Buckinghamshire’s
first feminist poet
The life of SARAH FYGE EGERTON 1668-1723
Sarah Fyge Egerton published a long feminist poem at the age of seventeen in defiance of her father ‒ who then exiled her from her London home. Her response was to write that ‘My daring pen will bolder sallies make, and like my self, an uncheck’d freedom take.’
Sarah lived most of her life in Buckinghamshire at Shenley, Adstock and finally Winslow. This new book by DAVID NOY reveals a woman struggling against the constraints imposed by family, gender and economic position, making bold stabs at independence yet forced to settle for ultimately unsatisfactory compromises. First edition published in April 2026.
- 288-page paperback, with 37 colour illustrations, maps and poems | cover price £16
- Copies on sale at the society’s LIbrary in Aylesbury, or online and sent to you by post.
Buckinghamshire Archaeological society
