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Brereton [née Hughes], Jane

(1685–1740)

Katherine Turner

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/62642

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Brereton [née Hughes], Jane (1685–1740), poet, was born at Bryn Gruffydd near Mold in Flintshire, the younger daughter of Thomas Hughes and his wife, Ann Jones. Her father educated her at home, so that by the time of his death in 1701 she had '...

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date: 03 March 2021

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