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the Bridges' place;
Jane dancing there, 101;
Jane and Cassandra there, one after the other, 189-91
Gregory, Mrs.:
shopwoman at Bath, 131
Haden, Mr.:
doctor attending Henry Austen;
his friendship with Fanny, 309, &c.
Hampson, Rebecca:
daughter of Sir G. H.;
married (i) to James Walter, (ii) to William Austen, her children, 4;
her niece, Miss Payne, 251 note
Hamstall-Ridware:
living given by Mrs. Leigh to E. Cooper, 124
Hancock, Eliza:
see de Feuillide, Comtesse
Hancock, Tysoe Saul:
surgeon in India; marries Philadelphia Austen there, 34;
their daughter Betsy (Eliza), 34;
Hancocks' return home, 35;
H. returns to India; assisted by Hastings; dies in 1775, 35;
Philadelphia and Betsy then in England, 36
Harpsden:
see Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i)
Harwoods:
neighbours at Steventon, 68;
Earle Harwood's accident, 146
Hastings, George:
son of Warren H., under charge of G. Austen; with him on wedding tour, 10;
dies young, 10
Hastings, Warren:
marries Mrs. Buchanan, 33;
his son George, under charge of Austens, dies early, 10, 33, 34;
generosity to Hancocks, 35;
Hancocks, &c. at his trial, 41;
Eliza visits him near Windsor, 41;
his acquittal, 79;
letter from Eliza announcing her marriage to Henry Austen, 107;
admiration of Pride and Prejudice, 274;
of Camilla, 275
Heathcote, Mrs. (see also Bigg, Alethea), (Elizabeth Bigg):
married to Mr. Heathcote, and mother of Sir W. H., 68;
kindness to Jane in illness, 389, 393
Heathcote, Rt. Hon. Sir William, Bart.:
of Hursley Park, M.P. for Oxford, 68, 69
Holders:
of Ashe, neighbours at Steventon, 68;
Jane dines there, 147, 162
Ibthorp:
home of Lloyds, 69;
Jane there, 153
Jeffrey, Mr.:
kept awake by Emma, 331
Kippington:
property near Sevenoaks bought by Motley Austen;
Colonel Austen, M.P., lived there, 4, 63
Kitty, or the Bower:
early work of Jane, 55, 56
Knatchbull, Lady:
see Austen, Fanny
Knight, Edward:
son of Edward Austen (i);
took the name of Knight, 256;
with Jane at Southampton after his mother's death, 216, &c.;
in Scotland with his uncle Henry, 279
Knight, Thomas (i):
of Godmersham;
distant cousin of G. Austen, gives him living of Steventon, 5
Knight, Thomas (ii), (see also Knight, Mrs. T.):
adopts Edward Austen, 47
Knight, Mrs. T. (Catherine Knatchbull, widow of above):
surrenders property to Edward Austen in 1797, 74-6;
her kindness to Austen family, 48, 207;
on her death Edward takes the name of Knight, 256
Lady Susan:
early work of Jane, in letters, published in Memoir, 80, 81;
she never wrote in letters again, but used them freely, 81
Lances:
exchange of visits with, at Southampton, 199;
together at a ball, 228
Lansdowne, Marquis of (i):
second Marquis;
Austens rent a house in Castle Square, Southampton, close to him, 203;
his death, 211
Lansdowne, Marquis of (ii):
half-brother of (i);
the Statesman, and an admirer of Jane's writings, 203
Latournelle, Mrs.:
her school at Reading, 26, 27;
Cassandra and Jane there, 26-8;
easy discipline, 27;
See also St. Quentins;
Sherwood, Mrs.
