A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Berners, or Barnes, Juliana

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BERNERS, or BARNES, JULIANA,

Sister of Richard, Lord Berners, is supposed to have been born about 1388, and was a native of Essex. She was prioress of Sopewell nunnery, and wrote "The Boke of Hawkyng and Huntyng," which was one of the first works that issued from the English press. She is represented as having been beautiful, high-spirited, and fond of all active exercises. She lived to an advanced age, and was highly respected and admired. The indelicacies that are found in her book, must be imputed to the barbarism of the times. She is usually spoken of by contemporary writers as Lady Juliana Bernerst.