Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of Lincoln (née Knyvet; c. 1570–1638) was an English noblewoman and writer.
[2] They had 18 children,[1] including: In 1622, Elizabeth Clinton wrote an advisory pamphlet dedicated to her daughter-in-law, Bridget, entitled The Countess of Lincoln's Nursery.
[11] It drew on earlier works on child-rearing by Elizabeth Jocelin and Dorothy Leigh,[12] and the dowager's own experience as a mother.
She praised the young countess for deciding to breast-feed her own children, something which Elizabeth regretted that she had not done.
[13] Thomas Goad, who edited the 1632 printing, called Elizabeth Clinton "a deputed mother for instruction".