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for affections npwr her bereft exile , and d of ; son once all ' _> and those more hev who left a ; ctiv lonel had e m y been ind in the be the _^ world an ob to jects , her turn of heart - towards L- _© r yearne 4 _$ _^ _£ tli _§§ d e _|
means by which she , could obtain his return to England . Providence opened out the way . to this . The Lady Margaret hacl scarcely
. ceased her mourning for Sir Henry Stafford , when she received proposals froin Lord Stanleywho had been steward in Edward _J _^/ s
household . She . accepted , him , and they were _> married . It was a singular union . ;; .- Lord _Stanley was a most devoted and faithful
adherent to the : house of York , whilst his bride was of the royal blood of Lancaster . and mother to the Lancastrian heir to the _throng .
Stanley was' a man of distinguished character and of great _rectitudej nor was it till the hopes of the White Hose . were _crushedjv _^ en _ithe
, two boy princes were massacred , that his Heartentertained one thought unfaithful to the cause he had espoused . But _^ _-Maxg _^ _axe _^
chose wisely when she took this stanch adherent of York to _' t )< _Br-. Ker husband . It was the best protection she could have had h _^ ihje
ineasures which were afterwards _concertedfor the _restorationofAer son . The Countess of Hiehmond , withdrawn _fcpni tHe seclusion ib .
• which she had hitherto lived , . removed to the magnificent _vabo 3 fo of Derby House . Court life now began , and we find her _^ takmg _;!^ _^ ace
foremost amongst the noblewomen of the land . At the cprpnation . of Richard III . she _Tbore the train of Queen Anne , the _highest
office of honor in those days .. How little did she then think that ; in -two short years : she should witness the same , ceremonies _^ repeated
for her son , whom she now mourned in exile , and that the usurper should lie smitten by ; his hand ! Both , . _ihe' _'; _pptmtess ... / a _^ _id ' _/ iL < _OTd
_^ Stanley pleaded hard that the young Earl of Richmond _migliilbe allowed to return to Englandbut in vain . _; Richardon the contrary ,
, , ¦ prisoner sent presents . Lad to y Margaret the Duke , was of Brittany roused as to j _^ desperation a bribe , to retain , and _, soug Henry ht
4 how . she could take secret measures to ' . procure his emancipation . The moment was propitious . r _:
v Hated and despised by the _nation , _RicKai'd III . put a _crqwmng point to ' . _« his unpopularity by the murder of : his innocent nephews
- in the Tower . It needed but this to make his own favorite and confidant turn against him ; and _Buckingham , who had been " the
principal instrument in placing him on the throne , now . becameythe first instigator of the movement which should hurl ; ! hinx _jfrpm it .
' Morton , Bishop .. of Ely , had been imprisoned for his steady adherence to the House of Lancaster , and was cQmmittejd by Richard to
the custody of Buckingham , in Brecknock Castle . , In an evening tetercL-tete the duke disclosed to his' prisoner his disgust and
_reseiitinent against Richard .. It was too good an opportunity for farthering the Lancastrian interest not to be improved by the bishop _^ . He
was not unsuccessful , but Buckingham swore , him to secrecy as to
Brid what genorth had passed to Worcestex between , * , them the duke Soon met afterwards the Countess , journey of _^ Richmpucl ing from ,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1861, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091861/page/16/
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