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Memoirs of Colonel Hutchinson. Volumes I & II.
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MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF COLONEL HUTCHINSON, GOVERNOR OF NOTTINGHAM CASTLE AND TOWN, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM IN THE LONG PARLIAMENT, AND OF THE TOWN OF NOTTINGHAM IN THE FIRST PARLIAMENT OF CHARLES II, ETC. WITH ORIGINAL ANECDOTES OF MANY OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES, AND A SUMMARY REVIEW OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS: WRITTEN BY HIS WIDOW LUCY, DAUGHTER OF SIR ALLEN APSLEY, LIEUTENANT OF THE TOWER, ETC. NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BY THE REV. JULIUS HUTCHINSON. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED THE LIFE OF MRS. HUTCHINSON, WRITTEN BY HERSELF, A FRAGMENT.

Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681) was an English translator, poet, and biographer, and the first person to translate the complete text of Lucretius’s De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things) into English verse, during the years of the Interregnum (1649–1660).
Lucy was born on 29 January 1620 in the Tower of London, where her father, Sir Allen Apsley, was Lieutenant. She was named after her mother, Lady Lucy St John, and was the second of ten children. She was married on 3 July 1638 in St. Andrew Holborn to Colonel John Hutchinson (1615-1664). She claimed that he was in part attracted to her intellectual and poetic accomplishments. In 1649, John Hutchinson was one of the signatories of King Charles ‘s death-warrant, but he later protested against the assumption of supreme power by Oliver Cromwell.
After the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, her husband was arrested for his part in the regicide and imprisoned in Sandown Castle, Kent. However, he was not tried. Lucy went before the House of Lords to gain his release, but to no avail. In 1664, John Hutchinson died in prison. His death deeply affected her and her writing, as attested by her “Elegies” series of poems. Lucy Hutchinson was an ardent Puritan, and she held fast to her Calvinist convictions. She died at Owthorpe in October 1681 and was buried in her husband’s tomb.

 Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681) was an English translator, poet, and biographer, and the first person to translate the complete text of Lucretius’s De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things) into English verse, during the years of the Interregnum (1649–1660).

Lucy was born on 29 January 1620 in the Tower of London, where her father, Sir Allen Apsley, was Lieutenant. She was named after her mother, Lady Lucy St John, and was the second of ten children. She was married on 3 July 1638 in St. Andrew Holborn to Colonel John Hutchinson (1615-1664). She claimed that he was in part attracted to her intellectual and poetic accomplishments. In 1649, John Hutchinson was one of the signatories of King Charles ‘s death-warrant, but he later protested against the assumption of supreme power by Oliver Cromwell.

After the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, her husband was arrested for his part in the regicide and imprisoned in Sandown Castle, Kent. However, he was not tried. Lucy went before the House of Lords to gain his release, but to no avail. In 1664, John Hutchinson died in prison. His death deeply affected her and her writing, as attested by her “Elegies” series of poems. Lucy Hutchinson was an ardent Puritan, and she held fast to her Calvinist convictions. She died at Owthorpe in October 1681 and was buried in her husband’s tomb.