The Poetry of Isabella Whitney

Timeline of events

  • 1548 (?) – Born in Coole Pilate, Cheshire to Geffrey and Joan Whitney(nee Cartwright)
  • After 1558 – Isabella goes to London
  • 1566-1572 – Sometime within these years, Whitney loses her employment.
  • 1566/1567 – Within this year, Whitney sells two of her poems to Richard Jones.
  • 1572 – Richard Jones publishes ‘A Sweet Nosgay’
  • 1573 – Whitney is living in Abchurch Lane, London but getting ready to go to Cheshire.
  • 1577 – William Gruffith dies.
  • 1601 – Geffrey, Isabella’s brother dies, mentioning ‘Sister Eldershae’ in his Will.
  • 1624 – Brooke, Isabella’s younger brother dies, mentioning ‘my sister Isabell’ in his Will.

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