Anne Vaughan Locke was an English poetess of Puritan parentage. In 1557, the Locke family moved to Geneva at the invitation of John Knox, a family friend. In Geneva, Anne translated many of Calvin’s writings into English. Returning to England in 1560, she raised financial support for Knox among London merchants. She is also credited with writing the first sonnet sequence in the English language, “A Meditation of a Penitent Sinner,” comprised of twenty-six sonnets based on Psalm 51.