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Memoirs of the life of Colonel Hutchinson, governor of Notingham Castle and town, representative of the County of Nottingham in the Long Parliament, and of the town of Nottingham in the first Parliament of Charles the Second, with original anecdotes… (edition 1846)
These Memoirs, first published in 1806, show the determination of Lucy Hutchinson (1620-1681) to justify the stance of her husband Colonel John Hutchinson. In 1649 he had signed the death warrant of Charles I and went on to serve on the Council of State, but, after becoming disillusioned with Cromwell, was arrested and died in prison. Hutchinson turned her journal of the war years into a memoir, portraying her husband as a gentleman who stood by his convictions and whose allegiance to the Puritan cause was noble. The work is a significant document for the social history of the English Civil War period. It shows the author as a highly educated and accomplished woman who wrote poetry and religious works as well as translating Latin at a time when most women remained in the private sphere. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=hutclu… (more)
Memoirs of the life of Colonel Hutchinson, governor of Notingham Castle and town, representative of the County of Nottingham in the Long Parliament, and of the town of Nottingham in the first Parliament of Charles the Second, with original anecdotes of many of the most distinguished of his contemporaries, and a summary review of public affairs / defended by the Countess of Derby against Sir Thomas Fairfax
These Memoirs, first published in 1806, show the determination of Lucy Hutchinson (1620-1681) to justify the stance of her husband Colonel John Hutchinson. In 1649 he had signed the death warrant of Charles I and went on to serve on the Council of State, but, after becoming disillusioned with Cromwell, was arrested and died in prison. Hutchinson turned her journal of the war years into a memoir, portraying her husband as a gentleman who stood by his convictions and whose allegiance to the Puritan cause was noble. The work is a significant document for the social history of the English Civil War period. It shows the author as a highly educated and accomplished woman who wrote poetry and religious works as well as translating Latin at a time when most women remained in the private sphere. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=hutclu
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The Puritan Colonel John Hutchinson was one of Cromwell's top officers and one of the 39 commissioners who signed the death warrant of King Charles I after his trial. Following the Restoration, he died in prison in 1664 and his wife wrote his biography (as well as her own autobiography) for the sake of their children. Her work illuminates the political and religious conflicts of the English Civil War period.
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