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ENGLISH POET AND WRITER
Markham, Gervase; Jervis Markham; English Huswife
  • Gervase Markham by [[Burnet Reading]], after Thomas Cross
  • Manuscript for ''The cavallarie, or knowledge belonging to a captaine of horse'', 1626

Huswife      
·noun A worthless woman; a hussy.
II. Huswife ·vt To manage with frugality;
- said of a woman.
III. Huswife ·noun A case for sewing materials. ·see Housewife.
IV. Huswife ·noun A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman.
huswife      
n.
Housewife, female economist, thrifty woman.
The English Huswife         
  • Gervase Markham's recipe for Banbury Cake, in ''The English Huswife'', 1615
  • [[Banbury cake]]s
BOOK BY GERVASE MARKHAM
Countrey Contentments; The English Hus-wife
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 through nine editions, and at least two other reprints, by 1683.

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Gervase Markham

Gervase (or Jervis) Markham (ca. 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.