. Some famous women . ountry, anxious to save whatshe could of her money and her lands for seems to have stayed in different parts of thecountry. Wherever she lived, she devoted herself to the care of the poorand the good of theChurch. Staying atone of her houses inDevonshire, she foundthat the priests housewas at some distancefrom the church sothat he had some wayto walk to and fro. Shetherefore presented tothe church for everher own manor-house,with the land aroundit, for the priests use,as it Avas close to thechurch. She livedchiefly at Collywestonin Northamptonshire,where she bui
. Some famous women . ountry, anxious to save whatshe could of her money and her lands for seems to have stayed in different parts of thecountry. Wherever she lived, she devoted herself to the care of the poorand the good of theChurch. Staying atone of her houses inDevonshire, she foundthat the priests housewas at some distancefrom the church sothat he had some wayto walk to and fro. Shetherefore presented tothe church for everher own manor-house,with the land aroundit, for the priests use,as it Avas close to thechurch. She livedchiefly at Collywestonin Northamptonshire,where she built herselfa fine house. She wasdeeply religious, andduring these longy earsshe spent much of hertime in prayer. She used to get up at five oclock andspend the hours till ten, which was in those days thehour for dinner, in meditation and prayer. The rest ofthe day she spent partly in ministering to the wants ofthe poor and sick, partly in study. Books in thosedays, just before the introduction of printing, Avere scarce. From an original painting belonging tothe Society of Antiquaries. MARGARET BEAUFORT 61 and precious. Margaret busied herself with translatinginto English some books of devotion from the other things she was the first to translate intoEnglish part of that famous book, The Imitation, byThomas a Kempis, which has helped and comforted somany people. We know little of her second husband,and do not know how much he was with her. Hedied after they had been married twenty-two years,and in his will he spoke of Margaret with warm loveand trust. Shortly after his death, Margaret marriedfor a third time, Lord Stanley, himself a widower witha large family, and one of the most powerful nobles atthe court of Edward IV. In those days great peoplemarried more from policy than from love. Margaretprobably felt that, now that it seemed as if the powerof the Yorkists was established, it would be well forher to gain the protection of a powerful noble at court,who might
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