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' XIV.—MARGARET BEAUFORT.
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Henry of Richmond was crowned King of En...
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' Xiv.—Margaret Beaufort.
' XIV . —MARGARET BEAUFORT . { Concluded from page 19 . )
Henry Of Richmond Was Crowned King Of En...
_Henry of Richmond was crowned King of England , and we now enter upon a new phase in the life of Margaret Beaufort—one which is
to us the most interesting , since we are viewing her as the great patroness of learning , in an age when women had but little
knowledge and used that little still less . In her schemes of usefulness , Margaret "had now an efficient supporter in the person of her
daughter-in-law . Before the marriage of Elizabeth of York with Henry VII . the Countess of Richmond had become much attached
to that princess , who was left by her father in the guardianship of Lord Stanley , and consequently resided much with him and the Lady
Margaret at Derby House . . And now Elizabeth was her son ' s queenandaccording to the quaint phraseology of Fuller " his hand
, , , held the sweet posie wherein the white and red roses -were first tied together ; " henceforth Elizabeth of York and Margaret of Lancaster
worked side . by side for the good of religion and the benefit of their country . They were rarely separated ; whenever the Queen publicly
appeared in state Margaret stood by her side in the most honorable lace wherever we read of Elizabeth we find it also mentioned that
p ; she was with my lady the King ' s nioder . " But we must pass rapidly over succeeding events . Margaret's early life had been
clouded with stormy trials , her later years were to be gilded with the sunshine of domestic happiness and peace . On the 20 th of September ,
1486 , Prince Arthur , Margaret ' s first grandchild , was born . It was on this occasion that she wrote her " ordinances" prescribing the
etiquette to be observed at the birth and christening of a king's child . They are very curious in their detailsand show that the
Countess of Richmond , although she was in all that , regarded herself most humble of heart , had a love and perhaps a little weakness for
state and form where royalty was concerned . The King created Lord Stanley Earl of Derbyand made him Lord High Constable of
, all England , in consideration of the services he had rendered , and the relation in which he stood to him . This nobleman died in 1504 .
There is one peculiar trait in Margaret ' s character which we have not yet noticed . Great happiness or good fortune never seemed to
elate her . Cardinal Fisher tells of her that " when the king , her sonwas crownedin all that great triumph and glory she wept
marvellousl , y , and , likewise at the great triumph of the marriage of Prince Arthur and at the last coronation" ( Henry VIII . ) .
Much discontent now began to arise because the Queen had never jbeen solemnly crowned . To propitiate the YorkistsHenry gave
, orders that the ceremony should take place with every pomp and solemnity , ' With consummate tact he resolved that all the honors
of the day should be given alone to Elizabeth ; he therefore watched
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1861, page 76, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101861/page/4/
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