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| ====== Eliza Prior ====== | ====== Eliza Prior ====== |
| Her parents were Charles and Mary Skynner of {{http://cimmoorhall.co.uk/\Moor Hall}}, [[wp>Cookham|Cookham]], Berkshire, England. Her mother was née Orlebar, of Henwick House, Bedfordshire.((TLM-P's Family Bible; John Burke, A// Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank, But Uninvested with Heritable Honours//, 1834.))\\ | Her parents were Charles and Mary Skynner of {{http://cimmoorhall.co.uk/\Moor Hall}}, [[wp>Cookham|Cookham]], Berkshire, England. Her mother was née Orlebar, of Henwick House, Bedfordshire.((TLM-P's Family Bible; John Burke, A// Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank, But Uninvested with Heritable Honours//, 1834.))\\ |
| One of the books in the author's possession (//Select Fables of Esop [sic] and other fabulists// London, J. Dodsley, 1773) had at least two owners connected to Eliza's family. One name appears to be Miss Sarah[?] E Skynner, Cookham' while a childish hand has written on the facing page, 'Mary Orlebar 1774 Given her by the Countess of Sussex her God Mother'.\\ | A book, //Select Fables of Esop [sic] and other fabulists// London, J. Dodsley, 1773, ((Provenance: Judith Godden)) had at least two owners connected to Eliza's family. One name appears to be Miss Sarah[?] E Skynner, Cookham' while a childish hand has written on the facing page, 'Mary Orlebar 1774 Given her by the Countess of Sussex her God Mother'.\\ |
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| When recalling his emigration to Australia, TLM-P acknowledged his mother's self-sacrificial support, writing that: | When recalling his emigration to Australia, TLM-P acknowledged his mother's self-sacrificial support, writing that: |
| //'Mother … [gave me all the money] she could possibly spare from their modest allowance and made me take the few sovereigns which would diminish home comforts for the quarter [til next payday]//.' | //'Mother … [gave me all the money] she could possibly spare from their modest allowance and made me take the few sovereigns which would diminish home comforts for the quarter [til next payday]//.' |
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| {{:dscn3653.jpg?direct&300|}} | {{:dscn3653.jpg?direct&300|}}((Provenance: Judith Godden)) |
| This is a mourning ring, worn to indicate (along with the strict wearing of black) the recent death of a loved one. The writing around the centre funeral urn states that it is in memory of ‘Mary Skynner OB [who died aged] 63 [on] 14 November 1797’. Given her age, this Mary could not be Eliza’s mother, but perhaps her grandmother? | This is a mourning ring, worn to indicate (along with the strict wearing of black) the recent death of a loved one. The writing around the centre funeral urn states that it is in memory of ‘Mary Skynner OB [who died aged] 63 [on] 14 November 1797’. Given her age, this Mary could not be Eliza’s mother, but perhaps her grandmother? |
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