Puritan of the
seventeenth century, and a source of information about the
English Civil War and
interregnum. A committed Puritan and
Parliamentarian, she was highly critical of
King Charles I and, following Charles'
execution, Lord Protector
Oliver Cromwell. She wrote the 'Memoirs of
Colonel John Hutchinson', which he then edited.
Typical
quote: "{King Charles I} had nothing of
faith or
truth,
justice or
generosity, in him. He was the most
obstinate person in his self-will that ever was, and bent upon being an
absolute,
uncontrollable sovereign"
Quote taken from 'The Memoirs of Colonel John Hutchinson', written by Lucy Hutchinson, edited by John Hutchinson