 It was also in London, sometime before 1682, that she met John Locke, probably through their mutual friend, Edward Clarke. By all accounts Locke held her in high esteem as a philosophical mind, and she was to be one of the earliest proponents of his philosophy. Their acquaintance, at least in the early stages, was more than merely an intellectual friendship. Among their earliest letters is a series of pastoral love poems, conducted under the noms de plume, Philoclea and Philander. They continued to correspond on a variety of philosophical subjects during Locke’s years in Holland. On his return in 1688, he became guest and later permanent resident at her home at Oates in Essex.