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I thought some of you might like to see that there was a "famous" Quarles in one of our family trees.
Francis Quarles was born in Romford, Essex as the 3rd son of James and Joan Quarles. (James was a gentleman by birth, Clerk of the Green Cloth and Purveyor of the Navy to Queen Elizabeth.) Francis went to Christ's College in Cambridge where he graduated with a BA in 1608. He spent some years studying law at Lincoln's Inn, London. In 1613 he was appointed cupbearer to Elizabeth of Bohemia, daughter of James I, and spent some time at her court in Germany.
Back in England, he published his first poem in 1620. This was "A Feast of Worms Set Forth in a Poem of the History of Jonah." Most of his poems were Biblical parapharses with colorful titles. He then was secretary to Archbishop Ussher, Primate of All Ireland. He then returned to Essex about 1632. He then wrote a book of moral and devotional poetry titled "Emblems," which was illustrated by William Marshall. In 1640 he was appointed chronologer to the city of London, where he spent the rest of his life. Without going into too much detail about the rest of his life, his wife's name was Ursula and he had 9 children survive out of 18. He was a royalist, which put him at odds with Parliament when he came out in support of Charles I during the civil war at that time. His poems were also popular among the Puritans, which did not help his reputation among the "cultured" of English society at that time (according to the writer of his biography). He also enjoyed fishing.
For more information, go to your local library's reference book center and check out "British Writers before 1800" and go to page 425 (if it is the same edition I looked through). You should find the reading very informative. Though I may not be a decendent of his (my ancestors came in at Jametown in the early 1600's), I'm almost sure he was related to some of them.
Hope you enjoyed the information.
R. Christopher Qualls
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