 As Countess of Salisbury, Margaret managed her lands well, and by 1538, she was the fifth richest peer in England.She was a patron of the new learning, like many Renaissance nobles; Gentian Hervet translated Erasmus' "de immensa misericordia Dei" ("The Great Mercy of God") into English for her.Her first son, Henry Pole, was created Baron Montagu, another of the Neville titles; he spoke for the family in the House of Lords.