Birth date:
1722
Death date:
1746
Birth town:
Country:
England
Mary Leapor was christened on 26 Feb 1722 at Marston St Lawrence. Her father, Phillip Leapor, was a Brackley man, who was a gardener employed by Sir John Blencowe until 1726. Her mother was Anne Sharman from Weston by Weedon.
Mary was a poetess, and was also employed in service as a cook maid in Weston working for Susannah Jennens, the married daughter of John Blencowe, whose husband owned Weston Hall. Mary fell out of favour in the household, but returned to her parents home in Brackley, from where she died and was buried 'in wool' in Brackley on 14 November 1746.
Mary Leapor produced a substantial body of exceptional poetry which was only published after her early death at the age of twenty-four.
Poems by this Poet
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Post date | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Portrait of the Artist | 19 May 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| Advice to Sophronia | 5 September 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| An Epistle to a Lady | 31 July 2013 |
(4 votes) |
0 |
| Crumble-Hall | 31 July 2013 |
No votes yet |
0 |
| Epistle to a Lady, An | 29 November 2013 |
No votes yet |
0 |
| Essay on Woman, An | 19 May 2014 |
(36 votes) |
1 |
| Hope | 5 September 2014 |
No votes yet |
0 |
| In the Kitchen | 29 November 2013 |
No votes yet |
1 |
| Man the Monarch | 31 July 2013 |
No votes yet |
0 |
| Mira to Octavia | 5 September 2014 |
No votes yet |
0 |