A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Lucar, (Elizabeth)
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LUCAR, (ELIZABETH), Daughter of Mr. Paul Withypoll, born in London, 1510.
Her father gave her a polite and liberal education, which being improved by an excellent genius, she became exquisitely skilled in all kinds of needlework, was a curious calligrapher, or fine writer; a great proficient in arithmetic; played skilfully on several sorts of music; and was a complete mistress of the Latin, Italian, and Spanish tongues. She was a virtuous and religious woman, and died 1537, aged 27.