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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.)) 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].'  
 +\\ 
 +=== Eliza's belongings === 
 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'.\\ 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'.\\
    
-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]//.'  
  
 {{:dscn3653.jpg?direct&300|}}((Provenance: Judith Godden)) {{: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?
  
-===== Religious faith =====+=== Religious faith ===
 The family has five books that belonged to Eliza (apart from the above noted //Aesop's Fables// which she presumably inherited) – all on religious themes with a strong evangelical flavour. A  sixth was a gift to her husband on his 66th birthday. The family has five books that belonged to Eliza (apart from the above noted //Aesop's Fables// which she presumably inherited) – all on religious themes with a strong evangelical flavour. A  sixth was a gift to her husband on his 66th birthday.
  
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 //John Green & Maria Ethelreda Bishop to their beloved Sister Eliza Prior greeting – May the Lord bless the Perusal of their volume which is full of comfort, experience, and instruction. April 25, 1821.// //John Green & Maria Ethelreda Bishop to their beloved Sister Eliza Prior greeting – May the Lord bless the Perusal of their volume which is full of comfort, experience, and instruction. April 25, 1821.//
  
-This inscription reads like a Bishop’s greeting to a ‘sister’ in Christ, while the names suggest a couple with the surname Bishop: another mystery that needs further research.+This inscription reads like a Bishop’s greeting to a ‘sister’ in Christ, while the names suggest a couple with the surname Bishop: another mystery that needs further research.((There was a Bishop John Green, but he died in 1779.))
  
-2. //The Saints’ Everlasting Rest; or, a Treatise of The Blessed State of the Saints in their Enjoyment of God in Heaven//, published 1814 and given to her by a clergyman [ to do name].+2. //The Saints’ Everlasting Rest; or, a Treatise of The Blessed State of the Saints in their Enjoyment of God in Heaven//, published 1814 and given to her by a clergyman.
  
 3. [to do title] Eliza wrote in it that it was ‘Bought at the sale of Mr Nelson’s Books late secretary to Mr[?] Rob: Walpole & Fell: of Kings coll: Camb: [ie. Fellow of Kings College, Cambridge University]'. 3. [to do title] Eliza wrote in it that it was ‘Bought at the sale of Mr Nelson’s Books late secretary to Mr[?] Rob: Walpole & Fell: of Kings coll: Camb: [ie. Fellow of Kings College, Cambridge University]'.
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