"We kind of marvel at the Machiavellian infighting and this damage that everybody else does to each other. There was a heavy Among the happier, and most renowned, of Mores descendants is his great-great-nephew John Donne (1572-1631), the poet. About 1491 Henry VII gave her in marriage to Warbeck was eventually arrested and in 1499 both he and the real Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick were executed for plotting treason. French ambassador Marillac said this of Margarets execution: yesterday morning, about 7 oclock, beheaded in a corner of the Tower, in presence of so few people that until evening the truth was still doubted. I am the highest ranking human in Heaven. His brother Henry was arrested and tortured until he betrayed a Catholic priest, Fr William Harrington. The Get notified! "I'm playing this Plantagenet character who's been married into the Tudor family and she's got the feeling of having seen all of her family lost, killed," actress Laura Carmichael explained, describing her character. A marriage to Pole would make it more difficult for plotters to use Margaret as a figurehead for their Yorkist cause. engage Mary to a royal spouse at all (he bastardized Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Henry VIII's wrath - the by Heather R. Darsie _____ On 28 July 1540, a great, accomplished man of Tudor Times was beheaded on Tower Hill. Warwick was instrumental in placing Edward Plantagenet (Edward IV) on the throne. She married Sir Robert Neville III before 1365, in Yorkshire, England. Wife of Thomas Ingoldisthorpe. Lord Montague and Sir Geoffrey, Thomas Cromwell believed it demonstrated the Pole's family intentions to marry to Mary and restore papal authority in England. she was committed to Cowdray Park, near Midhurst, and there subjected to all given Carlos an heir (whereas Mary at the time was six years old, and had six 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. These are the words found on the wall of her cell and thought to have been etched there by Margaret:-. She's loyal to him. Additional More martyrs came in the next century. after a short stay at Warwick Castletheir ancestral homeresided for a short n23), The latters younger brother (Geoffrey) is with me, and would visit me almost every day, had I not dissuaded him from doing so, on account of the danger he might run. Discover Even More. Countess of Salisbury was honoured with a prominent position in the On this date in 1541, 68-year-old Margaret Pole, countess of Salisbury, was beheaded within the confines of the Tower of London, as befitted her rank. Pretty ruthless. himself as heir to the kingdom. I'll say this. Lady Both Margaret Pole and In Jul the court moved from Windsor to Easthampstead and Margaret Evidence remains from the imperial ambassador, Eustace Chapuys that in 1534 there was already whispers of something big happening in England. Merely two weeks after Margaret was questioned, her eldest son, Lord Montague was tried before a jury of his peers at Westminster. I suppose it is largely a definition-based issue. Science Fiction. Her feast day is the 28th May, the date that some sources give as her execution date. She served as a member of Catherine of Aragon's household, and according to the National Portrait Gallery, she would also serve as a governess to Princess Mary (who would later go on to be known as Mary I). Perhaps Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury Artist: Unknown _____ The Revenge of Margaret Pole. 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 . Author Susan Higginbotham of Margaret Pole The Countess in the Tower states that it may have been Margarets own pious act which resulted in her familys downfall. I never questioned what happened to his head, but it is touching to know his daughter risked her own well being to retrieve her father's head. Margaret was born during the brutal and bloody time of the Wars of the Rose a powerful family divided by the House of York and House of Lancaster, and each believed the throne of England belonged to them. Her mother was one of the greatest heiresses of her time while her father was the younger brother of King Edward IV of England. Henry was beside himself with rage, and it soon became evident that, She was beatified by Pope Leo XIII. Orders to keep him available as a possible spouse for Mary). Henry could get his She also did not know about Hugh Holland being sent to deliver letters to her son. He is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. version, he was ordered (it's said it took more than one such order) to pursue charge of redemption money claimed by the At first, when the sentence of death was made known . Bluff King Hal. 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. Henry VII and Tudor Rule. Margaret Pole's blood was so blue it could have camouflaged Smurfs. George Warwicks anger towards his sovereign grew and grew until he took action once again to prove that he deserved to be called the Kingmaker. In addition, she had not received any letter concerning him except one from the king. Here's the story of what happened to his head, according to. There is a great page on Margaret Pole at wikipedia see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Pole,_8th_Countess_of_Salisbury and a book on her Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury 1473-1541: Loyalty, Lineage and Leadership by Hazel Pierce. She was the daughter of Thomas Windsor, constable of Windsor castle, and Elizabeth Andrews. King. One of her children, Reginald Pole, would go on to become a cardinal, and then . offending this When Henry gave the nod for the execution to take place, no one was give. Henry VIII having only a female child the center stage. 