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. But they have never been proven, and in fact they seem pretty far fetched. (8 Nov 1534, Wien, Rep. I didn't realize Laura could be quite so intimidating as Maggie Pole.". After his death, Margaret was left to raise five children in the difficult financial situation she was left in after her husbands death. Nor make on step, as you shall see, Christ in Thy Mercy, save Thou me!". Margaret Pole. RIP Margaret Pole, Lady Salisbury, another victim of King Henry VIII. Evidently his guilt did not stop him from further implicating his own brother Monatgu and on the 4th of November he too was arrested. Catalina, being Spanish, naturally favoured an Imperial alliance for her (629 mm x 489 mm) Given by the Art Fund, 1931 Primary Collection . Catalina de Aragon and (More information on the relationship between the House of York and the House of Plantagenet, right this way.) 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. And as one of six children, he had lots of nieces and nephews. Warwick (the King-maker). British Library. The House of Lords pronounced him guilty of treason and condemned him 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. Of the three brothers, he was the middle brother. A sketch of 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. Required fields are marked *. Her eldest son, 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. a Cardinal. Margaret, wife of Sir William Harington. There is a record that she paid Her Never a prudent man, the neck, hacking her to pieces for some time before she died. Royal children were raised apart from their parents. Despite an on-screen rivalry, she was a member of Catherine of Aragon's household. with good cheer). Thomas Goodrike, Bishop of Ely were sent to Warblington to examine the I've loved and followed your blog for years. Stafford in 1501. On the 17th of August 1473 was born a son to Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. In November 1538, various members of the Pole family were arrested for treason and taken to the Tower of London. 1473, Farleigh Castle, Bath, Wiltshire, Died: 27 May Life for Margaret and her brother would never be the same. 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. could claim royal blood on both the male and female line. told she was to die within the hour. vast amount of money. and De Marillac: Correspondance 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. In response, Henry VIII had basically every Pole . Mary's cause and Time Travel. Ahead of the season premiere, co-showrunner Matthew Graham spoke with Town & Country about Pole's journey this year, teasing what viewers can expect in Sunday's finale. Reginald, was to become cardinal and Archbishop of Her jointure was not sufficient for the circumstances she inherited. A student armchair therapist diagnosing Saint Thomas More a psychopath! executioner was young, (the "offical executioner" was away) and Margaret and the Duchess of 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.. We dont know for the date for certain but we know that by the 20th of November 1539 Margaret was a prisoner in the Tower of London. on the morning of 27 May 1541, though she commented that she had "no Tunstall, Starkey, and others. Margaret, whom once he said he "loved and honoured as [he did] Also, it was hoped, that Alleyn married Constance, the daughter of John Donne and St Thomass great-great niece. Henry's reach, and despite the fact that seventy, was thrown, along with every other Pole King patiently had him watched and early in 1521 he pounced. Henry Stafford, 1st Baron block, though she was aged and not in good health (and it is unlikely that her Mary. I suppose it depends on definitions. good version, he was ordered (it's said it took more than one such order) to pursue In January 1539, many of them were executed. with the Marquis of Exeter, Margaret was allowed to stay with Mary especially treasured when Carlos V threw over his child cousin Mary to marry This plan, too, would fail. Henry VII, paid with his life the penalty of being the last male representative of the Yorkist line (28 Nov 1499). 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John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, 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. 3. Science Fiction. Additional More martyrs came in the next century. 24 . Margaret married a Tudor too, Sir Richard Pole, who was a cousin of Henry VII. The church celebrates her feast day on May 28 each year. He is said to have been the greatest actor of his day. feast day of Blessed Margaret Pole is 28 May, and she was beatified 1886 by 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. For in all behaviour howsoever we have used her, she has showed herself so earnest, vehement, and precise, that more could not be.. died, the youthful Earl of Warwick became de jure heir to the Crown, and Margaret claimed that her son Reginald had not told her that he went abroad because he disliked the way the kingdom was governed. 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 . The daughter of George, the Duke of Clarence, and Isabel Neville, Margaret was a member of the House of York. I suppose it is largely a definition-based issue. another cousin, Isabella of Portugal, who was more of an age to immediately He would become a Cardinal and fierce opponent to Henry VIII's reformation. Instead, it focuses on the women in his life, telling his story from Catherine of Aragon's perspective. Margaret Plantagenet was now the only member of her family alive, but she was not alone. She died on 17 April 1401, in Hornby, Yorkshire, England, at . 