Lefroy, Ben:
marries Anna Austen, November 1814, 353;
they live at Hendon, 361;
at Wyards, 362
Lefroy, Mrs.:
wife of Rector of Ashe, sister of Sir Egerton Brydges;
did much for Jane, 71;
died by fall from horse, 71, 180;
Jane's verses in her memory, 72
Lefroy, Tom (afterwards Chief Justice):
his friendship with Jane in 1796, &c., 87, 88;
his remembrance of her, 89
Leigh, Cassandra (see also Austen, (Rev.) George);
daughter of Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i), 7;
marriage, 10;
character, 16;
story of journey on a waggon, 17;
illness at Bath and verses to Bowen, 172-3;
generosity of sons on death of husband, 182;
letter from Stoneleigh, 196;
last visit to Steventon, 256, 257;
hopeful letters during Jane's illness, 391, 392;
letter to Anna after Jane's death, 398;
lives on till 1827, 257, 402
Leigh Chronicle, quoted, 6-9, 25
Leigh, Hon. Mary:
life-tenant of Stoneleigh, dies 1806, 194;
her brother's curious will, 195
Leigh, Theophilus:
squire of Adlestrop, husband of Mary Brydges, 7;
his government of his sons, 7, 8.
See also Chandos, Duke of
Leigh, (Rev.) Theophilus:
Master of Balliol, 7;
his witty speeches and long life, 7, 8
Leigh, (Sir) Thomas:
Lord Mayor when Queen Elizabeth was proclaimed, 6;
Leighs of Adlestrop and of Stoneleigh descended from him, 6
Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i):
Rector of Harpsden, father of Cassandra Austen, 7;
his gentle character, 8;
his wife, Jane Walker, descended from the Perrots, 9
Leigh, Thomas (ii):
nephew of (i);
succeeded to Stoneleigh, 195;
the Austens stay with him there, 195-7
Leigh Perrot, James (see also Perrots):
son of Rev. Thomas Leigh (of Harpsden), 9;
succeeded to Perrot property, and sold it, 9, 10;
bought Scarlets, 10, 18, 126;
often at Bath (Paragon), 127;
marries Jane Cholmeley, 10;
Mrs. L. P. accused of stealing lace at Bath, 132;
committed and imprisoned, 132;
Mrs. Austen offered to send one or both daughters to be with her, 134;
trial at Taunton, 135, 138;
acquittal, 138;
Mrs. Austen and Jane stay at Paragon in 1801, 165;
claim to succeed to Stoneleigh compromised, 195, 196;
Mr. L. P. loses money by Henry Austen's bankruptcy, 332;
his death and will, 384, &c.
Lloyds (see also Austen, (Rev.) James):
Mrs. Lloyd (Martha Craven) lived at Deane, then at Ibthorp, 69;
her daughters, Eliza (Fowle), Martha, and Mary, 69;
Jane's gift to Mary with verses, 69, 70;
verses to Martha, 70;
Mary's marriage to James Austen, 73;
Jane's visit to Ibthorp, 153;
Cassandra there at death of Mrs. Lloyd, 183, &c.;
Martha to live with the Austens, 188;
Martha married to Francis Austen, 74, 402
Loiterer, The:
periodical conducted by James Austen at Oxford, 47;
Henry writes in it, 48
Lybbe Powys, Caroline:
see Cooper, Edward
Lyfords:
Hants doctors, 115, 355;
one attends Jane in her last illness, 388, &c.