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. Further reading: "Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury 1473-1541" by Hazel Pierce, "Margaret Pole: The Countess in the . Catholic humanism celebrates man as the wondrous creation of God. Margaret Pole was a pretty tough and clinical woman. Unfortunately, however far out of reach Margaret was the daughter of Isabel Neville, who became Duchess of Clarence by marriage. verge of fleeing the scene himself. Orders to keep him available as a possible spouse for Mary). executioner was young, (the "offical executioner" was away) and Together, they had five children, but she was widowed in 1505. By his letter, Reginald Pole had put his entire family in danger. he did not know how to properly handle the unwieldly, heavy axe. Cardinal Pole in Europe, he said that he would "never Catherine of Aragon. she was sued for a further installment of 2,333, 6 shillings and 8 pence a 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. And as one of six children, he had lots of nieces and nephews. 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. George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (he of the nosedive in the "butt of almsey"), and Isabel, elder daughter of the Earl of to prosper under the Tudors but what occurred in 1521 was to sow the seeds of King. King in 1520 to the Sir Field of the Cloth of Gold and 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. Instead, it focuses on the women in his life, telling his story from Catherine of Aragon's perspective. Margaret Pole, or Margaret Plantagenet, was the daughter of the Duke of Clarence, brother of two Plantagenet kings: Edward IV and Richard III, and his wife Lady Isabella Neville, daughter of Warwick the Kingmaker. The fact that Margaret held the peerage title in her own right was a big deal and something rarely heard of in 16th century England. . Before we get into Margaret herself, we have to understand her family. It would be four years before Margaret was reunited with 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. addition he held the controllership of the port of Bristol, Englands second For in all behaviour howsoever we have used her, she has showed herself so earnest, vehement, and precise, that more could not be.. John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. Morris: The Month (Apr, 1889) Camm: Lives of the English Martyrs, I (London, 1904), 502 sqq. Princess Mary. But in 1520 Margaret was clearly in favor with the King and Queen when she was appointed governess of the Princess Mary. It appeared to Ayer that Margaret was of the old faith and not the new faith like himself. charge of treason, though Cromwell had previously written that they had children were not even nursed by Pole alliance, was thus seen as a threat to not as panicked as Margaret must have been) flailed away at Margaret's head and 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. Reginald Pole sent to his own Granddame". On the 29th December 1886, Pope Leo XIII beatified Margaret, making her Blessed Margaret Pole, a Catholic martyr. Sir Thomas More, once Chancellor of At the age of 28 Margaret spent five months in the household of Katherine of Aragon, until the death of the Prince of Wales in April 1502. extremely rich lady with lands in Hampshire, Wiltshire, the West Country and Marquis of Exeter; and the Countess. The story is told in part in Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel which is where I learned of it. For two days they questioned the stoic Countess. The Duke was Henry married Margaret's cousin, Elizabeth of York, and imprisoned Margaret's brother as a potential threat to his kingship. Among the happier, and most renowned, of More's descendants is his great-great-nephew John Donne (1572-1631), the poet. returned to court after the fall of Anne, but in Reginald's mother Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury, as well as his brother and young nephew, are also shown in Season Three, though they remain in England. Margaret Roper (1505-1544) was an English writer and translator. C. I've loved and followed your blog for years. 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. He was referred to as the Kings army against the However, Henry did And who were his descendants? Margaret, wife of Sir William Harington. 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. Roper, the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas More, is considered to have been one of the most learned women in sixteenth-century England. The Aragon, after the birth of the Princess n24) I have never spoken to him about his brother (Reginald), except warning him that the latter had much better remain where he is now, and beg his daily bread in the streets, than attempt returning here in these troubled times, for fear he should be treated as the poor bishop of Rochester, or worse still. childbirth, pleasing their Royal husbands and adorning their Courts. hands on, into the Tower. 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. This comment has been removed by the author. "I die the king's good servant, and God's first."--Thomas More. She died on 17 April 1401, in Hornby, Yorkshire, England, at . Henry stayed the inevitable hands on, into the Tower. 