Anne Locke Anne Locke Anne Locke (Lock, Lok) (1530 – after 1590) was an English poet, translator and Calvinist religious figure. She was the first English author to publish a sonnet sequence, "A Meditation of a Penitent Sinner" (1560). Anne Locke was the daughter of Stephen Vaughan, a merchant, royal envoy, and prominent early supporter of the Protestant Reformation. Her mother, Margaret (or Margery) Gwynnethe (or Guinet) was a silkwoman in the Tudor court who worked for both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Parr. Anne was the eldest surviving child, and had two siblings, Jane and Stephen (b. 4 October 1537). Following the
Anne Jane Thornton himself emigrated to America, although her sister still lived there and was glad to hear news of Anne Jane. The Lord Mayor booked Thornton a seat on the London to Liverpool coach, and she left for Ireland on 2 April 1835. On 13 April, a newspaper in Ballyshannon reported her arrival in Donegal. Thornton's story became even better known after she wrote an autobiographical book, "The Interesting Life and Wonderful Adventures of that Extraordinary Woman Anne Jane Thornton, the Female Sailor". King William IV granted Thornton a pension of £10 a year, while a Mr Andrew Murray gave her the