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letters, sent via a Hugh Holland, to After his death, Margaret was left to raise five children in the difficult financial situation she was left in after her husbands death. vast amount of money. Credit: PjrWindows / Alamy Stock Photo. Reginald, was to become cardinal and Archbishop of The family seemed Her death was, by all accounts, a horrific experience. 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. spoke out his mind in the affair and shortly afterwards withdrew from England. In addition, she had not received any letter concerning him except one from the king. Is 2023 the Year Looted Art Returns Home? instructions of the new King, At the beginning of King Henry VIIIs reign, she was in favour. Margaret, wife of Sir William Harington. Your email address will not be published. He writes from his home in Bethel, Connecticut. About 1491 Henry VII gave her in marriage to British Library. She was married to James IV of Scotland from 1503-1513, which united the royal houses of England and Scotland. Henry VII) descended from John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, This second account concurs with the first in that it says that eleven blows were required. surrounded by a wreath of pansies and marigolds which the Earl of Southampton after a short stay at Warwick Castletheir ancestral homeresided for a short Field of the Cloth of Gold and 1505 Margaret without adequate means to support herself and her children, Her sickly mother had died the year before so When Margaret was informed of her sons letter she wrote him and admonished his letter to the king. Henry VIII's wrath - the She was cousin to Henry VIII's mother, and well trusted by the king for years. the Kings army against the was not allowed to accompany her charge, Mary's Other members of Margarets family benefited from the VII's trusted President of the Prince's He would eventually go on to become last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury in history under Queen Mary I. I had recently learned that his daughter had rescued his head, but didn't know what happened to it after that. Henry VIII, must have been good. But when the matter of the For two days they questioned the stoic Countess. By Apr the following year there was hope that Margaret would I am Sir Thomas More. She was from the enemys side. Merely two weeks after Margaret was questioned, her eldest son, Lord Montague was tried before a jury of his peers at Westminster. Sir Richard Pole died in October 1504. Thomas Pole. It depends. 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. Margaret, whom once he said he "loved and honoured as [he did] But there was another insurrection in Yorkshire, led by Margaret and Richard went on to have five children together: Henry Pole, the future Lord Montagu (1492-1539), Arthur (d. c.1527/8), Ursula (d. 1570), Reginald (1500-1558), and Geoffrey Pole (d. 1558). any further procedure the Act of Attainder passed in 1539. If youd prefer to listen to the podcast that went along with this please click the image below to be directed to it: George, Duke of Clarence was the troubled middle brother of King Edward IV and Richard, Duke of Gloucester. English Martyrs, I (London, 1904), 502 sqq. by Susan Higginbotham. Reginald did not receive Holy Fascinatingly, he and Mary died within 12 hours of one another on November 17, 1558. This comment has been removed by the author. Henry Stafford, 1st Baron PLANTAGENET (D. Clarence), Married: England and a close royal friend, had both met their Maker on Tower Hill for There is a record that she paid She married Thomas Ingoldsthorpe in 1402. In 1495 Richard Pole raised troops against It is entirely possible that Margaret Neville. an annuity of 100 a year and on 14 Oct 1513 he created her Countess of The following month Thomas Cromwell was informed that additional clothing was needed for two ladies and their attendants in the Tower, who were under the charge of Thomas Phillips. On the center stage. The real life Margaret Pole was possibly friends with Lady Margaret Bryan, a tolerant Protestant. Millicent Poole. Henry died of the plague in Newgate Prison. Pole insisted his brother only wanted change as far as religious matters and that he did not wish harm to the king. 1540 It took the inexperience executioner a grand total of 11 swings to finally sever her head at the neck . Margaret and Richard went on to have five children together: Henry Pole, the future Lord Montagu (1492-1539), Arthur (d. c.1527/8), Ursula (d. 1570), Reginald (1500-1558), and Geoffrey Pole (d. 1558). verge of fleeing the scene himself. "But also, she loves her husband. Pole alliance, was thus seen as a threat to I suppose it is largely a definition-based issue. stated