This article investigates a devout society centring on the household of Margaret Beaufort (d. 1509) at Collyweston in Northamptonshire and St Katherine's guild in the neighbouring market town of Stamford in Lincolnshire. The discussion unveils Margaret Beaufort's place at the heart of a vibrant devotional community, whose members, among them a core group of lay and religious townswomen, were united by their geography and shared devotional interests. Ultimately, this article sheds new light on the overlapping spiritual networks of an important market town and the household of a highly influential noblewoman, whilst also demonstrating how Margaret's sponsorship of the society informed her self-fashioning as a pious matriarch of the house of Tudor.

本文调查了一个以北安普敦郡 Collyweston 的 Margaret Beaufort（卒于 1509 年）的家庭和林肯郡邻近的集镇斯坦福德的圣凯瑟琳公会为中心的虔诚社会。讨论揭示了玛格丽特·博福特在一个充满活力的虔诚社区的核心地位，其成员，其中包括一个核心的非专业和宗教城镇妇女，由于他们的地理和共同的虔诚利益而团结在一起。最终，这篇文章揭示了一个重要集镇和一位极具影响力的贵妇家庭重叠的精神网络，同时也展示了玛格丽特对社会的赞助如何影响了她作为都铎王朝虔诚女族长的自我塑造。