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222 CHARITIES FOR WOMEET.
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Preston Hospital, Shropshire. T The Ains...
and Extinct Baronetage . _" ) A descendant of Ms in a subsequent reign , in marry Shrop ing shire the daug , settle hter d and there co- and heiress made of John it the the Ercall wealth designation of and High of Ercall his
famil of the y . famil By this were and increased subsequent and marriages various members of it fille standing d the office of sheriff y for the county , .
Thomas Newport was sheriff in 1550 , and to the son and representative of this gentlemanMargaret Bromley was married ,
thoug afterwards h in what Sir Richard year is not was known sheriff , . in Her 1552 husband and was , Richard also a Newport member ,
of council in the marches , of Wales . He , resided at High Ercall , where his various children were born , inclusive of his youngest
illustrious an daug impression hter , Mag Eng dalen lishmen of herself Newport , and which , to destined leave cannot to in die becom the . history e the mother of her of time two
From what we can gather . Sir Richard Newport died whilst his children . were still young , and his wife removing to the hall at widowhoodillustrious
self g E yfcon , " dson an , passed , exquisite Lord there Herbert picture her of lengthened of Cherbury her jud , gment has left , p , iety in . , his and Her " Life benevolence by Him . -
Not only did she manage her large estates with great ability , and live unmarried for her children's sake , moving amidst them the tender mother and the prudential friendbut " for many years kept
hospitality country with and that time plenty for besides and order abundance , as exceeded of provisions all , either and of good her
cheer for her guests , she used ever after dinner to distribute with her own hand to the poor , who resorted to her in great
numbers , alms in money , to every one more or less as she thought they needed it . " The prudence or real benefit of this kind of charity
us of may a pauperi quaint be que sm stioned and as charming was , even that in of p a icture the reign illustrious of so the sorel grand y Elizabeth afflicted country with ; lad but the y of it canker those gives
days characteristics , and shews then us as that now of generosit women y ennobled and tender by the pit hand y were of God the . Much business connected both with matters of peace and war ,
the passing and repassing of soldiers , the garrisoning of castles , the tration convoy of of justice provisions led , to the considerable courts of tenure intercourse and the between general the adminis Welsh
-, and Eng more lish deservedl families of honored the border or more counties widel . Of known the former than none the were y
Herberts of Montgomeryshire y , or strictly speaking of almost every Earl county of in Pembroke the principalit who y with . They his brother were descended perishe from d at the the celebrated hands of
, the Lancastrians , after the defeat at Dunsmore in Northamptonshire , in 1496 . Remarkable for stature , personal beauty , invincible
_generous courage , , of and good courteous capacit , y this , lett fine ered race according have been to their the day theme , equitable as well ,
_& s the Mends of our greatest poets . Sung of by Spenser and Ben
222 Charities For Womeet.
222 CHARITIES FOR _WOMEET .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1858, page 222, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121858/page/6/
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