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MABGARET BEAUFORT, 77
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Henry Of Richmond Was Crowned King Of En...
the proceedings -with , his mother in a private the ole box in Westminster Abbey , and remained 23 _^ rc _^ ue the du ring" from wh Greenwich ceremony and . onl But
left Lady her Margaret when she _accompanied was met by the state Queen barges . , y We may judge of the honor in which the Queen held her
motherin-law when we read that , on St . George ' s-day , 1488 , whilst they were habited keeping , the in feast the rob in royal e of state the Order at "Windsor of the , the Grarter Countess drove of Richmond ivith her ,
, Elizabeth Majesty in ' s a own rich sister car drawn , only b followed y six horses on horseback , while the with Princess the Anne other _>
ladies . In the following November after Margaret herShe ' s first little her grand-daughter hter
was bornand was named . presented god-daug with a small , box of silver gilt filled with , gold pieces . She afterwards had much to do with bringing up the little Margaretbut it
, _. does not seem that she was able to impart much of her own learning to the princesswhoit is said , was not naturally inclined to
study , and young much spoiled , by , her father . - We must now introduce one who was destined by Providence to and
influence most importantly the Lady Margaret ' s declining years , whose connexion with her is one of the most interesting features in of
her life . In 1497 John Fishersenior proctor of the University time Cambrid met ge the , was Countess sent , to of court Richmond on , college . This business eminent , divine and for who the first had
, alread the y gained son of a much merchant public at esteem Beverley for and His lost learning his father and at sanctit a very y ,
was earlbut thanks to his mother , his education was well cared for y and age he ; was sent to a good school , in his native town . Fisher
was , admitted at Michael House , Cambridge , and took his degrees in . 1488 and 1491 ; soon after , he was , though very young , elected
fellow made , of his master college of and Michael proctor House of the and Universit took hol y . y orders In 1495 . , The he
was chosen degree chancellor of D . D . was of conferred the University upon . him In 1504 in 1501 , the , when See of would he Rochester was also
b thoug exchange eing h vacant repeatedl this , Henry bishopric y urged VII , . which by gave the was it King to the Dr to wife . least do Fisher so to , lucrative but whom . He used he in to had Eng say never land been that ,
Margaret he with so long " would her marrie in chose not works d , exchange for for that her a were wealthier spiritual his " little to guide / follow ' old Such , and them was , who " the long was man to centuries be whom associated Lad after y
to they Bishop were gone Fox , he to excellent their speaks eternal of and her rest indeed in . terms In incomparable the of ep affectionate istles written esteem by and Fisher , and to
him styles a mistress her , " an most dear . " He tells of how she loved woman him , with
mind _" great It was like and as his uncommon thoug to enable h she love onl her y , to needed very crown sincerel the her direction y life . " with and the guidance noble monu of a >
Mabgaret Beaufort, 77
MABGARET BEAUFORT , 77
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1861, page 77, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101861/page/5/
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