Frances Margery Hext

Frances Margery Hext
Frances Margery Hext
Born 1819
Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England
Died 10 January 1896
Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England
Nationality British
Parent(s) John Hext
Elizabeth Staniforth

Frances Margery Hext (1819-1896) was a local historian and author from Lostwithiel, Cornwall. Her writings mainly pertained to the local area and the Staniforth and Hext families.

Early life

Frances Margery Hext was born in 1819 to John Hext and his wife Elizabeth (née Staniforth. Her mother was the daughter of Thomas Staniforth, Lord Mayor of Liverpool from 1797–98 and her brother Samuel Staniforth held the same position in 1812–13.[1]

Her father John Hext is described as having inherited the family estates from his brother, and was also deputy lieutenant and deputy warden of the Stannaries. He was also a magistrate for Cornwall.[2]

Frances was also the great grand niece of Reverend Cox Macro, notable for the Macro Manuscript.[3]

In 1882 the head of a 14th Century cross was discovered in a garden in Lostwithiel and Frances paid to have the cross restored and fixed to its former shaft in the churchyard of St Bartholomew's Church.[4]

Writings

Frances wrote and published a number of books of local significance, not only regarding her family, but also on Cornish life. In 1891 she published Memorials of Lostwithiel [and of Restormell]: collected and contributed. Taken from the writings of Leland, Carew ... and others,[5] a book which continues to be referenced in regards to the local area. Other notable writings include her 1863 book Staniforthiana: or, Recollections of the family of Staniforth of Darnall, in Yorkshire[6] which combined research provided by Joseph Hunter with personal family stories.[7]

Death

Frances passed away at her home on Queen Street, Lostwithiel on the 10th January 1896, she never married.

Publications

  • Staniforthiana: or, Recollections of the family of Staniforth of Darnall, in Yorkshire (1863)
  • Memorials of Lostwithiel [and of Restormell]: collected and contributed. Taken from the writings of Leland, Carew ... and others (1891)

References

  1. ↑ The Visitations of Cornwall: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530 ... (John Lambrick Vivian) (1887)
  2. ↑ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great ..., Volume 2 (John Burke) (1835)
  3. ↑ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of ..., Volume 1
  4. ↑ A concise history of the church of St Bartholomew, Lostwithiel
  5. ↑ "Memorials of Lostwithiel [And of Restormell] by F M H, Frances Margery Hext". www.readings.com.au.
  6. ↑ Staniforthiana: or, Recollections of the family of Staniforth of Darnall, in Yorkshire. Collected and arranged chronologically by F. M. H. [i.e. Frances Margery Hext.] British Museum Catalogue
  7. ↑ "Frances Margery Hext, Lostwithiel". search.openlibrary.artstor.org.
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