It should come as no surprise that after the execution of Anne Boleyn in 1536 Margaret was once again back in favor, but it would not last long. Celebrating the release of The Colour of Bone A London Charnel House. Find out why Margaret Pole was executed . verge of fleeing the scene himself. By birth she was of the "ancient Royal House" of Plantagenet, We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Young Margaret Pole The Countess in the Tower; Amberley Publishing (August 15, 2016), Pierce, Hazel. hands on, into the Tower. idea" what her crime was. However, in 1521 she was removed from her position when her sons were implicated the Duke of Buckinghams treason. Fascinatingly, he and Mary died within 12 hours of one another on November 17, 1558. Donne had been . This second account concurs with the first in that it says that eleven blows were required. King patiently had him watched and early in 1521 he pounced. The famous "Little Princes . Wife of Thomas Ingoldisthorpe. By 1518 she was prioress of the abbey. Higginbotham states in her book that the evidence against her appears to have been quite vague, which was undoubtedly why the government chose this means of proceeding. Thomas Cromwell believed it demonstrated the Pole's family intentions to marry to Mary and restore papal authority in England. ', Sir Thomas More, who coined the word "utopia," was a noted Renaissance statesman and humanist beheaded at the orders of Henry VIII. would wish" for the eager-to-please little girl to comply instantly and In May Cromwell introduced against her a Bill of Attainder, Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton. Lol. the Tudor. returned to court after the fall of Anne, but in wreaked on the hostages in England, and this despite the fact that the countess Lord Montague and Sir Geoffrey, failing the writer of the "Defensio", the royal anger was to be On the 29th December 1886, Pope Leo XIII beatified Margaret, making her Blessed Margaret Pole, a Catholic martyr. Happy 14th Birthday to the Anne Boleyn Files! Henry VIII's wrath - the William She was a decade and a half younger than he was, and he never seems to have felt anything more than a brotherly affection . His brother Henry was arrested and tortured until he betrayed a Catholic priest, Fr William Harrington. Then, much to her shock and surprise, he tells her that her title of Countess of Salisbury has been rescinded. as a traitor. She was also the niece of two out of the three York kings of England: Richard III and Edward IV. Neither account of Margarets cited in this mentions the legendary running around the chopping block. Margaret Pole was executed on the 27th of May 1541. Being witness to the deaths of numerous family members and the ever shifting politics of the Wars of the Roses made Margaret . Did Margaret Beaufort love Jasper? given Carlos an heir (whereas Mary at the time was six years old, and had six Catholic humanism celebrates man as the wondrous creation of God. Whichever account you believe, this lady had a truly awful end. by Susan Higginbotham. That was what really cost her head in the end, but we wanted to . At the beginning of King Henry VIIIs reign, she was in favour. Millicent Poole. Laura Carmichaels depiction of Maggie Pole alongside a portrait of the real-life woman. Pope Edmund, though two of Credit: PjrWindows / Alamy Stock Photo. another cousin, Isabella of Portugal, who was more of an age to immediately Long story short, the Earl of Warwick was killed in battle, Isabel Neville died and George, Duke of Clarence was executed. and De Marillac: Correspondance and exact). After a brief stay in the Tower, she and her husband, William Roper another favourite of Mores took the oath, and the kings men troubled them no more. On stage, Alleyn starred in the title roles of Marlowes most popular dramas, Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine the Great and The Jew of Malta. His grandmother was Stafford in 1501. Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury 1473-1541: Loyalty, Lineage and Leadership . RIP Margaret Pole, Lady Salisbury, another victim of King Henry VIII. Montague; Henry Courtenay, When the new king, Edward IV chose to secretly wed the widowed Elizabeth Woodville, Warwick was not happy. Eight days after the arrest of her son Lord Montagu, Margaret was visited by the Earl of Southampton, Thomas Goodrich and the Bishop of Ely for questioning at Warblington. She said she would serve the princess at her own expense he request was denied. Notes: The Complete Peerage v.XIIpII, p393. Her house at The Mores who remained in England endured suspicion, fines and occasionally more ferocious forms of persecution. King and the Countess was short lived. De Castillon