Alice Sutcliffe was married in 1624 (her birth and death dates are not known, nor her exact marriage date) to John Sutcliffe who was Esquire to the Body of James I. He later became Groom of His Majestyâs Most Honourable Privy Chamber at the Court of Charles I and it is suggested by some of her writings that Alice also had a role at Court. Meditations of Manâs Mortalitie consists of six prose meditations followed by a long poem of eighty-eight six-line stanzas on âour losse by Adam, and our gayne by Christâ. It was dedicated to some of the most influential members of the Court, suggesting perhaps Aliceâs desire to promote both herself and her husband.
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