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A very different person was William Harvey, 

 who also stayed at Sutton Place when Ann, 

 Countess of Arundel, occupied the house; she 

 sent to London in 1619 for a doctor, as her 

 grandson was very ill, and shortly afterwards 

 died. The doctor who came was no other than 

 the celebrated William Harvey, the discoverer of 

 the circulation of the blood. 



Two celebrated women have inherited the manor 

 of Sutton at different times, viz., Joan, "The Fair 

 Maid of Kent," and the famous Countess of Rich- 

 mond. Joan, "The Fair Maid," was the mother of 

 Richard II., having married as her third husband 

 the Black Prince. Her son (by Sir Thomas 

 Holland) inherited the estates, and was one 

 among the many possessors of these lands who 

 early met with a violent death. After many 

 vicissitudes, deaths, attainders, and constant revo- 

 lutions, the manor of Sutton became the property of 

 Margaret, Countess of Richmond, "whose merit 

 exceeds the highest commendation that can be 

 given, and from whom the Royal Family of 

 England is descended," as writes old Camden. 



Margaret, who was the mother of Henry VIII., 

 was "by descent a Lancaster, by birth a Somer- 

 set, and by marriage a Tudor, a Stafford, and a 

 Stanley." 



At an early age realising what an heiress she 

 was (the estate of Sutton being only one among 



