Her family is untraced. Scholar Moira Ferguson
has suggested that she might have altered her name for purposes of concealment, and might in fact have been Margaret Tyrrell
.
Tyler, Margaret. “Introductory Note”. Margaret Tyler, edited by Kathryn Coad, Scolar Press; Ashgate, 1996, p. ix - xi.
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