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[[File:Wheathill Prayer 36.png|thumb|Prayer 36 from Wheathill’s <i>A hanfulll of hole-some (though homelie) hearbs</i>]]

”’Anne Wheathill”’ ({{fl|1584}}) was an English poet known for ”A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs”, a collection of forty-nine prayers.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-19-861408-X|editor-last=Matthew|editor-first=H. C. G.|volume=58|location=Oxford|pages=410}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/blit/wheathill_anne_c_1584/0|title=Dictionary of English Literature|last=|first=|publisher=Bloomsbury|year=1997|isbn=|editor-last=Wynne-Davies|editor-first=Marion|edition=2nd|location=|pages=|via=Credo Reference}}</ref> ”A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs” is the first nonaristocratic English gentlewoman’s [[Prayer book|book of prayers]].<ref>{{cite journal | title=Anne Wheathill’s A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs (1584): The First English Gentlewoman’s Prayer Book | date=Autumn 1996 | last1=Atkinson | first1=Colin | journal=The Sixteenth Century Journal | volume=27 | issue=3 | pages=659–672 | doi=10.2307/2544010 | jstor=2544010 | last2=Atkinson | first2=Jo}}</ref> Characteristic to the period, the Reformist<ref>{{Cite book|title=Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writings in English|last=Hackett|first=Helen|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1999|isbn=978-0521668132|location=|pages=662|oclc = 848840673}}</ref> prayers’ topics include admission of transgressions, entreaty for forgiveness, the glory of God, and connection to the divine.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQFbDwAAQBAJ&q=%22anne%20wheathill%22&pg=PR3|title=The Broadview Anthology of Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose|last=Loughlin|first=Marie|publisher=Broadview Press|year=2012|isbn=9781551111629|location=Canada|pages=454–456}}</ref> The collection was published by [[Henry Denham]].<ref>{{cite journal | title=Numerical patterning in Anne Wheathill’s A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs (1584) | date=Spring 1998 | last1=Atkinson | first1=Colin B. | journal=Texas Studies in Literature and Language | volume=40 | pages=1–25 | jstor=40755137 | last2=Atkinson | first2=Jo| issue=1 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UgGNBgAAQBAJ&q=%22anne%20wheathill%22&pg=PA119|title=Women’s Writing in English: Early Modern England|last=Demers|first=Patricia|author-link = Patricia Demers|publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=2005|isbn=9781442627376|location=Toronto|pages=119}}</ref> The only known original copy of ”A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs” is held by the [[Folger Shakespeare Library]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cullen|first=Patrick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8moDQAAQBAJ&q=Huntington%20Library%20%22anne%20wheathill%22&pg=PT12|title=Anne Wheathill Printed Writings 1500–1640: Series 1, Part One, Volume 9|publisher=Routledge|year=2016|isbn=978-1859281000|location=|pages=}}</ref>

”’Anne Wheathill”’ ({{fl|1584}}) was an English poet known for ”A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs”, a collection of forty-nine prayers.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-19-861408-X|editor-last=Matthew|editor-first=H. C. G.|volume=58|location=Oxford|pages=410}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/blit/wheathill_anne_c_1584/0|title=Dictionary of English Literature|last=|first=|publisher=Bloomsbury|year=1997|isbn=|editor-last=Wynne-Davies|editor-first=Marion|edition=2nd|location=|pages=|via=Credo Reference}}</ref> ”A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs” is the first nonaristocratic English gentlewoman’s [[Prayer book|book of prayers]].<ref>{{cite journal | title=Anne Wheathill’s A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs (1584): The First English Gentlewoman’s Prayer Book | date=Autumn 1996 | last1=Atkinson | first1=Colin | journal=The Sixteenth Century Journal | volume=27 | issue=3 | pages=659–672 | doi=10.2307/2544010 | jstor=2544010 | last2=Atkinson | first2=Jo}}</ref> Characteristic to the period, the Reformist<ref>{{Cite book|title=Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writings in English|last=Hackett|first=Helen|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1999|isbn=978-0521668132|location=|pages=662|oclc = 848840673}}</ref> prayers’ topics include admission of transgressions, entreaty for forgiveness, the glory of God, and connection to the divine.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQFbDwAAQBAJ&q=%22anne%20wheathill%22&pg=PR3|title=The Broadview Anthology of Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose|last=Loughlin|first=Marie|publisher=Broadview Press|year=2012|isbn=9781551111629|location=Canada|pages=454–456}}</ref> The collection was published by [[Henry Denham]].<ref>{{cite journal | title=Numerical patterning in Anne Wheathill’s A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs (1584) | date=Spring 1998 | last1=Atkinson | first1=Colin B. | journal=Texas Studies in Literature and Language | volume=40 | pages=1–25 | jstor=40755137 | last2=Atkinson | first2=Jo| issue=1 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UgGNBgAAQBAJ&q=%22anne%20wheathill%22&pg=PA119|title=Women’s Writing in English: Early Modern England|last=Demers|first=Patricia|author-link = Patricia Demers|publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=2005|isbn=9781442627376|location=Toronto|pages=119}}</ref> The only known original copy of ”A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs” is held by the [[Folger Shakespeare Library]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cullen|first=Patrick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8moDQAAQBAJ&q=Huntington%20Library%20%22anne%20wheathill%22&pg=PT12|title=Anne Wheathill Printed Writings 1500–1640: Series 1, Part One, Volume 9|publisher=Routledge|year=2016|isbn=978-1859281000|location=|pages=}}</ref>

Revision as of 19:59, 24 October 2025

Prayer 36 from Wheathill’s A hanfulll of hole-some (though homelie) hearbs

Anne Wheathill (fl. 1584) was an English poet known for A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs, a collection of forty-nine prayers.[1][2] A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs is the first nonaristocratic English gentlewoman’s book of prayers.[3] Characteristic to the period, the Reformist[4] prayers’ topics include admission of transgressions, entreaty for forgiveness, the glory of God, and connection to the divine.[5] The collection was published by Henry Denham.[6][7] The only known original copy of A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs is held by the Folger Shakespeare Library.[8]

References

  1. ^ Matthew, H. C. G., ed. (2004). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 58. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 410. ISBN 0-19-861408-X.
  2. ^ Wynne-Davies, Marion, ed. (1997). Dictionary of English Literature (2nd ed.). Bloomsbury – via Credo Reference.
  3. ^ Atkinson, Colin; Atkinson, Jo (Autumn 1996). “Anne Wheathill’s A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs (1584): The First English Gentlewoman’s Prayer Book”. The Sixteenth Century Journal. 27 (3): 659–672. doi:10.2307/2544010. JSTOR 2544010.
  4. ^ Hackett, Helen (1999). Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writings in English. Cambridge University Press. p. 662. ISBN 978-0521668132. OCLC 848840673.
  5. ^ Loughlin, Marie (2012). The Broadview Anthology of Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose. Canada: Broadview Press. pp. 454–456. ISBN 9781551111629.
  6. ^ Atkinson, Colin B.; Atkinson, Jo (Spring 1998). “Numerical patterning in Anne Wheathill’s A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs (1584)”. Texas Studies in Literature and Language. 40 (1): 1–25. JSTOR 40755137.
  7. ^ Demers, Patricia (2005). Women’s Writing in English: Early Modern England. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 119. ISBN 9781442627376.
  8. ^ Cullen, Patrick (2016). Anne Wheathill Printed Writings 1500–1640: Series 1, Part One, Volume 9. Routledge. ISBN 978-1859281000.

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