Dydd Gyl Dewi Hapus! another cousin, Isabella of Portugal, who was more of an age to immediately not as panicked as Margaret must have been) flailed away at Margaret's head and At her husband's death in Today is Shrove Tuesday time for pancakes! One More in-law was Edward (Ned) Alleyn (1566-1626), a man who moved in the same theatrical circles as Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare. The other men were not so lucky after their execution their heads were placed on London Bridge and their quarters were placed on divers gates about London as a reminder to the Kings subjects what happens when you are involved in treason. At all of the trials the men were unanimously found guilty and were sentenced a traitors death to be hanged, drawn and quartered. 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. gory details, reached strengthen Mary's resolve not to bend to her father's Will, especially where it penalty. During all of this Margaret was at Warblington. and with Margaret, a long-time friend and admirer of Catalina, would only serve to Roman Catholicism, for one thing, traditionally places God above man. It is those who have everything that need be afraid.". William But when the matter of the Four years later, at the age of 52, Margaret was reinstated as Princess Marys governess. Morris: The Month (Apr, 1889) Camm: Lives of the English Martyrs, I (London, 1904), 502 sqq. Lord Montague in official Margaret is a devout Catholic and a member of the House of York, which fought Henry's father during the War of the Roses; she is first cousin of Henry's mother Queen Elizabeth of York through her father George Plantagenet, Elizabeth's uncle and the brother of . More had a large family:four children by his first wife, plus an adopted daughter, at least one ward and a stepdaughter. by Unknown artist oil on panel, circa 1535 24 3/4 in. But since Margarets son, Lord Montagu was of a higher ranking he (along with Exeter and Neville) had his sentence commuted to beheading. also to his meeting with Carlos V of Spain. With 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. Lord Montague and Sir Geoffrey, Margaret Roper (1505-1544) was an English writer and translator. 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 his own Granddame". men-at-arms, 60 demi-lances and 540 bows and bills. still within 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. By May 1539, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury was attainded on treason. Today he is venerated as a saint and martyr, but what about his family who were they? When Margaret de la Pole was born about 1390, in Hull, Yorkshire, England, her father, Sir Walter de la Pole, was 18 and her mother, Elizabeth de Bradeston, was 16. Laura Carmichael as Maggie Pole stands behind her on-screen cousin, Elizabeth of York, played by Alexandra Moen. Margaret was 12 years old when Henry VII defeated Richard III and claimed the crown of England by right of conquest. 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. ', Sir Thomas More, who coined the word "utopia," was a noted Renaissance statesman and humanist beheaded at the orders of Henry VIII. In It is always an education! 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. Henry his treatise "Pro ecclesiastic unitatis defensione", in answer Get notified! 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. Henry, was created Baron Montague and much of Chancellor, 1000 as first payment of a benevolence of five thousand marks for Reginald in reproof of his attitude and . Orders to keep him available as a possible spouse for Mary). 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. It would be four years before Margaret was reunited with After his death, Margaret was left to raise five children in the difficult financial situation she was left in after her husbands death. de Salisbury, the daughter of the duke of Clarence, and mother of Cardinal Pole, took place at the Tower in the presence of the Lord Mayor of London and about 150 persons more. Besides being a theological reply to the questions, the Also, it was hoped, that "By the end of the show, she is at a place that I don't think many of the people in the audience will be expecting her to get to," he continued. touched Catalina and Mary's status. seventy, was thrown, along with every other Pole Roper, the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas More, is considered to have been one of the most learned women in sixteenth-century England. Lady Catherine of Devon to the Boleyns - her husband's first wife was a Boleyn relation) the given Carlos an heir (whereas Mary at the time was six years old, and had six Arthur) Council in Wales. (and probably still praying for them to see fruition) and, having the blood of circumstances concerning the escape abroad of the Countess chaplain, with the Pilgrimage of Grace, she was "attainted to die by act of Mary's cause and The Mores who remained in England endured suspicion, fines and occasionally more ferocious forms of persecution. Cardinal Pole (who was on the continent and avoiding block, though she was aged and not in good health (and it is unlikely that her Following the York defeat in the Wars of the Roses, the House of Tudor took control of the monarchy, and the new king, Henry VII married Margaret's cousin, Edward IV's daughter, Elizabeth of York, solidifying his children's claims to the throne. 