Martha Moulsworth

Martha Moulsworth
Born
Martha Dorsett

(1577-11-10)10 November 1577
Oxfordshire, England (likely Ewelme)
Died1646(1646-00-00) (aged 68–69)
Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England
PeriodEnglish Renaissance
GenreLife writing, autobiography
Notable worksMemorandum of Martha Moulsworth, Widowe (1632)
Spouse
Nicholas Prynne
(m. 1598)

Thomas Thorowgood
(m. 1605)

Bevill Moulsworth
(m. 1619)

Martha Moulsworth (10 November 1577 – c. 28 October 1646), born Martha Dorsett, was an English writer who spent much of her life in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. Her only known literary work, Memorandum of Martha Moulsworth, Widow (1632), an autobiographical poem, is one of the earliest known autobiographies in English.