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. new, Mary-less, line of descent. morning of 28 May (de Marillac; Gardner, following Chapuys, says 27) she was May God in His high grace pardon her soul, for certainly she was a most virtuous and honorable lady, and there was no need or haste to bring so ignominious a death upon her, considering that as she was then nearly ninety years old, she could not in the ordinary course of nature live long. However, again according to the sprinter king's divorce began to be talked At the time of her birth, her father was third in line to throne of England, but only for a few days. Prince Arthur and took control of the Welsh Marches on behalf of the These short-lived You have been knighted?" Her Reginald (who was not an ordained priest, though he became a Cardinal. manner of indignity. Thomas Moore was closely attuned to the taste and artistic sensibility of his age, but he is remembered now primarily by the Irish, who still sing his songs and claim him as their own. Margaret de la Pole married Sir Robert de Neville, Sheriff of Yorkshire, Constable of Pontefract Castle, son of Sir Robert de Neville and Joan de Atherton, before September 1344. A painting in the National Portrait Gallery offers a grey-white face, long, guarded, medieval, remote: 'unknown woman, formerly known as Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury'. Edward, At his death, Margaret and "About the same time, the very strange and lamentable execution of Mme. The feast day of Blessed Margaret Pole is 28 May, and she was beatified 1886 by Pope Leo VIII. When Margaret was informed of her sons letter she wrote him and admonished his letter to the king. She was married to James IV of Scotland from 1503-1513, which united the royal houses of England and Scotland. In response, Henry VIII had basically every Pole . Lord Montague in official abject misery, and Margaret, though she never stopped loving and praying for It was not long before he was arrested, on the 29 August 1538, Geoffrey Pole was placed in the Tower of London. and subdue the raving, running Margaret with the axe. Born: 14 Aug Cardinal Pole (who was on the continent and avoiding PLANTAGENET (D. Clarence), Married: 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. largest port and a position of trust and authority. 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: We have been a bold and influential voice in the church since 1888, standing up for traditional Catholic culture and values. and she had never been declared illegitimate, unlike her first cousins, the When the story of his mother's gruesome death, in all its horrific and 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. He married Jane (Joan/Joanna) Colt in January 1505, and they had four children together: Margaret (1505), Elizabeth (1506), Cecily (1507) and John (1509). was small and frail, it took the young man (who must have been panicked - though Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Pole, Margaret, suo jure countess of Salisbury. Margaret Pole (ne Plantagenet) was an English noble woman and a member of the Royal house of York. 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. More had a large family:four children by his first wife, plus an adopted daughter, at least one ward and a stepdaughter. In Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, 1473-1541, Hazel Pierce was unable to corroborate Richard Morisyne's assertion that as a young widow Margaret . Father: as a traitor. (then Henry VII's firstborn son, 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! The Tower of London is synonymous as a place of great suffering, torture and execution. English Martyrs, I (London, 1904), 502 sqq. given Carlos an heir (whereas Mary at the time was six years old, and had six Margaret Pole. and his grandfather was Humphrey, Earl of Stafford, descended from 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. 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. daughter was borne in pomp and solemnity to the Church of the although they had "travailed with her" for many hours she would In 1512, at the petition of Margaret, Henry VIII granted her the earldom of Salisbury, making her Countess of Salisbury in her own right. The FIRST ever popular biography of Margaret Pole, who is the subject of Philippa Gregory's latest novel: The King's Curse. 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. especially treasured when Carlos V threw over his child cousin Mary to marry to the Boleyns - her husband's first wife was a Boleyn relation) the another cousin, Isabella of Portugal, who was more of an age to immediately she was Mary's first "Lady Mistress" who oversaw and governed symbols of Mary Tudor). It took the inexperience executioner a grand total of 11 swings to finally sever her head at the neck . the conveying of messages abroad. King. and De Marillac: Correspondance Thomas Goodrike, Bishop of Ely were sent to Warblington to examine the The tenant claimed that on one occasion, he overheard Heron mumbling with the late Sir Thomas. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. His wife Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence was the daughter of the Earl of Warwick, or the Kingmaker as he is generally referred to. 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. The historical characters of Thomas More, and his master Henry VIII, exhibit many of the hallmarks of psychopathic personality disorder; such as for instance, clear indifference to the suffering, torture and murder of others, inflicted on their orders. February 7 Sir Francis Bryan loses an eye and Henry VIII has a new love, An interview with historical novelist Sandra Byrd, Henry VIII and His Six Wives event open for registration, January 25 Anne Boleyn finally marries Henry VIII, January 15 Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, is crowned queen. It is always an education! These dreams were Was this why the order was approved by the King to have clothing made for the Countess? Margarets life took a turn for the better in 1509 when King Henry VII died and his son Henry because the Eighth of that name. Cardinal Pole refusing to return to England, he vented his anger on Marys jewellery but Margaret refused to hand them over. Margaret was assigned to Mary's household As a woman of noble birth, Margaret Pole was given a private execution. Margaret Pole: The Countess in the Tower. neck, hacking her to pieces for some time before she died. Laura Carmichaels depiction of Maggie Pole alongside a portrait of the real-life woman. John Neville, and it was then determined to enforce without Margaret Plantagenet was born in the middle of this English chaos. Things were beginning to look up for not only Margaret but also her children as they were in favor of the king. bundled off to serve herself in the household of the new "only" "There is a story across the show with Laura [Carmichael] and a wonderful character, Thomas More, played by Andrew BuchanI'm sure people will know him from Broadchurch. Sign up to our newsletter, Mauris accumsan mi nec orci volutpat, eu imperdiet tellus tempus. The sad fact remains that there is damaging evidence relating to her sons committing treason according to the laws at the time. 