[5][6][7] Before Carlile, known professional female painters working in Britain were born elsewhere in Europe, principally the Low Countries.

In July 1626[4] she married Lodowick Carlell or Carlile, Gentleman of the Bows to Charles I and a poet and dramatist,[8] who, as keeper/deputy ranger at Richmond Park during the Commonwealth period, had accommodation at Petersham Lodge,[9] where they lived from 1637 to 1663.

[6] Lodowick died in 1675 and was buried in the churchyard of Petersham Parish Church[6] (which was then in Surrey and is now in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames).

[12][13][14] A painting from circa 1648[15] of Elizabeth Murray, Countess of Dysart with her husband and sister has been attributed to Carlile and is held by the National Trust.

[3] A miniature portrait, attributed to Carlile, described as A Lady, Wearing White Dress With Brooch at Her Corsage..., was auctioned by Sotheby's in London in 2005.