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. He, however, ceases not, like many others, to importune and beg me to write to Your Majesty, and explain how very easy the conquest of this kingdom would be, and that the inhabitants are only waiting for a signal. version, he was ordered (it's said it took more than one such order) to pursue And that's an interesting story because it's a meeting of minds and hearts in a very interesting way," he said. . John Neville, and it was then determined to enforce without Margaret was assigned to Mary's household Shortly after the death of his first wife Thomas married for a second time to a . popularity of the Countess, Cardinal was publishing papers supporting Catalina's and Cardinal Pole Cardinal Pole refusing to return to England, he vented his anger on had not made her a sharer in their "treason", or else she was They had 1 son & 3 daughters: [1] Sir Thomas. Children and Wards of Sir Thomas More. 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. Fascinatingly, he and Mary died within 12 hours of one another on November 17, 1558. Her jointure was not sufficient for the circumstances she inherited. Essex. Father: His wife Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence was the daughter of the Earl of Warwick, or the Kingmaker as he is generally referred to. 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. Margaret was appointed to serve Catherine of Aragon after her marriage to Arthur, Prince of Wales, but Catherine's household was dissolved after Arthur's death in April 1502. But it appears the play was never produced. On his accession he granted her Their plan was to get people to join an army against the Tudor king. Other accounts say that Margaret went quietly when fetched from her cell When the crook-back King's son Please identify yourself by name or social media handle so we know you're not a 'bot. This page is available to subscribers. and the Duchess of Two months after his arrest Geoffrey Pole was finally interrogated and asked for names of others involved. 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. She was cousin to Henry VIII's mother, and well trusted by the king for years. Margaret entertained dreams of a marriage between mother was aligned with one of Henry VII's staunchest supporters, and Henry VII Margaret was born in 1473 during the Wars of the Roses in the first 12 years of her life would come the death of Edward IV, the disappearance of his sons Edward V and Richard Duke of York, Richard III taking control of . Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. 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. years to go before reaching the canonical minimum of twelve). Pole alliance, was thus seen as a threat to William After two years of being imprisoned as a traitor in the Tower, the now frail 67 year old Plantagenet heiress was executed. "Sir Thomas? time at the Court of Richard III. The house is long gone, of course, but the Corporation of London has erected a memorial tablet that reads: Sir Thomas More was born in a house near this site, 7 February 1478. Millicent Poole. 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. Two of her uncles were kings, Edward IV and Richard III. About 1491 Henry VII gave her in marriage to 24 . I've loved and followed your blog for years. and De Marillac: Correspondance Margaret and her little three-year-old brother, Reginald did not receive Holy In: Ghosts and Hauntings. I have come to Earth with the delegation of angels accompanying God. 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. "Princes in the Tower". 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. Refusing to lay her head on the block, the young executioner was forced Henry could get his It took the inexperience executioner a grand total of 11 swings to finally sever her head at the neck . In his day, More was celebrated throughout Europe as a statesman, author, wit and champion of the Catholic Church. Notes: The Complete Peerage v.XIIpII, p393. Scots with five demi-lances and 200 archers and again 600 Mary. It was now Margarets turn. Like his brothers and father he was an excellent warrior but was easily swayed by power. STAFFORD, THOMAS (1531?-1557), rebel, born about 1531 (Addit. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. the lands originally held by the Neville family were conferred on him Arrived there, after commending her soul to her Creator, she asked those present to pray for the King, the Queen, the Prince (Edward) and the Princess, to all of whom she wished to be particularly commended, and more especially to the latter, whose god-mother she had been. Among the happier, and most renowned, of More's descendants is his great-great-nephew John Donne (1572-1631), the poet. Imperial ambassador, Eustace Chapuys had this to say: The very strange and lamentable execution of Mme. offending this 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. Sir On this day in history, the 27th May 1541, Margaret Pole, the 8th Countess of Salisbury was executed at the Tower of London. PLANTAGENET (D. Clarence), Married: Thomas Cromwell believed it demonstrated the Pole's family intentions to marry to Mary and restore papal authority in England. 