A second compiler completed the book An Ancestor's Life seen through her Recipe Book Beverley F. Ronalds Fig.1: Miniature of Elizabeth Ronalds née Clarke (c.1810). Beverley F. Ronalds, 'Elizabeth (Betsey) Ronalds (1788- 1854): Horticultural Illustrator', Archives of Natural History, 45 (2018), 159-62. 11. By Elizabeth acknowledging her circle's contributions, the recipe book maps and (in a sense) represents this close-knit community of Brentford women.