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Diary of the Rev. John Ward, A.M., vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon, extending from 1648 to 1679. From the original MSS. preserved in the library of the Medical Society of London / Arranged by Charles Severn. Published by permission of the Council.

  • John Ward
Date:
1839
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Credit: Diary of the Rev. John Ward, A.M., vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon, extending from 1648 to 1679. From the original MSS. preserved in the library of the Medical Society of London / Arranged by Charles Severn. Published by permission of the Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    one Mistris Kirk, daughter to one Mistris Townsend; shee came to towne, as Mr. Fflexon, my barber, told mee, in a waggon, and in mean attire ; hee saw her, for his ffather kept the Chequers, where shee lay. My Lord Lovelace took a lodging for her in Allsoules, and after awhile, shee appeared as well clad as anie ladie in the court. Shee afterwards married to one Kirk, an old courtier, and one of his Majestie’s creatures. Itt was, as I have heard say, ima- gined that his Majestie was familiar with her, in regard hee gave her away. My Lord Love- Jace had her companie first after her husband’s death. Ihave heard my Lord F francis, brother to the Duke of Buckingham, kept her; and since that another nobleman keeps her. There was a fellow with a vast long beard, which came to Oxford about the middle of September, An. Dom. 1659. Some say liee of Stratford John Milton was known only as the Latin Secre- tary of Oliver Cromwell. Paradise Lost was not published til] the year 1667.