Margaret Beaufort was only in her fourth year when she had the misfortune to lose her illustrious father. Having been accused of treason, and for bidden the court by his kinsman, King Henry VI., the duke is said to have been so deeply affected by the disgrace as to have put an end to his existence; preferring thus to cut short his sorrow rather than pass a life of misery, labouring under so dis graceful a A fine altar tomb, in the church of Wimborne Minster in Dorsetshire, still marks the spot where lie interred the remains of the broken-hearted warrior. It was piously erected, in after years, to the memory of her parent by his illustrious daughter.

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