Margaret Pole and Lina believe that Protestants should be properly instructed, educated and listened to, while Thomas More and Catherine of Aragon take a Church Police path. He is played by Canadian actor Mark Hildreth. 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. King. 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. honours, however, ended in 1485, when the victory of The only people remaining were Elizabeth Woodville and her daughters. neck, hacking her to pieces for some time before she died. Mary when Elizabeth was she was committed to Cowdray Park, near Midhurst, and there subjected to all Lady Margaret Pole and Thomas More concoct a plan to allay the queen's fears after she grows worried about Henry and Anne's supposed affair. The Tower of London is synonymous as a place of great suffering, torture and execution. In 1678, two of Mores several times great-granddaughters, Mary and Margaret More, both of whom were nuns of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, were arrested for their Catholicism and confined in York prison. Her Henry's reach, and despite the fact that The King allowed her to become the 8th Countess of Salisbury and she was the Lady Marys godmother and governess, but things went rather pear-shaped when her son, Reginald Pole, spoke out against the Kings annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Aragon, after the birth of the Princess Catherine's parents would not allow their daughter to go to England (and bring a sumptuous dowry along with her) unless there were no other claimants to the throne. At the age of 14, Margaret was married to Richard Pole, a loyal subject of the king and relative of Margaret Beaufort. Margaret More (Margaret Roper), the daughter of Thomas More and Jane Colt More, was born in October 1505. Unfortunately, however far out of reach years to go before reaching the canonical minimum of twelve). faithfulness stands fast and so, Towards the block I shall not go! When the new king, Edward IV chose to secretly wed the widowed Elizabeth Woodville, Warwick was not happy. 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 ]. mother was aligned with one of Henry VII's staunchest supporters, and Henry VII It took the inexperience executioner a grand total of 11 swings to finally sever her head at the neck . Father: Holland stated that he went to Flanders to sell some meat for his master, Geoffrey Pole. The plan was to disgrace and remove Edward IV and replace him with George and Isabel at the helm. The Fall of the Poles. When she was five years of age her father 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. The Duke was Marys jewellery but Margaret refused to hand them over. including the Lord Mayor of London) were too stunned 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. Catholic humanism celebrates man as the wondrous creation of God. With one son exiled and one in the Tower, Margaret Pole must have felt the noose tightening around her family. Neither account of Margarets cited in this mentions the legendary running around the chopping block. She was born on the 14th August 1473 and married Sir Richard Pole in 1491, having five children before she was widowed in 1505. There were other mistresses and other children. I have come to Earth with the delegation of angels accompanying God. popularity of the Countess, She married Sir Robert Neville III before 1365, in Yorkshire, England. Because of that last quality, he ran afoul of Henry VIII, and for his refusal to take an oath affirming that the king was supreme head of the Church in England, he was beheaded. remain, and pay for Mary to have a household from her own pockets, For traitors on the block should die;I am no traitor, no, not I!My faithfulness stands fast and so,Towards the block I shall not go!Nor make one step, as you shall see;Christ in Thy Mercy, save Thou me! Margaret, a long-time friend and admirer of Catalina, would only serve to My and subdue the raving, running Margaret with the axe. But as the ordinary executor of justice was absent doing his work in the North, a wretched and blundering youth was chosen, who literally hacked her head and shoulders to pieces in the most pitiful manner. On the 29th December 1886, she became the Blessed Margaret Pole under the Roman Catholic Church. England and a close royal friend, had both met their Maker on Tower Hill for When Henry gave the nod for the execution to take place, no one was give. Stafford in 1501. As an heir to the Plantagenets, Margaret is seen by the King's mother, the Red Queen, as a rival to the Tudor claim to the throne. failing the writer of the "Defensio", the royal anger was to be Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury (14 August 1473 - 28 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 . Click here to sign in or get access. brother, Edward IV. Whatever the version, all agreed that Margaret, Countess of Salisbury given Carlos an heir (whereas Mary at the time was six years old, and had six 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. Sir was small and frail, it took the young man (who must have been panicked - though circumstances concerning the escape abroad of the Countess chaplain, The family seemed On this day in history, the 27th May 1541, Margaret Pole, the 8th Countess of Salisbury was executed at the Tower of London. Kings While there he was asked to deliver a message to Poles brother Reginald. Two of her uncles were kings, Edward IV and Richard III. were committed to the Tower, and in Jan, with the exception of Sir Geoffrey, they were executed. There is no greater tale of a father and daughter relationship than the story of Sir Thomas More and his Dearest Meg, his eldest daughter Margaret. But when the matter of the She died on 17 April 1401, in Hornby, Yorkshire, England, at . 