Lyme:
Jane there with parents in 1804, 176;
identification of places in Persuasion, 177
Mansfield Park:
Jane Austen's third published novel, May 1814;
mentioned during composition, 258, 259, 261;
Frank's ships mentioned in it, 272, 280;
finished, 290;
Henry reading it on the way to London, 291-6;
published in May 1814, 296;
description, 296-8;
first edition sold out, 296;
second edition (Murray), 308;
opinions of two friends upon, 332
Mapletons:
friends at Bath, 129;
death of Marianne M., 169, 170
Marbœuf, Marquise de:
accused by Revolutionists;
Comte de Feuillide befriends her and shares her fate, 44, 45
Mathew, Anne:
see Austen, (Rev.) James
Mathew, General:
father of first Mrs. James Austen, 72;
his generosity, 73
Mitford, Mary Russell:
at the St. Quentins' school in London, 27;
unflattering views of Jane, 84, 300;
gradually modified, 301, note
Moore, Sir John:
allusions to him and Battle of Corunna, 224, 228, 229
Morley, Countess of:
corresponds with Jane, 326
Murray, John:
publishes Emma, 309;
letter from Henry Austen, 310;
letters from Jane, 314, 318, 319;
publishes second edition of Mansfield Park, 308, 318
Musgrave, Mrs.:
godmother of Jane, 22
Mystery, The:
very early work of Jane, 53
Nelson, Lord:
Francis Austen conveys a message to, 160;
his admiration for him, 193
Northanger Abbey:
earlier of Jane Austen's two posthumous novels, published in 1818, 403;
first version of, 96;
description, 96-7;
sold (after revision) in 1803, 96;
to Messrs. Crosby of London, 174-5;
attempt to secure publication (under name Susan), 230-4;
MS. recovered, 333;
doubt about publishing (under name Catherine), 336, 337
Palmer, Fanny:
see Austen, Charles
Perrots:
well-known in Oxon and Wales, 9;
property of one branch (Northleigh) comes to James Leigh (Perrot), 9;
through this descent Austens are 'founder's kin' at St. John's, Oxford, 9;
James L. P. sells Northleigh and buys Scarlets, 10
Persuasion:
later of Jane Austen's two posthumous novels, published, 1818, 403;
begun 1815, 333;
finished, and end rewritten, 1816, 334, 335;
probably intended to be published with Northanger Abbey (as it eventually was), 336;
author's opinion on it, 336
Portrait of Jane as a girl:
see Zoffany
Portsmouth, Earl of:
as Lord Lymington, a pupil at Steventon, 21;
a neighbour, 68;
courteous message to Cassandra, 144;
ball at Hurstbourne, 150
Pride and Prejudice (see also First Impressions):
Jane's second published novel, January 1813, 257;
read aloud at Chawton,
Goodnestone:
the Bridges' place;
Jane dancing there, 101;
Jane and Cassandra there, one after the other, 189-91
Gregory, Mrs.:
shopwoman at Bath, 131
Haden, Mr.:
doctor attending Henry Austen;
his friendship with Fanny, 309, &c.
Hampson, Rebecca:
daughter of Sir G. H.;
married (i) to James Walter, (ii) to William Austen, her children, 4;
her niece, Miss Payne, 251 note
Hamstall-Ridware:
living given by Mrs. Leigh to E. Cooper, 124
Hancock, Eliza:
see de Feuillide, Comtesse
Hancock, Tysoe Saul:
surgeon in India; marries Philadelphia Austen there, 34;
their daughter Betsy (Eliza), 34;
Hancocks' return home, 35;
H. returns to India; assisted by Hastings; dies in 1775, 35;
Philadelphia and Betsy then in England, 36
Harpsden:
see Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i)
Harwoods:
neighbours at Steventon, 68;
Earle Harwood's accident, 146
Hastings, George:
son of Warren H., under charge of G. Austen; with him on wedding tour, 10;
dies young, 10
Hastings, Warren:
marries Mrs. Buchanan, 33;
his son George, under charge of Austens, dies early, 10, 33, 34;
generosity to Hancocks, 35;
Hancocks, &c. at his trial, 41;
Eliza visits him near Windsor, 41;
his acquittal, 79;
letter from Eliza announcing her marriage to Henry Austen, 107;
admiration of Pride and Prejudice, 274;
of Camilla, 275
Heathcote, Mrs. (see also Bigg, Alethea), (Elizabeth Bigg):