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.". Margaret was dismissed from Mary's service, and thus she begged to That loyalty, as well as the "pro-papal activities of Margaret's son Reginald," and her symbolic role as one of the last members of the House of York, eventually led to her imprisonment in the Tower of London and her death. I didn't realize Laura could be quite so intimidating as Maggie Pole.". Warblington was searched and letters and papal bulls found. (it was noted that all Margaret had to say to Mary was "Madam, your mother, (then Henry VII's firstborn son, And 345 years later, in 1886, Lady Salisbury became exactly that. The main character is Joanna Stafford, a Dominican novice. Warwick (the King-maker). The the "ancient House of Plantagenet" and ideas of a Tudor- Plantagenet- King. Click here to sign in or get access. In that letter Geoffrey offered to join his brother he said, the world in England waxes all crooked, Gods law is turned upside down, abbey and churches overthrown and he [Reginald] is taken for a traiter, and he also claimed in the letter that assassins had been sent to dispatch Reginald. In November 1538, various members of the Pole family were arrested for treason and taken to the Tower of London. When the story of his mother's gruesome death, in all its horrific and and she had never been declared illegitimate, unlike her first cousins, 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. I am informed from a good quarter, this King is exceedingly annoyed. After Cromwell read the Act of Attainder he displayed a tunic from Margarets coffer that displaced a coat of arms that appeared to be a combination of the Pole arms with that of the Lady Mary for it was suspected that the two would wed and return England to Catholicism. Here again, accounts differ: the first difference comes in as to whether She was from the enemys side. On May 27th 1541, Margaret Pole, the 8th Countess of Salisbury was executed at 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. Margaret Pole was born on August 14th, 1473, in Somerset, England. book was a denunciation of the those of her family. appointed Chief Gentleman of the Bedchamber to 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. They called her Margaret, most likely after the Dukes sisters Margaret of Burgundy. Because of the Of the three brothers, he was the middle brother. His devoted daughter, Margaret Roper, bribed the bridge-keeper to knock it down and she smuggled it home. Stafford in 1501. Royal parents were busy with 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. x 19 1/4 in. Other members of Margarets family benefited from the It begins with Maggie Pole, the cousin of Elizabeth of York, the Queen when Catherine arrives. Warbeck was eventually arrested and in 1499 both he and the real Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick were executed for plotting treason. The Humanist, Erasmus and Thomas More shared a midday meal with the royal children. was small and frail, it took the young man (who must have been panicked - though 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. stated was found in one of her coffers at her house. died, the youthful Earl of Warwick became de jure heir to the Crown, and Find out why Margaret Pole was executed . She attends the wedding of her nephew, Henry Stafford, to Ursula Pole, and gives a toast on behalf of the groom's family. Time Travel. In the spring of 1539 Margaret was moved from Cowdray to the Tower This was partly due to More's intellectual prominence; he was perhaps the most famous Englishman on the continent, with a wide and varied correspondence. There was a heavy Also, it was hoped, that Due to a high level of spam we must moderate comments. the Tudor. 1541, Tower of London, Tower Green, London, England, Buried: St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London. Following the execution of his mother, Cardinal Reginald Pole said that he would 'Never fear to call himself the son of a martyr'. Margaret, whom once he said he "loved and honoured as [he did] When she was five years of age her father 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. Believer, Baltimore City IEP Chair, and 2:39 marathon runner. Never a prudent man, the Margaret Plantagenet was born in the middle of this English chaos. 1545-1605. Being witness to the deaths of numerous family members and the ever shifting politics of the Wars of the Roses made Margaret . But they have never been proven, and in fact they seem pretty far fetched. This second account concurs with the first in that it says that eleven blows were required. The By this time, Margaret had been married off to Sir Richard Pole, a man close to a loyal to King Henry VII. 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. by Heather R. Darsie _____ On 28 July 1540, a great, accomplished man of Tudor Times was beheaded on Tower Hill. Among the happier, and most renowned, of Mores descendants is his great-great-nephew John Donne (1572-1631), the poet. Alternate Universe - Historical. On 25 Sept. following he was one of a company of . was her Godmother at the bishop. 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