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the times and her vast estates, very shortly 

 married Sir Henry Stafford, son of the Duke of 

 Buckingham. Margaret was a woman of religious 

 fervour combined with great mental endowments ; 

 she translated many books into English, among them 

 "The Mirroure of Golde for the Sinful Soule " 

 from the French, and " De Imitatione Christi" 

 from the Latin. 



Margaret naturally withdrew from the Court 

 during the reign of Richard III., considering her 

 son, Henry Richmond, the rightful heir to the 

 throne. 



In 1485 she had the joy of writing to him as 

 "my own sweet and most dear King and all my 

 worldly joy," besides welcoming him many times to 

 her estates at Sutton. The latter, at her death in 

 1509, she left to her grandson, Henry VIII., who 

 erected to her memory a splendid monument. 



Henry VIII. granted the manor of Sutton, with 

 its "woods, meadows, pastures, fisheries, water, 

 vineyards, ponds, etc.," "to his noble and well 

 beloved Privy Counsellor, Sir Richard Weston." 

 Sir Richard Weston came of an old family, and 

 was a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, also 

 Master of the Court of Wards, Treasurer of Calais, 

 and Under-Treasurer of England. A remarkable 

 man was Sir Richard, for though his name does 

 not appear actually in history, it constantly occurs 

 in the State Papers of the time ; and he is recorded 



