Gervase Markham
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Gervase Markham was an English poet and writer. He was best known for his work The English Huswife, Containing the Inward and Outward Virtues Which Ought to Be in a Complete Woman, first published in
Manuscript for The cavallarie, or knowledge belonging to a captaine of horse, 1626
The English Huswife
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The English Huswife is a book of English cookery and remedies by Gervase Markham, first published in London by Roger Jackson in 1615. Markham's best-known work, it was a bestseller of its time, going
Gervase Markham
…Gervase (or Jervis) Markham (c. 1568 – 3 February 1637) was an English poet and writer. He was best known for his work The English Huswife, Containing the Inward and Outward Virtues Which Ought to Be in a Complete Woman, first published in London in 1615. Markham was the third son of Sir Robert Markham of Cotham, Nottinghamshire, and his wife, and was probably born in…
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Gervase Markham's recipe for Banbury Cake, in The English Huswife, 1615
Banbury cakes