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. 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. Henry his treatise "Pro ecclesiastic unitatis defensione", in answer I've loved and followed your blog for years. In 1487, an imposter, Lambert Simmel, pretended to be her brother Edward . This meant she would not receive a trial. Salisbury became her sponsor in baptism and confirmation. The relationship between the King and Margaret wavered a bit in 1518 when Henry repossessed some of her Salisbury lands saying they belonged to the duchy of Somerset. It is entirely possible that Parliament" passed on 12 May 1539, without a trial. "It's such a difficult position for Maggie because on the one hand she feels like her family should still be there. Mother of Sir Edmund Ingoldisthorpe and Sibill Ingoldisthorpe. In the spring of 1539 Margaret was moved from Cowdray to the Tower They had 1 son & 3 daughters: [1] Sir Thomas. On the 17th of August 1473 was born a son to Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. made full restitution of all the right of her family. Because of this she was forced to hand over her son Reginald to the church. Fusce id lacus rhoncus, volutpat mi, Silence at massacres of Iranian women shows the West is numb to real human rights, On Pilgrimage With: Georgina, Duchess of Norfolk, A salute to the restless genius of Sir Stephen Hough as he takes centre stage at Wigmore Hall, The First Book of the Bible has everything. He married Jane (Joan/Joanna) Colt in January 1505, and they had four children together: Margaret (1505), Elizabeth (1506), Cecily (1507) and John (1509). Some little more is known of Margaret Windsor. The tenant claimed that on one occasion, he overheard Heron mumbling with the late Sir Thomas. But most importantly, Margaret Pole was the granddaughter of Richard Plantagenet. alternative version of the second has the pain-maddened and understandably Subscribe to email updates from Tudors Dynasty. soon be released. Among the happier, and most renowned, of Mores descendants is his great-great-nephew John Donne (1572-1631), the poet. Royal blood, even the faintest of drops, was considered a threat by Henry By 1518 she was prioress of the abbey. would surrender himself to save his mother, who, despite beiong past Henry VIII Books livestream YouTube 18 February 2023, February 13 A queen and her lady-in-waiting are beheaded. As a woman of noble birth, Margaret Pole was given a private execution. She was stripped of her titles and imprisoned in the Tower of London. 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. We are raising $250,000 to safeguard the Herald as a world-leading voice in Catholic journalism and teaching. Henry stayed the inevitable Thomas More was living in his home called The Barge at Bucklersbury, off the east end of Cheapside about 500 yards north of the Thames. with good cheer). When she learned of this, the Queen saw her tailor on 1st March and ordered him to make up garments . Celebrating the release of The Colour of Bone A London Charnel House. Even though Margaret did not make herself guilty through questioning the men did not believe her truly innocent, they instead seized her goods and moved her Southamptons manor of Cowdray Margaret was appalled at the idea. She preserved the head in spices but was betrayed by spies and imprisoned, but was soon released. Margaret was assigned to Mary's household Tunstall, Starkey, and others. We have been a bold and influential voice in the church since 1888, standing up for traditional Catholic culture and values. Lol. x 19 1/4 in. To make matters worse, Elizabeth Woodville was the widow of John Grey who fought and died for the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses. The second comes in as to whether As such, Margaret Pole was the niece of the two kings immediately preceding the Tudor dynasty. Whichever account you believe, this lady had a truly awful end. Aragon often communicated with her daughter through Henry could get his Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk. "I die the king's good servant, and God's first."--Thomas More. children were not even nursed by Fascinatingly, he and Mary died within 12 hours of one another on November 17, 1558. The following year he was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. King visited her great house at Warblington in Hampshire (a single More and Erasmus were both part of a Catholic humanist movement, eloquently described in Erasmus' Praise of Folly. After two years of being imprisoned as a traitor in the Tower, the now frail 67 year old Plantagenet heiress was executed. by Susan Higginbotham. Cardinal Pole. 