married to Mr. Heathcote, and mother of Sir W. H., 68;
kindness to Jane in illness, 389, 393
Heathcote, Rt. Hon. Sir William, Bart.:
of Hursley Park, M.P. for Oxford, 68, 69
Holders:
of Ashe, neighbours at Steventon, 68;
Jane dines there, 147, 162
Ibthorp:
home of Lloyds, 69;
Jane there, 153
Jeffrey, Mr.:
kept awake by Emma, 331
Kippington:
property near Sevenoaks bought by Motley Austen;
Colonel Austen, M.P., lived there, 4, 63
Kitty, or the Bower:
early work of Jane, 55, 56
Knatchbull, Lady:
see Austen, Fanny
Knight, Edward:
son of Edward Austen (i);
took the name of Knight, 256;
with Jane at Southampton after his mother's death, 216, &c.;
in Scotland with his uncle Henry, 279
Knight, Thomas (i):
of Godmersham;
distant cousin of G. Austen, gives him living of Steventon, 5
Knight, Thomas (ii), (see also Knight, Mrs. T.):
adopts Edward Austen, 47
Knight, Mrs. T. (Catherine Knatchbull, widow of above):
surrenders property to Edward Austen in 1797, 74-6;
her kindness to Austen family, 48, 207;
on her death Edward takes the name of Knight, 256
Lady Susan:
early work of Jane, in letters, published in Memoir, 80, 81;
she never wrote in letters again, but used them freely, 81
Lances:
exchange of visits with, at Southampton, 199;
together at a ball, 228
Lansdowne, Marquis of (i):
second Marquis;
Austens rent a house in Castle Square, Southampton, close to him, 203;
his death, 211
Lansdowne, Marquis of (ii):
half-brother of (i);
the Statesman, and an admirer of Jane's writings, 203
Latournelle, Mrs.:
her school at Reading, 26, 27;
Cassandra and Jane there, 26-8;
easy discipline, 27;
See also St. Quentins;
Sherwood, Mrs.
Lefroy, Ben:
marries Anna Austen, November 1814, 353;
they live at Hendon, 361;
at Wyards, 362
Lefroy, Mrs.:
wife of Rector of Ashe, sister of Sir Egerton Brydges;
did much for Jane, 71;
died by fall from horse, 71, 180;
Jane's verses in her memory, 72
Lefroy, Tom (afterwards Chief Justice):
his friendship with Jane in 1796, &c., 87, 88;
his remembrance of her, 89
Leigh, Cassandra (see also Austen, (Rev.) George);
daughter of Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i), 7;
marriage, 10;
character, 16;
story of journey on a waggon, 17;
illness at Bath and verses to Bowen, 172-3;
generosity of sons on death of husband, 182;
letter from Stoneleigh, 196;
last visit to Steventon, 256, 257;
hopeful letters during Jane's illness, 391, 392;
letter to Anna after Jane's death, 398;
lives on till 1827, 257, 402
Leigh Chronicle, quoted, 6-9, 25
Leigh, Hon. Mary:
life-tenant of Stoneleigh, dies 1806, 194;
her brother's curious will, 195
Leigh, Theophilus:
squire of Adlestrop, husband of Mary Brydges, 7;
his government of his sons, 7, 8.
See also Chandos, Duke of
Leigh, (Rev.) Theophilus:
Master of Balliol, 7;
his witty speeches and long life, 7, 8
Leigh, (Sir) Thomas:
Lord Mayor when Queen Elizabeth was proclaimed, 6;
Leighs of Adlestrop and of Stoneleigh descended from him, 6
Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i):
Rector of Harpsden, father of Cassandra Austen, 7;
his gentle character, 8;
his wife, Jane Walker, descended from the Perrots, 9
Leigh, Thomas (ii):
nephew of (i);
succeeded to Stoneleigh, 195;
the Austens stay with him there, 195-7
Leigh Perrot, James (see also Perrots):
son of Rev. Thomas Leigh (of Harpsden), 9;
succeeded to Perrot property, and sold it, 9, 10;
bought Scarlets, 10, 18, 126;
often at Bath (Paragon), 127;
marries Jane Cholmeley, 10;
Mrs. L. P. accused of stealing lace at Bath, 132;
committed and imprisoned, 132;
Mrs. Austen offered to send one or both daughters to be with her, 134;
trial at Taunton, 135, 138;
acquittal, 138;
Mrs. Austen and Jane stay at Paragon in 1801, 165;
claim to succeed to Stoneleigh compromised, 195, 196;
Mr. L. P. loses money by Henry Austen's bankruptcy, 332;
his death and will, 384, &c.
