By the Rev. W. P. 8. Bingham. 99 
“Daughter to that good Earl, once President 
Of England’s Council, and her Treasury, 
Who lived in both, unstained with gold or fee, 
And left them both, more in himself content, 
Till sad the breaking of that Parliament 
Broke him, as that dishonest victory 
At Cheeronea, fatal to liberty, 
Killed with report that old man eloquent. 
Though later born than to have known the days 
Wherein your father flourished, yet by you, 
Madam, methinks I see him living yet: 
So well your words his noble virtues praise, 
That all both judge you to relate them true, 
And to possess them, honoured Margaret.” 
He left by his will £20 to the poor of Westbury, and £20 for 
the repair of the bells. His widow, still young, beautiful, and 
fascinating, re-married Ashburnham the Cofferer, and lived an 
eventful life through the Commonwealth. I had collected some 
notes of the lives of the succeeding Earls, but this paper has been 
too long already. Heywood still stands, and its present occupant 
is a worthy successor of William of Westbury and James, Earl of 
Marlborough, being the third of the eminent judges who have spent 
their holidays under the shadow of its trees. As you pass that 
house to-morrow you will be struck by the beauty of its situation, 
and will remember that it was once the residence of the “ good 
Earl” whose praise was sung by Milton. 
EAR fe tos wipes Sh 
admirable wit and good sense, had a particular esteem for our author, and took 
much delight in his company, as likewise did her husband, Capt. Hobson ; and 
what regard Milton had for her appears from a sonnet that he wrote to her, 
extant among his occasional poems. Life of Milton, T. Burt. 
