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I’m joined by Liz Wearing, Property Curator at Hardwick Hall as we explore this jewel of the late Elizabethan age.
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John and Margaret Beaufort, 1st Duke and Duchess of Somerset.
Name and Title: John Beaufort and Margaret Beauchamp, 1st Duke (also 3rd Earl of Somerset) and Duchess of Somerset (also Lady St John and Lady Welles).
Born: John Beaufort b.1404; Margaret Beauchamp c. 1410
Died: John Beaufort Died: 3 May 1444, London. Margaret Beauchamp Died: before 3 June 1482.
Buried: Wimborne Minster, Dorset.
Read more and see images of the tomb here…
Langley Castle, Northumberland
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