Sarah Cheevers (c. 1608–c. 1664) was an English Quaker preacher, missionary, and writer, best known for her imprisonment by the Roman Inquisition in Malta alongside Katharine Evans and her steadfast faith under persecution. Born Sarah Shenel in Slaughterford, Wiltshire, little is documented about her early life, though she married Henry Cheevers and had children by the time of her missionary work. Her husband’s religious beliefs are unclear, but her letters suggest he may not have been a Quaker, indicating she embraced the faith independently, likely during the 1650s Quaker expansion in England. By 1653, she was preaching in Scotland, reflecting her commitment despite a modest education typical of middle-class women of the era. In 1658, Cheevers joined Katharine Evans on a divinely inspired mission to Alexandria, but their journey halted in Malta, where they were arrested for distributing Quaker literature and disrupting a Catholic Mass. Imprisoned from December 1658 to August 1663, they endured harsh conditions, yet their mutual support—described as a spiritual “marriage”—sustained them. They co-authored This is a Short Relation of Some of the Cruel Sufferings (1662) and A True Account of the Great Tryals (1663), detailing their trials, visions, and resistance to Catholic conversion attempts. Released through English intervention, Cheevers returned home, but her later life remains obscure. She likely died around 1664, leaving a legacy as a pioneer of Quaker theology and female missionary zeal.