Bridget Egerton
Born1577
Died28 July 1648
NationalityKingdom of England
GenreTheology

Bridget Egerton or Bridget, Lady Egerton (née Grey; 1577 – 28 July 1648) was an English religious writer.

Life

She was born Bridget Grey in 1577. She was the only daughter of Jane Sibylla and Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton.[1]

Her brother -- Thomas, 15th and last Baron -- was arrested as a traitor and he would have been executed if he had not confessed on the day he was to have been killed. He was spared but spent the rest of his life in prison.[2]

She wrote a series of essays on religious subjects based on references within the bible. The thrust of the essays was to belittle the Catholic faith.[2] She came to notice when these were published in 1872 by the Chetham Society.[3]

Personal

Bridget married Sir Roland Egerton, 1st Baronet in 1620. He was the son of Sir John Egerton[3] (known as "black Sir John"), of Egerton and Oulton, Cheshire, of Wrinehill, Staffordshire, and of Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire, and his first wife, Margaret Stanley.[1] In 1625 after the death of "black Sir John" they moved to the family's property at Farhingho. Her husband died in 1646 and she was buried beside him in 1648.[2]

  • Sir John Egerton, 2nd Bt
  • Sir Philip Egerton, of Oulton (d. 1698), married Catherine Conway (d. 1707)
    • Rev. Philip Egerton (1662-1727), married Frances Offley (d. 1738)
      • John Egerton (1697-1770), married Elizabeth Brock (d. 1756)
      • Sibella Egerton (1711 - bef. 1763) married Sir Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles, 3rd Bt.

References

  1. 1 2 Larminie, Vivienne (2005). "Egerton [née Grey], Bridget, Lady Egerton (d. 1648), religious writer | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68054. Retrieved 29 October 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. 1 2 3 Levin, Carole; Bertolet, Anna Riehl; Carney, Jo Eldridge (3 November 2016). A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781315440712.
  3. 1 2 Chetham Miscellanies. Chetham Soc. 1872.
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