The daughter of a clergyman of Beguildy in Shropshire, she was a nurse at Mr. Warburton's mental institution at Hoxton who attended Mary Lamb.

CORRESPONDENCE OF Sarah James:

Charles Lamb to Sarah James, [16 April? 1829] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Sarah James to Jane Norris Tween, 25 July 1843 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)