Agnes Beaumont of Edworth

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 10; p. 7
• Main Author: Bell, Patricia L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2001
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); Bunyan, John (1628-88); English literature
• ISSN: 0954-0970

[...]he tould him he Could set him in a way to Come in for a part, which my brother was glad to heare of. Since a law suit was threatened, Agnes gave him £60 out of her eventual inheritance. When he was buried at Edworth on 27 January 1692, described as a yeoman, the entry continues 'who came a traveling day labourer to this parish and threshed in the parsonage Barn'. [...]he came from a lower level of society than the Beaumonts, but as a yeoman, an owner of his land, he would eventually have ranked higher than they, who remained tenant farmers. Following the family tradition, he was mayor, and in 1675 we find a boy apprenticed to Thomas Paley, apothecary and alderman,19 and he held the position of coroner for some years. [...]because he too was a medical man, his professional experience would reinforce Mr Halfhead' s view that John Beaumont's death was a natural one. [...]recently, nothing more was known of Agnes' s life until we come to the reports of her burial.