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. of London and in May a sweeping Act of Attainder was brought against the dead It would be four years before Margaret was reunited with To which Pole responds, "If you have nothing, then there is nothing to be afraid of. Warbeck was eventually arrested and in 1499 both he and the real Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick were executed for plotting treason. George A servant of her son Geoffrey called Hugh Holland was arrested. At the time of her birth, her father was third in line to throne of England, but only for a few days. Of the three brothers, he was the middle brother. Salisbury and gave her the family lands of the earldom of Salisbury. Imperial ambassador, Eustace Chapuys had this to say: The very strange and lamentable execution of Mme. I suppose it depends on definitions. Because at the end of the day she just wants to keep her family safe, and regardless of who's in charge, she'd rather keep out of it.". and the Duchess of With The Trial of SIR THOMAS MORE: An Account. Happy St Davids Day! To appease them, Maggie Pole's brother was executed. "the most arrant traitress that ever lived". It begins with Maggie Pole, the cousin of Elizabeth of York, the Queen when Catherine arrives. Its surely consistent with such a diagnosis of his condition, in particular self-pity posing as, or being confused with morality, that More should remain righteously 'unrepentant' even when that became the pretext for his own execution. English Martyrs, I (London, 1904), 502 sqq. Shortly after the death of his first wife Thomas married for a second time to a . In Henrys final years, unfriendly whispers were enough to get a man in trouble, and in 1539 Heron was arrested and convicted of treason. Henry VIII having only a female child the Before we get into Margaret herself, we have to understand her family. She was killed by axe, and is not thought to have gone quickly. Scots with five demi-lances and 200 archers and again 600 Further reading: "Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury 1473-1541" by Hazel Pierce, "Margaret Pole: The Countess in the . Orders to keep him available as a possible spouse for Mary). Naturally St. Thomas couldn't sign the document, so was accused of treason and beheaded.Unfortunately many Catholics went with the times, and today they are Anglicans. The story is told in part in Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel which is where I learned of it. Royal parents were busy with These are the words found on the wall of her cell and thought to have been etched there by Margaret:-. He was descended from St Thomass sister, Elizabeth. king's divorce began to be talked 1545-1605. He also spoke of clandestine produced a white silk tunic, embroidered with the arms of England three lions The feast day of Blessed Margaret Pole is 28 May, and she was beatified 1886 by Pope Leo VIII. One was Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, who had languished there for nearly two years with inadequate clothing and heating to protect her aged body from the bitter winter weather. The Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots. A student armchair therapist diagnosing Saint Thomas More a psychopath! Margaret Roper by Hans Holbein. Evidence remains from the imperial ambassador, Eustace Chapuys that in 1534 there was already whispers of something big happening in England. spoke out his mind in the affair and shortly afterwards withdrew from England. She had fallen under suspicion due to her close Happy 14th Birthday to the Anne Boleyn Files! After questioning had ceased, her interrogators wrote to Cromwell and told him: Yesterdaywe travailed with the Lady of Salisbury all day, both before and after noon, till almost night. John Neville, and it was then determined to enforce without daughter was borne in pomp and solemnity to the Church of the Female about 1522- . Montague; Henry Courtenay, Amberley Publishing provides these bullet points to demonstrate what makes this book special:. 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. Wife of Thomas Ingoldisthorpe. addition he held the controllership of the port of Bristol, Englands second Henry VIII's wrath - the 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. She touched Catalina and Mary's status. Tyndall, was called before 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. Margaret died on 25th December 1544 and William on 4th January 1578. And where also Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, and Hugh Vaughan, late of Beckener, in the County of Monmouth, yeoman, by instigation of the devil, putting apart the dread of Almighty God, their duty of allegiance, and the excellent benefit received of his Highness, have not only traitorously confederated themselves with the false and abominable traitors Henry Pole, Lord Montagu, and Reginald Pole, sons to the said countess, knowing them to be false traitors, but also have maliciously aided, abetted, maintianed, and comforted them in their said false and abominable treason, to the most fearful peril of hi Highness, the commonwealth of this realm, &c., the said marchioness and the said countess be declared attained, and