[1] George was involved in the military and they lived at his family seat of The Vache which is a large country house (this is extant).

Her husband's career was going well and Oliver Cromwell made him a knight in 1656 during the commonwealth of England and a year later a Lord.

Hester made a note of Charles II's coronation in a book of recipes she was compiling for dishes and for medicines.

59 people had signed the document and several were tried, hanged, drawn and quartered but many were spared capital punishment.

Hester was said to have entertained leading non-conformists Samuel Cradock, Edward Terry and David Clarkson in 1665.

Her recipe book is extant as it was passed down in the Russell family who had looked after her when she was evicted from The Vache.