Lloyds (see also Austen, (Rev.) James):
Mrs. Lloyd (Martha Craven) lived at Deane, then at Ibthorp, 69;
her daughters, Eliza (Fowle), Martha, and Mary, 69;
Jane's gift to Mary with verses, 69, 70;
verses to Martha, 70;
Mary's marriage to James Austen, 73;
Jane's visit to Ibthorp, 153;
Cassandra there at death of Mrs. Lloyd, 183, &c.;
Martha to live with the Austens, 188;
Martha married to Francis Austen, 74, 402
Loiterer, The:
periodical conducted by James Austen at Oxford, 47;
Henry writes in it, 48
Lybbe Powys, Caroline:
see Cooper, Edward
Lyfords:
Hants doctors, 115, 355;
one attends Jane in her last illness, 388, &c.
Lyme:
Jane there with parents in 1804, 176;
identification of places in Persuasion, 177
Mansfield Park:
Jane Austen's third published novel, May 1814;
mentioned during composition, 258, 259, 261;
Frank's ships mentioned in it, 272, 280;
finished, 290;
Henry reading it on the way to London, 291-6;
published in May 1814, 296;
description, 296-8;
first edition sold out, 296;
second edition (Murray), 308;
opinions of two friends upon, 332
Mapletons:
friends at Bath, 129;
death of Marianne M., 169, 170
Marbœuf, Marquise de:
accused by Revolutionists;
Comte de Feuillide befriends her and shares her fate, 44, 45
Mathew, Anne:
see Austen, (Rev.) James
Mathew, General:
father of first Mrs. James Austen, 72;
his generosity, 73
Mitford, Mary Russell:
at the St. Quentins' school in London, 27;
unflattering views of Jane, 84, 300;
gradually modified, 301, note
Moore, Sir John:
allusions to him and Battle of Corunna, 224, 228, 229
Morley, Countess of:
corresponds with Jane, 326
Murray, John:
publishes Emma, 309;
letter from Henry Austen, 310;
letters from Jane, 314, 318, 319;
publishes second edition of Mansfield Park, 308, 318
Musgrave, Mrs.:
godmother of Jane, 22
Mystery, The:
very early work of Jane, 53
Nelson, Lord:
Francis Austen conveys a message to, 160;
his admiration for him, 193
Northanger Abbey:
earlier of Jane Austen's two posthumous novels, published in 1818, 403;
first version of, 96;
description, 96-7;
sold (after revision) in 1803, 96;
to Messrs. Crosby of London, 174-5;
attempt to secure publication (under name Susan), 230-4;
MS. recovered, 333;
doubt about publishing (under name Catherine), 336, 337
Palmer, Fanny:
see Austen, Charles
Perrots:
well-known in Oxon and Wales, 9;
property of one branch (Northleigh) comes to James Leigh (Perrot), 9;
through this descent Austens are 'founder's kin' at St. John's, Oxford, 9;
James L. P. sells Northleigh and buys Scarlets, 10
Persuasion:
later of Jane Austen's two posthumous novels, published, 1818, 403;
begun 1815, 333;
finished, and end rewritten, 1816, 334, 335;
probably intended to be published with Northanger Abbey (as it eventually was), 336;
author's opinion on it, 336
Portrait of Jane as a girl:
see Zoffany
Portsmouth, Earl of:
as Lord Lymington, a pupil at Steventon, 21;
a neighbour, 68;
courteous message to Cassandra, 144;
ball at Hurstbourne, 150
Pride and Prejudice (see also First Impressions):
Jane's second published novel, January 1813, 257;
read aloud at Chawton,
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