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Frances Neville, Baroness Bergavenny

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Frances Neville, Baroness Bergavenny (also Nevill was an English noblewoman and author. Little is known of either Lady or Lord Bergavenny, except that the latter was accused of behaving in a riotous and unclean manner by some Puritan commentators. Lady Bergavenny's work appeared in The Monument of Matrones in 1582 and was a series of "Praiers". Her devotions were sixty-seven prose prayers, one metrical prayer against vice, a long acrostic prayer on her daughter's name, and an acrostic prayer containing her own name.

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Occupation: writer
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
Born: 1540
Died: 1576

Family

Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavennyspouse Mary Neville, Baroness le Despenserchild Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutlandfather Eleanor Manners, Countess of Rutlandmother Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutlandsibling

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Frances Neville, Baroness Bergavenny (also Nevill was an English noblewoman and author. Little is known of either Lady or Lord Bergavenny, except that the latter was accused of behaving in a riotous and unclean manner by some Puritan commentators. Lady Bergavenny's work appeared in The Monument of Matrones in 1582 and was a series of "Praiers". Her devotions were sixty-seven prose prayers, one metrical prayer against vice, a long acrostic prayer on her daughter's name, and an acrostic prayer containing her own name.

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Occupation: writer
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
Born: 1540
Died: 1576

Family

Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavennyspouse Mary Neville, Baroness le Despenserchild Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutlandfather Eleanor Manners, Countess of Rutlandmother Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutlandsibling