▁Margaret ' s ▁future ▁father - in - law , ▁Walter ▁De vere ux , ▁ 1 st ▁Earl ▁of ▁Es sex , ▁also ▁attended ▁the ▁school . ▁As ▁an ▁he ir ess , ▁Margaret ▁was ▁a ▁valuable ▁comm od ity ▁on ▁the ▁Elizabeth an ▁marriage ▁market . ▁Her ▁first ▁husband ▁was ▁Walter ▁De vere ux , ▁the ▁younger ▁son ▁of ▁Es sex , ▁and ▁a ▁court ▁favour ite ▁of ▁Queen ▁Elizabeth ▁I . ▁The ▁man or ▁and ▁par son age ▁of ▁H ack ness ▁near ▁Sc ar borough ▁in ▁the ▁North ▁R iding ▁were ▁purchased ▁for ▁the ▁couple , ▁and ▁remained ▁Margaret ' s ▁property ▁after ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁De vere ux ▁at ▁the ▁sie ge ▁of ▁Rou en ▁in ▁ 1 5 9 1 . ▁ ▁Three ▁months ▁later , ▁Margaret ▁was ▁court ed ▁un success fully ▁by ▁Sir ▁Thomas ▁Post hum ous ▁H oby , ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁transl ator ▁and ▁English ▁amb assador ▁to ▁France ▁Sir ▁Thomas ▁H oby ▁( p . ▁ 7 5 ). ▁She ▁married ▁at ▁that ▁jun ct ure ▁Sir ▁Thomas ▁Sid ney , ▁the ▁younger ▁brother ▁of ▁Philip ▁Sid ney ▁and ▁Robert ▁Sid ney , ▁but ▁after ▁Sid ney ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 5 9 5 , ▁she ▁next ▁married ▁H oby ▁after ▁all , ▁on ▁ 9 ▁August ▁ 1 5 9 6 . ▁They ▁lived ▁at ▁H ack ness ▁near ▁Sc ar borough , ▁but ▁had ▁no ▁children . ▁Margaret ▁spent ▁much ▁of ▁her ▁time ▁there ▁in ▁the ▁company ▁of ▁a ▁conf