestree
Richard Allestree
Richard Allestree or Allestry was a Royalist churchman and provost of Eton College from 1665.-Life:The son of Robert Allestree, descended from an old Derbyshire family, he was born at Uppington in Shropshire. He was educated at Coventry and later at Christ Church, Oxford, under Richard Busby...
.
External links
- Sara H. Mendelson, ‘Pakington , Dorothy, Lady Pakington (bap. 1623, d. 1679)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 4 March 2007.