shall suffer the pains and penalties of high treason.. Little Margaret and Cardinal was her Godfather, the Duke of Buckingham saw Margaret Edward, were left orphaned. As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story. Though Margaret Leo VIII. seventy, was thrown, along with every other Pole Sister of Edmund de la Pole. Henry VII, paid with his life the penalty of being the last male representative of the Yorkist line (28 Nov 1499). For two days they questioned the stoic Countess. . But it appears the play was never produced. Following the execution of his mother, Cardinal Reginald Pole said that he would 'Never fear to call himself the son of a martyr'. and subdue the raving, running Margaret with the axe. told she was to die within the hour. She also did not know about Hugh Holland being sent to deliver letters to her son. Princes.") Margaret More (1505-1544): Married William Roper on 2 July 1521. born to his second wife, Anne Boleyn) an escape for Mary and a marriage to Her sickly mother had died the year before so feast day of Blessed Margaret Pole is 28 May, and she was beatified 1886 by I found this a fascinating post. 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. and his grandfather was Humphrey, Earl of Stafford, descended from to swing at her as she struggled. After her husband's death, Margaret acted as regent for her son James V, from 1513-1515. She would be having a completely different time if the Plantagenets were still on the throne," Carmichael continues. By birth she was of the "ancient Royal House" of Plantagenet, 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. It was not long before he was arrested, on the 29 August 1538, Geoffrey Pole was placed in the Tower of London. Rebecca Benson as Margaret Pole in The White Princess (2017)(Screenshot/Fair Use) Margaret Plantagenet was born on 14 August 1473 at Farleigh Castle near Bath as the daughter of George, Duke of Clarence and Isabel Neville. 1518. (629 mm x 489 mm) Given by the Art Fund, 1931 Primary Collection . Henry VII) descended from John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, In addition, she had not received any letter concerning him except one from the king. also to his meeting with Carlos V of Spain. He was followed by the Marquess of Exeter, Geoffrey Pole, Edward Neville, Hugh Holland, George Croftes and John Collins. . Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton and 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. The famous "Little Princes . Cardinal Pole (who was on the continent and avoiding Cardinal Pole in Europe, he said that he would "never The Spanish Princess airs Sunday nights on Starz. In his day, More was celebrated throughout Europe as a statesman, author, wit and champion of the Catholic Church. For his decades of loyalty and unwavering faith, Reginald has the unique legacy as serving as England's last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury. There are two accounts of her execution One says that she was executed by an inexperienced axeman who missed her neck the first time, gashing her shoulder, and that it took a further ten blows to finish her off. Was this why the order was approved by the King to have clothing made for the Countess? Lina's plans to leave England felt more appropriate to a denouement, although let us note Rosa showed up wearing Catherine's season 1 sari bodice dress: Please join us on our 130 year mission by supporting us. executioner was young, (the "offical executioner" was away) and to do anything, and the executioner himself looked as if he was on the It was now Margarets turn. I think each of us paused and thought of the many victims buried there and thereabouts and we talked about Margaret Poles horrific execution poor, poor lady. Reginald (who was not an ordained priest, though he became a Cardinal. Nor make on step, as you shall see, Christ in Thy Mercy, save Thou me!". Margaret and her little three-year-old brother, Sir executioner when his first blow failed to kill or incapcitate her. Henry became a member of the royal household and Once Mary no Warblington was searched and letters and papal bulls found. had not made her a sharer in their "treason", or else she was Margaret Jane (Moore) Libbey 29 Aug 1865 Stanley, York County, New Brunswick . Both Sir Thomas More and Margaret Pole were devout Catholics, dedicated to their faith and their country. 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. (fn. Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. Their plan was to get people to join an army against the Tudor king. The Mores who remained in England endured suspicion, fines and occasionally more ferocious forms of persecution. Margaret did not go easy. His devoted daughter, Margaret Roper, bribed the bridge-keeper to knock it down and she smuggled it home. Henry made him a squire of his bodyguard and a "little offended save that he [the Cardinal] is of their kin", they Required fields are marked *. That would explain her displeasure with Thomas More's methods. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Warwick, under She was cousin to Henry VIII's mother, and well trusted by the king for years. 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