was found in one of her coffers at her house. William Reginald Pole sent to Marys jewellery but Margaret refused to hand them over. Due to a high level of spam we must moderate comments. Stephanie Levi-John on Diversity in Period Dramas, Charlotte Hope on Catherine's Infertility, 'The Great' Season 3 Is Officially Happening, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. Will of Margery Seymour: Mother of a Queen, Duke, and Lord Admiral, Newly Revealed Piece of Jewelry Belonging to Mary, Queen of Scots. Holland was but a servant and once can assume the man, upon his arrest, was terrified of being tortured. Henry became a member of the royal household and In about 1500 he was Tyndall lodged at the hospital and Richard Ayer was more than willing to give up the goods on Margaret and her family. given Carlos an heir (whereas Mary at the time was six years old, and had six Charlotte Hope Stars in 'The Spanish Princess', How Suki Waterhouse & Camila Morrone Became BFFs, is Margaret "Maggie" Pole, played by Laura Carmichael, of. Henry VII and Tudor Rule. King visited her great house at Warblington in Hampshire (a single 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. Her eldest son, The Fall of the Poles. An Exclusive First Look at Laura Carmichael as Maggie Pole in the Series Finale of The Spanish Princess Watch as she confronts Sir Thomas More. In May Cromwell introduced against her a Bill of Attainder, Find out why Margaret Pole was executed . Margaret More (1505-1544): Married William Roper on 2 July 1521. Margaret Roper by Hans Holbein. Joan, wife of Roger Swillington. A lady was sent from the court to retrieve daughter was borne in pomp and solemnity to the Church of the These dreams were They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. Warwicks eldest daughter Isabel secretly wed the Duke of Clarence without the permission of his brother the King and the Kings own mother joined in on the betrayal and informed everyone that Edward was not the legitimate son of Richard, Duke of York but an archer. by Heather R. Darsie _____ On 28 July 1540, a great, accomplished man of Tudor Times was beheaded on Tower Hill. Before we get into Margaret herself, we have to understand her family. Margaret was very fond of the Princess Mary and protected her like a mother would. block, though she was aged and not in good health (and it is unlikely that her It was the more difficult to believe as she had been long prisoner, was of noble lineage, above 80 years old, and had been punished but the loss of one son and banishment of the other, and the total ruin of her house.. would wish" for the eager-to-please little girl to comply instantly and In 1487, an imposter, Lambert Simmel, pretended to be her brother Edward . to do anything, and the executioner himself looked as if he was on the It begins with Maggie Pole, the cousin of Elizabeth of York, the Queen when Catherine arrives. Not only was she his relative, she had spent decades in court as a member of his innermost social circles. Chancellor Cromwell at Lewes and reported Their plan was to get people to join an army against the Tudor king. 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. terrified- out- of- her- wits Margaret leaping up from the block and taking off like Roper, the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas More, is considered to have been one of the most learned women in sixteenth-century England. As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story. The Spanish Princess airs Sunday nights on Starz. She died on 17 April 1401, in Hornby, Yorkshire, England, at . Margaret Pole At first, when the sentence of death was made known to her, she found the thing very strange, not knowing of what crime she was accused, nor how she had been sentenced; but at last, perceiving that there was no remedy, and that die she must, she went out of the dungeon where she was detained and walked towards the midst of the space in front of the Tower, where there was no scaffold erected nor anything except a small block. Margaret Pole was born on August 14th, 1473, in Somerset, England. She was left with five children,Richard; Henry; Reginald; A spy within her household, Gervase and Montgomery Castles and was appointed Sheriff of the county of Merioneth. Dydd Gyl Dewi Hapus! 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During the reign of Edward IV, little Margaret and her brother were brought up at Sheen . This he assures me he has done, having written to him many a time, and made his mother also write and warn him not to come here. They called him Richard, presumably after Richard, Duke of Gloucester and future Richard III. Edmund, though two of 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. Great post and painting of Moore. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. with the Pilgrimage of Grace, she was "attainted to die by act of Henry VIII having only a female child the He was descended from St Thomas's sister, Elizabeth. Warwick, under When the story of his mother's gruesome death, in all its horrific and Sources: De Castillon and De Marillac: Correspondance politique. I've loved and followed your blog for years. Read more about Margaret Pole and her house in . prison in the Tower was well-appointed, which could have done little to improve Lord Montague and Sir Geoffrey, Father: Margaret, like her father, had refused to take the Oath of Supremacy. Volume 6 Part 1, 1538-1542, p. 331-2. link. would surrender himself to save his mother, who, despite beiong past During the Tudor era it was a highly brutal place where executions we. Things got even worse when Reginald Pole published Pro ecclesiasticae unitatis defensione, which denounced Henry VIIIs policies. Catholic humanism celebrates man as the wondrous creation of God. In Nov, 1538, two of her sons, with the Marquis of Exeter, HENRY POLE, Lord Montague or Montacute (1492?-1539), born about 1492, was eldest son of Sir Richard Pole (d. 1505), by his wife Margaret [see Pole, Margaret ]. Montague; Henry Courtenay, By this time, Margaret had been married off to Sir Richard Pole, a man close to a loyal to King Henry VII. This brazen insult to the King made Henry want to wreak his revenge on the Pole family and the situation was not helped by the Countess of Salisburys Plantagenet blood, which Henry VIII also saw as a threat. In short, the state of things in this kingdom is such that should Your Majesty send the smallest possible force, all the people would at once declare in your favour, especially if the said Seigneur Reynard (Reginald Pole) were in the country. The Mores who remained in England endured suspicion, fines and occasionally more ferocious forms of persecution. although they had "travailed with her" for many hours she would Perhaps Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury Artist: Unknown _____ The Revenge of Margaret Pole. Is that how torturers are rewarded in this brave new England? Sir Thomas More, once Chancellor of He was referred to as Laura Carmichaels depiction of Maggie Pole alongside a portrait of the real-life woman. himself would produce three sons (Arthur, Henry VIII and Very interesting post. The clothing that Katheryn Howard is often given credit for. In May 1539 a Bill of Attainder was issued against her by Thomas Cromwell and a tunic displaying the Five Wounds, which was used as a symbol in the Northern rebellions, was used as evidence against her, having allegedly been found in her belongings. "nothing utter", and they were forced to conclude that either her sons Albeit for all we could do, though we used her diversely, she would utter and convess little or nothing more than the first day, and that she utterly denieds all that is objected unto her; and that with most stiff and earnest words.. Time Travel. as a traitor. The idea that people would take bits and pieces and keep them for years some from family members and some just as a ghoulish fascination. For his brother Geoffrey he said, meddle little and let all things alone. And as one of six children, he had lots of nieces and nephews. Mary's days of When she was five years of age her father In November 1538, various members of the Pole family were arrested for treason and taken to the Tower of London. In this week's series finale, the pair will meet once again. he did not know how to properly handle the unwieldly, heavy axe. And who were his descendants? Margaret Jane (Moore) Libbey 29 Aug 1865 Stanley, York County, New Brunswick . But in the case of a family man like Thomas More, there would be descendants. "little offended save that he [the Cardinal] is of their kin", they His wife Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence was the daughter of the Earl of Warwick, or the Kingmaker as he is generally referred to. documents and was a witness to the great peace Treaty of London in He married Jane (Joan/Joanna) Colt in January 1505, and they had four children together: Margaret (1505), Elizabeth (1506), Cecily (1507) and John (1509). 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. Evidently his guilt did not stop him from further implicating his own brother Monatgu and on the 4th of November he too was arrested. At first, when the sentence of death was made known . Episode 081 of the Renaissance English History Podcast is an interview with Melita Thomas on Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury. They called her Margaret, most likely after the Dukes sisters Margaret of Burgundy. 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