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Mistress Deborah's husband has been killed in the war, and she is therefore sheltering with her wealthy cousin. She brings with her little money, but has a charming personality.

Sir Watkyn is therefore striving to find her a new husband, in order both to lighten the burden on his own purse and to provide her with a secure future. Such duties of care for the wider family often fell on the shoulders of the principal man of a family in the period.