. Woman: in all ages and in all countries . 1. THE WOMEN OF THE TUDOR PERIOD 233 All of them were clever and applied themselves to ab-struse subjects; but Margaret, wife of William Roper, thedaughter who clung passionately to her fathers neck whenhe was being led off to execution, was the most brilliant ofthis family of accomplished women. Sir Anthony Coke,whose scholarship gave him the position of preceptor toEdward VI., had the gratification of seeing his daughtersattract the attention of the most celebrated men of thenation. One of them married Lord Burleigh, the treasurerof the realm; anot
. Woman: in all ages and in all countries . 1. THE WOMEN OF THE TUDOR PERIOD 233 All of them were clever and applied themselves to ab-struse subjects; but Margaret, wife of William Roper, thedaughter who clung passionately to her fathers neck whenhe was being led off to execution, was the most brilliant ofthis family of accomplished women. Sir Anthony Coke,whose scholarship gave him the position of preceptor toEdward VI., had the gratification of seeing his daughtersattract the attention of the most celebrated men of thenation. One of them married Lord Burleigh, the treasurerof the realm; another wedded Sir Nicholas Bacon, lordkeeper of the Great Seal, becoming in time the mother ofthe famous Francis Bacon, the celebrated philosopher;and as her second husband, the third had Lord Russell. Nothing delighted the brilliant women of the Elizabethanera so much as to have themselves surrounded by greatwriters, statesmen, and other celebrities. Stately mag-nificence was maintained at many of the great houses,and the presence of noted arti
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