Beaufort, Margaret (1443 - 1509)

Biographical Overview

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Titles - 3
Properties - 9
Total events naming patron - 9
Troupes - 4
Venues - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Other Last Names

de la Pole, Tudor, Stafford, Stanley

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1443-05-31
Death Date: 1509-06-29

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Pole, John de la (1442 - 1492)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1450-2-7
    Union ended: 1453-3-24
    Note: Marriage contract 1450; contract dissolved 1453. Margaret never recognized de la Pole as her husband
  2. Tudor, Edmund (1430 - 1456)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1455-5
    Union ended: 1456
  3. Stafford, Henry ( - 1471)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1458-1
    Union ended: n.d.
  4. Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1472-6-12
    Union ended: 1499
    Note: Margaret moved to Collyweston and took a vow of chastity

Offspring

From Tudor, Edmund (1430 - 1456)

  1. Male offspring: Tudor, Henry (1457 - 1509) (patron)

Titles

  • Duchess of Suffolk
    Assumed before 1449/50-01-28 (married between this date & 7 Feb. 1449/50)
    Vacated before 1452/3-03-24 (date marriage dissolved)
  • Countess of Richmond
    Assumed 1455 (date of 2nd marriage)
    Vacated Before 1509-05-29
  • Countess of Derby
    Assumed before 1473-10 (date of 4th marriage)
    Vacated 1509-06-29

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Coldharbour, London (city-county)
    Granted; chief London residence
    Acquired: 1470
  • Collyweston, Northamptonshire
    Chief residence
    Acquired: 1499
    Divested: 1506
  • Lamphey, Pembrokeshire
    Residence of 2nd husband
    Acquired: 1455
    Divested: 1457
  • Woking Manor, Surrey
    Inherited from paternal grandmother
  • Lathom House, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Residence of 4th husband
    Acquired: 1472
  • Knowsley Hall, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Residence of 4th husband
    Acquired: 1472

Lands

  • Devon: Dartington Hall & Manor
    Acquired: 1487-03
    Divested: 1509
    Grant for life
  • Dorset: Canford, Corfe and Poole
  • Lincolnshire: Deeping St. James, Deeping St. Nicholas, Market Deeping, West Deeping

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1490-1491 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire King's Mother's Entertainer/s
Performance 1502-1503 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire King's Mother's Entertainers
Performance 1507-1508 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent King's Mother's Minstrel/s
Performance 1494-1495 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent King's Mother's Minstrels
Performance 1495-1495 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex King's Mother's Minstrels
Performance 1495-1496 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset King's Mother's Minstrels
Performance 1504-1505 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset King's Mother's Minstrels
Performance 1507-1507 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex King's Mother's Minstrels
Performance 1507-1508 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent King's Mother's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
King's Mother's Entertainer/s Beaufort, Margaret (1443 - 1509) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
King's Mother's Entertainers Beaufort, Margaret (1443 - 1509) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
King's Mother's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Margaret (1443 - 1509) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
King's Mother's Minstrels Beaufort, Margaret (1443 - 1509) Entertainers/Minstrels 6

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Knowsley Hall Lancashire Private Residence
Lathom House Lancashire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)