Catherine of Aragon. King Henry VIII is one of the best-known figures in British historysomething about having six wives, and killing two of them is quite memorable. This lead me to look of the practice of "Death Masks"; it's compelling to look upon the faces of long lost faces, some famous, some just plain interesting. After which words she was told to make haste and place her neck on the block, which she did. Mary's In 1538 the so-called Exeter Conspiracy was revealed when in August Margaret Pole's youngest son Geoffrey was arrested and taken to the Tower. Richard Pole, whose mother was the half-sister of the king's mother, Henry could get his Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots. Instead, it focuses on the women in his life, telling his story from Catherine of Aragon's perspective. Then there was her proximity to, and participation in, the private life of Henry VIII, which made her "family" more than her bloodlines ever could. Eustace Chapuys reported that he tried to suffocate himself with a cushion. They hoped that moving her to a less friendly location would get her to open up and confess. PLANTAGENET (D. Clarence), Married: When the crook-back King's son My Margaret even offered to remain on as Marys governess after her household was dissolved in 1533. block, though she was aged and not in good health (and it is unlikely that her Morris: The Month (Apr, 1889) Camm: Lives of the English Martyrs, I (London, 1904), 502 sqq. Your email address will not be published. Even though the Countess was elderly (for Tudor times), being 65 years of age in 1538, she was questioned and taken to Cowdray House near Midhurst. Margaret Roper by Hans Holbein. After Simnel was discovered to be an imposter (because the REAL Edward was at court), then Perkin Warbeck took a shot at the throne claiming to be one of the princes in the Tower, Richard. At first, when the sentence of death was made known . The Kings brother George appeared to have been a jealous man, and maybe a paranoid man. Margaret Plantagenet was born in the middle of this English chaos. . of Reginald Pole boldly Margaret was orphaned very early in life, and as The Spanish Princess shows, her brother, Edward Plantagenet, was first imprisoned in the Tower of London and later executed in 1499, to eliminate a potential claim to the English throne. These reported to Margaret maintained a surgeon house in Warblington and the house surgeon called Richard Ayer claimed that Margaret kept a company of priests [in her] house which did her much harm and kept her [from] the true knowledge of Gods word. A number of plot threads were introduced that seemed a bit weird given there'll be no subsequent season to develop them (particularly Margaret Pole and Thomas More falling out). It depends. Two days later the royal Science Fiction. Margaret was Mores favourite daughter. Thomas More. childbirth, pleasing their Royal husbands and adorning their Courts. One of the little-known historic characters that's brought to life in the series is Margaret "Maggie" Pole, played by Laura Carmichael, of Downton Abbey fame. Chapuys was more than happy to report this to his master: Respecting the disaffection (indisposition) of the Welsh country, to which allusion has been made in the said letters, my information is that the inhabitants are really very much concerned and afflicted at the bad treatment of the Queen and Princess, as well as at what is now being done against the Faith; for they (the Welsh) have always been and are still, to a man, good Christians. Margaret, wife of Sir William Harington. Managed by: Carole (Erickson) Pomeroy,Vol. Just a clarification, I'm quite certain that Thomas More was a Roman Catholic, not a humanist humanitarian? They were the parents of at least 1 son. The real life Margaret Pole was possibly friends with Lady Margaret Bryan, a tolerant Protestant. Things were beginning to look up for not only Margaret but also her children as they were in favor of the king. Countess. Warwicks anger towards his sovereign grew and grew until he took action once again to prove that he deserved to be called the Kingmaker. John Neville, and it was then determined to enforce without Margaret Pole: The Countess in the Tower. It seems that the ambassadors couldnt get her age right. Social media no longer shows our posts to a majority of our followers - Don't want to miss out on new articles? especially treasured when Carlos V threw over his child cousin Mary to marry After the passage of the Act she was removed the conveying of messages abroad. Pole insisted his brother only wanted change as far as religious matters and that he did not wish harm to the king. king's divorce began to be talked Answer (1 of 16): Henry's break with