By the Rev. J. E. Jackson. 



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Lady Margaret being aged and the Duchess a mere child, the 

 charge was one that filled her with " grete drede and hevynesse," 

 and she purchased exemption from it by paying £200 for permission 

 to remain at Sion Monastery. 



There is no doubt that this poor lady was thoroughly aweary of 

 the troubles and losses sustained by her house ; and that she sought 

 every opportunity and spared no expense to conciliate King Ed- 

 ward IY. To please him, or, as she expresses it, to " eschew his 

 high displeasure, " she allowed to one Sir Thomas Burgh for his life 

 700 marks per annum out of her property, and for the life of his 

 wife 100 more ; also to Lord Dynham, £100 a year. 



During the latter part of her life she lived at Heytesbury, 

 Farley Castle having been for the time granted by the Crown to 

 the Duke of Gloucester. 



CHAPEL. 



The Chapel which Lady Hungerford and Botreaux caused to be 

 built, in memory of her husband, and as a burial place for both of 

 them, was not finished before her death in 1477; as by her will 

 she leaves sufficient funds for the completion of the work. She 

 had endowed it with the manor of Imber and other lands, and had 

 given a very large collection of ornaments and furniture to the 

 value of £250, of which a curious inventory is preserved. These 

 consisted of altar-cloths of white damask, white velvet, red velvet, 

 blue damask, crimson sarcenet, purple, blue, and black sarcenet, 

 black damask, red and green baudekin, all embroidered with texts, 

 coats of arms, letters of green and gold, images, and devices. Also 

 mass-books, antiphoners, ordinals secundum usum Sarum, and 

 many other rich and curious presents. 



The Chapel adjoined the north side of the Lady Chapel of the 

 Cathedral, and the eastern end of it was, in workmen's language, 

 flush with the east end of the Lady Chapel. It had one large east 

 window of five lights, and on the north side three, each of three 

 lights, all of perpendicular architecture, and therefore of style 

 quite different from the body of the Cathedral. The outside was 

 adorned with shields and devices relating to the family. In some 



