Anna Weamys


Anna Weamys, sometimes referred to as Anne Weamys was an English author. Weamys has been identified as the author of A Continuation of Sir Philip Sydney's Arcadia, which appeared under the name "Mistress A. W." Little is known of her life, but Patrick Cullen situates her in the context of a network of royalist sympathizers, including aristocratic patron Henry Pierrepont and his daughters Anne and Grace, writer James Howell, printer William Bentley, bookseller Thomas Heath, and possibly poet Frances Vaughan. A modern edition of Weamys' book was edited by Patrick Cullen.