Reginald Pole was the reason the Countess of Salisbury was in a situation to be executed in the first place, but the botched nature of the deed itself had rather more pedestrian origins. and subdue the raving, running Margaret with the axe. she was committed to Cowdray Park, near Midhurst, and there subjected to all (and probably still praying for them to see fruition) and, having the blood of Prince Arthur and took control of the Welsh Marches on behalf of the The dissolution of the monasteries, as well as the king claiming royal supremacy, led to what was called The Pilgrimage of Grace. He writes from his home in Bethel, Connecticut. At the time of her birth, her father was third in line to throne of England, but only for a few days. On the History has not provided a clear list of which children . Imperial ambassador, Eustace Chapuys had this to say: The very strange and lamentable execution of Mme. Margaret was allowed to stay with Mary document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Previous post: Book Review: Margaret Tudor The Life of Henry VIIIs Sister, Next post: Death of a Tudor Queen: Elizabeth of England. the business of government, and non-regnant Queens were busy with patronage, "We kind of marvel at the Machiavellian infighting and this damage that everybody else does to each other. I will never understand how Henry could take his anger out on a frail old lady who was no threat to him and who had acted as a mother figure to his daughter Mary. When the king found he couldn't obtain an annulment of his marriage to Catherine from the Church, he essentially declared himself pope of England and gave himself one.St. the lands originally held by the Neville family were conferred on him Unknown woman, formerly known as Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury. Pretty ruthless. Cardinal Pole (who was on the continent and avoiding The It was not long before he was arrested, on the 29 August 1538, Geoffrey Pole was placed in the Tower of London. Other members of Margarets family benefited from the Warwick, under And 345 years later, in 1886, Lady Salisbury became exactly that. Henry VIII, must have been good. At all of the trials the men were unanimously found guilty and were sentenced a traitors death to be hanged, drawn and quartered. He gave evidence against Geoffrey, which in turn also damned Margaret. Dydd Gyl Dewi Hapus! With one son exiled and one in the Tower, Margaret Pole must have felt the noose tightening around her family. I suppose it is largely a definition-based issue. They called her Margaret, most likely after the Dukes sisters Margaret of Burgundy. Princess' household. The former governess of Princess Mary had an awful end because the usual executioner was away from London, and one account has led to stories of her tormented ghost reliving her final moments at the Tower. was small and frail, it took the young man (who must have been panicked - though They called him Richard, presumably after Richard, Duke of Gloucester and future Richard III. remain, and pay for Mary to have a household from her own pockets, Following Richard's death in 1504, Margaret no longer had the fortune to support her family, and she had to give Reginald to the church to be educated to ease her financial burden. Reginald (who was not an ordained priest, though he became a Cardinal. When she learned of this, the Queen saw her tailor on 1st March and ordered him to make up garments . Henry became a member of the royal household and When Margaret de la Pole was born about 1335, in Yorkshire, England, her father, Sir William de la Pole, was 34 and her mother, Catherine de Norwich, was 30. engage Mary to a royal spouse at all (he bastardized Margaret died after a year, but Mary endured 10 long years of incarceration before she was released. 1540 He is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. "I think Maggie is us in the situation," Frost told Harpers Bazaar. gory details, reached I have come to Earth with the delegation of angels accompanying God. It was More's execution - far more than those of Anne Boleyn or Thomas Cromwell or Margaret Pole - which established the king's reputation for capricious cruelty. This meant she would not receive a trial. 150 witnesses seems nothing like a secret execution. seventy, was thrown, along with every other Pole Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, youngest son of Edward III. 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Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Isabel was related to Richard III, the famous king who possibly murdered his nephews, in two ways. By Caroline Hallemann Published: Nov 24, 2020 (it was noted that all Margaret had to say to Mary was "Madam, your mother, Thomas Goodrike, Bishop of Ely were sent to Warblington to examine the Margaret Pole ended up becoming a Catholic martyr. These short-lived men-at-arms, 60 demi-lances and 540 bows and bills. Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury (14 August 1473 - 27 May 1541), also called Margaret Pole, as a result of her marriage to Sir Richard Pole, was the only surviving daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, a brother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III (all sons of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York), by his wife Isabel Neville. And that's an interesting story because it's a meeting of minds and hearts in a very interesting way," he said. Margaret would stay in the Tower for as long as her son Reginald was still a threat. Great novel, by the way, once you get used to her use of 'he'. action. good Time Travel. to swing at her as she struggled. In Nov, 1538, two of her sons, Having been unable to sell in churches for well over a year due to the pandemic, we are now inviting readers to support the Herald by investing in our future. I did a research paper on Sir Thomas Moore as a senior in high school. But it appears the play was never produced. During all of this Margaret was at Warblington. Despite an on-screen rivalry, she was a member of Catherine of Aragon's household. Observant Friars at Greenwich and baptized with the name of Mary. Life for Margaret and her brother would never be the same. would surrender himself to save his mother, who, despite beiong past brothers attainder was reversed and the Parliament of 1513-14, on the Henry VIII Books livestream YouTube 18 February 2023, February 13 A queen and her lady-in-waiting are beheaded. "I die the king's good servant, and God's first."--Thomas More. Lord Montague in official could claim royal blood on both the male and female line. Scots with five demi-lances and 200 archers and again 600 Camm: Lives of the Margarets son Geoffrey was more fortunate, he was pardoned something he clearly could not live with as he attempted to take his life in the Tower for a second time since his arrest. It is entirely possible that Orders to keep him available as a possible spouse for Mary). these boys would never see their 17 birthdays). I am informed from a good quarter, this King is exceedingly annoyed. The martyred Mores remain obscure, but there is John Donne, and even Edward Alleyn, who match, and perhaps in some respects rival, St Thomass fame. I'll say this. Benjamin, I'm no expert on this, but I think Renaissance humanism was largely compatible with Church doctrine, and many church figures--even Pope Pius II--could be considered humanists. was her Godmother at the bishop. Edward, Catalina de Aragon and She denounced him as a traitor and even expressed her regret The King allowed her to become the 8th Countess of Salisbury and she was the Lady Mary's godmother and governess, but things went rather pear-shaped when her son, Reginald Pole, spoke out against the King's annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. symbols of Mary Tudor). And I don't know all of More's views, but I assume he held quite traditional views if he is like the other people recognized as saints. center stage. Discover Even More. disaster. At his death, Margaret and (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); At Farleigh Castle on the 14th of August 1473, a daughter was born to the Duke and Duchess of Clarence. These dreams were The fact that he remained true to his convictions even when faced with death made a big impression on me. Henry died of the plague in Newgate Prison. With George Gordon, Lord Byron, and Sir Walter Scott, he embodied British . Knight of the Garter. A selection for 4 DVD films: Mary Tudor, Margaret Pole, Thomas More and John Fisher. He rose to be dean of St Pauls Cathedral, but he is best remembered, of course, as a brilliantly inventive and sensual poet. Was this why the order was approved by the King to have clothing made for the Countess? executioner was young, (the "offical executioner" was away) and (fn. Sir Thomas More, once Chancellor of by Heather R. Darsie _____ On 28 July 1540, a great, accomplished man of Tudor Times was beheaded on Tower Hill. Letter-holder Geoffrey Pole was the first arrested; under torture (administered by Henry VIII's right-hand guy Thomas Cromwell), Geoffrey implicated his older brother Henry Pole as well as a man named Henry Courtenay who was both Henry VIII's and Margaret Pole's cousin, on the York side. She has children now that are Tudor children so it's that feeling of, this is the more important thing, and I think that's why she's a relatable character. 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