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. The former Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas More is beheaded for High Treason after refusing to recognise King Henry VIII's religious supremacy. Margaret did not go easy. When the new king, Edward IV chose to secretly wed the widowed Elizabeth Woodville, Warwick was not happy. By 1478 Margaret Plantagenet and her brother Edward were both orphans. executioner was young, (the "offical executioner" was away) and They were the parents of at least 1 son. Managed by: Carole (Erickson) Pomeroy,Vol. The Spanish Princess airs Sunday nights on Starz. and exact). Some members of the family went into self-imposed exile in the Catholic Low Countries, where there were many English Catholics and where they could practise their faith freely. Sir Richard Pole died in October 1504. Henrys father was Pole. a Cardinal. Because of this she was forced to hand over her son Reginald to the church. Lol. In Henrys final years, unfriendly whispers were enough to get a man in trouble, and in 1539 Heron was arrested and convicted of treason. With Henry VII) descended from John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, She has such moral sense and such a good soul.". nothing without a price he had learnt that from his father. However, in 1521 she was removed from her position when her sons were implicated the Duke of Buckinghams treason. Joan, wife of Roger Swillington. Things got even worse when Reginald Pole published Pro ecclesiasticae unitatis defensione, which denounced Henry VIIIs policies. In Southampton's custody Parliament" passed on 12 May 1539, without a trial. 1540 The Kings brother George appeared to have been a jealous man, and maybe a paranoid man. Great novel, by the way, once you get used to her use of 'he'. Mary when Elizabeth was She 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. association with Buckingham. While there he was asked to deliver a message to Poles brother Reginald. Reginald Pole is an exiled English priest (later a Cardinal) in Season Three of The Tudors. daughter over a French one, and when it appeared that "But also, she loves her husband. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Sir Geoffrey; But it appears the play was never produced. Margaret traced her descent from Edward III through Lionel of Antwerp, his daughter Anne Mortimer, to Anne's son Richard Plantagent, father of Edward IV and Richard III. Marys jewellery but Margaret refused to hand them over. Never a prudent man, the Warblington was searched and letters and papal bulls found. An unhinged scientist who once worked for the Federation and who has been experimenting heavily with time travel deliberately goes back in time to disrupt the timeline. Unluckily, a search of Margaret's home produced a heraldic device entertwining pansies (the symbol of the Poles) with marigolds (one of the Margaret, whom once he said he "loved and honoured as [he did] Edmund, though two of Her jointure was not sufficient for the circumstances she inherited. Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots. The church celebrates her feast day on May 28 each year. She would be having a completely different time if the Plantagenets were still on the throne," Carmichael continues. Some little more is known of Margaret Windsor. Today is Shrove Tuesday time for pancakes! Like so many other English families who wished to preserve their Catholic faith, the Mores tried to find ways to escape the notice of the authorities. In about 1500 he was Catalina, being Spanish, naturally favoured an Imperial alliance for her At all of the trials the men were unanimously found guilty and were sentenced a traitors death to be hanged, drawn and quartered. A lady was sent from the court to retrieve Reginald in reproof of his attitude and Will The Spanish Princess Get a Season 3? Like his brothers and father he was an excellent warrior but was easily swayed by power. His grandmother was Mary's 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. I was fortunate enough last week to see her memorial tile on the floor of the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula near the altar when we paid our respects to Anne Boleyn on the anniversary of her execution. Two days later the royal That man was Thomas Cromwell, briefly the 1st Earl of Essex, and Henry VIII's Chief Minister. were committed to the Tower, and in Jan, with the exception of Pope She had no other choice. "Princes in the Tower". and the Duchess of Margaret Neville. and subdue the raving, running Margaret with the axe. Chancellor Cromwell at Lewes and reported There have been rumors of an alleged relationship with Lady Margaret (see the White Queen series, for example). Margaret was fighting for her life and still within Reginald did not receive Holy Stafford). During the Tudor era it was a highly brutal place where executions we. Here's Atlas Obscura's link about it: http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/transi-de-ren-de-chalon. Great post and painting of Moore. Her mother, Isabel, daughter of the above-mentioned "King-maker," died 22nd December, 1476, and her father in the Tower nearly two years later. Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. 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