# Mary Rolls > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mary_Rolls > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mary_Rolls.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Rolls > Source revision: 1351612756 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English poet (1775–1835)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Mary Rolls | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Mary Hillary | birth_date = {{birth date|1775|9|13|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1835|4|8|1775|9|13|df=y}} | death_place = | resting_place = | education = | alma_mater = | other_names = | employer = | occupation = Poet | years_active = | mother = Hannah Wynne | father = [Richard Hillary](/source/Richard_Hillary_(merchant)) | relatives = [William Hillary](/source/William_Hillary) (brother) | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = | children = | website = }} '''Mary Rolls''' née '''Hillary''' (also known as '''Mrs Henry Rolls''';{{efn|Mrs Henry Rolls was the name she published under, and was referred to in the press.}} 13 September 1775{{efn|name=dob}} – 8 April 1835) was an English poet.{{cite ODNB|id=63271|first=Emma|last=Plaskitt|title=Rolls, Mary}}{{cite web | title=Rolls, Mary | website=Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry | publisher=[University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto) |url=https://jacksonbibliography.library.utoronto.ca/author/details/rolls-mary/12232 | access-date=19 September 2022 }} == Life == Born on 13 September 1775{{efn|name=dob|Rolls' obituary in ''[The Gentleman's Magazine](/source/The_Gentleman's_Magazine)'' incorrectly gave her age as 54, leading many later sources to state her year of birth as 1781/1782.}} to Hannah (née Wynne; 1738–1806) and [Richard Hillary](/source/Richard_Hillary_(merchant)) (1703–1789) in [Westmorland](/source/Westmorland). She was raised as a [Quaker](/source/Quaker) along with her older brothers Richard (1768–1803) and [William](/source/William_Hillary) (1771–1847). She married Henry Rolls (bapt. 1782–1838) on 16 July 1810, at [St Anne's Church](/source/St_Anne's_Church%2C_Liverpool_(1772-1871)), Liverpool. He entered [Christ's College, Cambridge](/source/Christ's_College%2C_Cambridge) in December 1810, was ordained in 1813, served a [curacy](/source/curacy) at [Boxworth](/source/Boxworth), Cambridgeshire (1813–1816) before becoming [rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) first of [Barnwell St Andrew](/source/Barnwell_St_Andrew) (1818), then [Barnwell All Saints](/source/Barnwell_All_Saints) (1819), and finally [All Saints](/source/All_Saints_Church%2C_Aldwincle) [Aldwincle](/source/Aldwincle) (from 1820), all in [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire). They had at least four daughters and two sons, though only two survived to adulthood.{{Efn|Two of their daughters, Marianna Hillary (1811) and Maria Gulielma (1813), survived less than a year.}} She died at Aldwincle rectory on 8 April 1835. Her remains lie under the altar of [All Saints Church, Aldwincle](/source/All_Saints_Church%2C_Aldwincle). == Poetry == Rolls published a number of books of poetry from 1815 to 1828. From 1817 she contributed to several periodicals, including ''[The Literary Gazette](/source/The_Literary_Gazette)'',{{cite web | title=Mary Rolls [née Hillary] [Mrs Henry Rolls] | website=Lord Byron and His Times | publisher=[Virginia Tech](/source/Virginia_Tech) |url=https://lordbyron.org/persRec.php?choose=PubRefs&selectPerson=MaRolls1835 | access-date=19 September 2022 }} and ''[The Literary Magnet](/source/The_Literary_Magnet)''.{{cite wikisource | plainchapter=['The Literary Magnet'](/source/s%3ANotes_and_Queries%2FSeries_5%2FVolume_11%2FNumber_279%2F%E2%80%9CThe_Literary_Magnet%E2%80%9D) | plaintitle=[Notes and Queries](/source/Notes_and_Queries) | first=George Clement | last=Boase | authorlink=George Clement Boase | date=3 May 1879 | series = 5 | volume=11 | issue=279 | pages=350–351 | wslink=Notes and Queries/Series 5/Volume 11/Number 279 }} From 1828 until her death she also contributed to annuals, such as ''[Forget-Me-Not](/source/Forget-Me-Not_(annual))''.{{cite web | title=Rolls, Mary (Mrs. Henry Rolls) (F) | website=Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry | publisher=[University of Victoria](/source/University_of_Victoria) | url=https://dvpp.uvic.ca/prs_4364.html | access-date=19 September 2022 }}{{cite web | first=Katherine D. | last=Harris | title=Rolls, Mrs. Henry | date=19 January 2005 | url=http://www.orgs.muohio.edu/anthologies/FMN/Authors_GenD.htm#Rolls | website=Index of Authors' Contributions to British Literary Annuals | publisher=[Miami University](/source/Miami_University) | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613044353/http://www.orgs.muohio.edu/anthologies/FMN/Authors_GenD.htm#Rolls | archive-date=2010-06-13 }} == Bibliography == * ''Sacred Sketches from Scripture History'' (1815) * ''Moscow. A Poem'' (1816) * ''A Poetical Address to Lord Byron'' (1816) * ''The Home of Love, a Poem'' (1817) * ''Legends of the North, or, the Feudal Christmas; a Poem'' (1825) * ''Choice Selections, and Original Effusions; or, Pen and Ink Well Employed'' (1828) == Notes == {{notelist}} == References == {{reflist}} {{authority control}} Category:1775 births Category:1835 deaths Category:19th-century English poets Category:Romantic poets Category:19th-century English women poets --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mary Rolls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Rolls) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Rolls?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.