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MARY BAILEY
Notes
There are two editions of her book (see 'Further Reading', below), both dated 1826, both published in Nottingham, but by separate publishers: C. N. Wright, and Samuel Bennett. The Bennett printing is marked on the title page as 'Second Edition, and does appear to have gone through a process of revision and improvement. This is the copy text used in the present edition, though I have referred to both.
On the Death of the Revd. Dr. Wylde, of Nottingham
Revd. Charles Wylde (1748-1825), D.D., Vicar of Waltham, in Lincoln, Prebendary of Southwell official of the Archdeacon of Nottingham and Rector of St. Nicholas in Nottingham for 52 years until his death in 1825.
Lines, Written in July, on Widow Hind's garden, at Hints, in Staffordshire
`Bailey appears in this poem as "a female friend" and this work reveals her capacity to depict a scene (rural or urban) through its inhabitants. The garden represents the widow's lost family, providing comfort: (Whatman). Edlin-White notes that the poem refers to Virgil, Milton, Byron and Henry Kirke White. Hints is near Tamworth.
Subscribers' Names
There are 90 subscribers, 68 identifiably female, 21 identifiably male, and apparently all local people. 'Mr Howitt' may have been either Richard or William Howitt, brothers who were both, along with William's wife Mary, major supporters of local writers in this period.
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POEMS OF A NOTTINGHAM LACE-RUNNER
Lady Parkyns
Charlotte Mary Parkyns (1801-1838), née Smith, later Tyser, was the eldest daughter of George and Eliza Margaret Smith of Edwalton. In 1820 she married Sir Thomas Boultbee Parkyns (1797-1833), the 5th Baronet of Bunny Park. She was the mother of the famous explorer Mansfield Parkyns (1823-1884). After her husband died in 1833, she re-married, to Henry Tyser, esq., M.D., of Stamford-hill, on 23 September 1835 (Gents. Mag., n.s. 3 (1835), 85). The Parkyns family were 'well-known in local affairs, and left a local legacy in the present-day name of Parkyns Street, Ruddington. She appears to be a key figure, and it is possible that Mary Bailey worked for her during her time in service.
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Contents
To a Lady who visited the author when she was in great distress 14
To a Lady who desired me to pray for the death of youngest child 17
Petition to the British Fair 19
On the Death of the Revd. Dr. Wylde, late of Nottingham 21
Lines, Written in July, on Widow Hind's garden, at Hints, in Staffordshire 26
Lines On the Death of a Gentleman of Basford 31
The Author to Her Infant Twins 35
Appendix: Mary Bailey's Obituary 37
Index of titles and first lines 42
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