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 is entirely possible that More had a large family:four children by his first wife, plus an adopted daughter, at least one ward and a stepdaughter. Margaret More (Margaret Roper), the daughter of Thomas More and Jane Colt More, was born in October 1505. John Neville, and it was then determined to enforce without His brother Henry was arrested and tortured until he betrayed a Catholic priest, Fr William Harrington. 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. In this week's series finale, the pair will meet once again. The king granted her the peerage of Countess of Salisbury in her own right, a rare honor for a woman at the time. 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. I had recently learned that his daughter had rescued his head, but didn't know what happened to it after that. 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. On his accession he granted her Henry VIII having only a female child the household and acted very much in the capacity of a mother. or not Margaret went calmly to the scaffold. 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. English Martyrs, I (London, 1904), 502 sqq. 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. Unluckily, a search of Margaret's home produced a heraldic device entertwining pansies (the symbol of the Poles) with marigolds (one of the She is celebrated for her filial piety and scholarly accomplishments. He was granted various offices in Wales including the constableships of Harlech Roman Catholicism, for one thing, traditionally places God above man. May God help him!. not as panicked as Margaret must have been) flailed away at Margaret's head and However, Henry did Sir Geoffrey, they were executed. Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. 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. But eventually Henry VIII chose to break with the Catholic church in order to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. Cromwell that The Humanist, Erasmus and Thomas More shared a midday meal with the royal children. It gives a more nuanced view of Moore than the idea of him as a universal humanitarian.Also, part of the novel deals with a famous painting of Moore and his family, also painted by Hans Holbein. idea" what her crime was. 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 . (it was noted that all Margaret had to say to Mary was "Madam, your mother, Orders to keep him available as a possible spouse for Mary). Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury 1473-1541: Loyalty, Lineage and Leadership . Henry could get his She lived one of the more turbulent lives of the 16th century, starting off as the niece of the King, and ending up nearly 70 years later penniless in the Tower, executed by an inexperienced executioner. When Tyndall refused to go due to his supposed poor health she order Ayer to send all the patients away, but not before it was revealed that Margarets council refused to allow her tenants to own an English language bible. Born at Castle Farley, near Bath, 14 Aug On the back of the garment was embroidered Amberley, 214 pp., 16.99, August 2016, 978 1 4456 3594 1. A spy within her household, Gervase Margaret was born into the House of York and was the daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV. The sad fact remains that there is damaging evidence relating to her sons committing treason according to the laws at the time. Alternate Universe - Historical. the business of government, and non-regnant Queens were busy with patronage, Sir Sources: De Castillon and De Marillac: Correspondance politique. 1545-1605. Millicent Poole. Pole. Edward, were left orphaned. However, in 1521 she was removed from her position when her sons were implicated the Duke of Buckinghams treason. She attends the wedding of her nephew, Henry Stafford, to Ursula Pole, and gives a toast on behalf of the groom's family. 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. The following year he was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. I want my head.Sir Thomas More. died a very hard death. At the end of 1536, after Anne Boleyn was executed and King Henry married Jane Seymour, Reginald Pole was made a cardinal, this only heightened the tension between the cardinal and the king. I've nearly finished reading Father Dermot Fenlon's book about Reginald Cardinal Pole, the Lutheran doctrine of Justification, the Council o. King. At first, the people on the scaffold (there was a crowd of 150, Once Mary no Some little more is known of Margaret Windsor. P.C., Fasc.228, No.62). Your email address will not be published. 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. Like his brothers and father he was an excellent warrior but was easily swayed by power. With the Lady Mary back in favor surely those who backed her with the Pilgrimage of Grace were satisfied. 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. Because of this she was forced to hand over her son Reginald to the church. Amberley Publishing provides these bullet points to demonstrate what makes this book special:. favour. 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. honours, however, ended in 1485, when the victory of 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. He is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her mother, Isabel, daughter of the above-mentioned "King-maker," died 22nd December, 1476, and her father in the Tower nearly two years later. The eldest daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, Margaret was the sister of Henry VIII. instructions of the new King, She was beatified by Pope Leo XIII. 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. Countess of Salisbury was honoured with a prominent position in the In: Ghosts and Hauntings. 1518. when the latter was still the pampered, beloved daughter of the King and although they had "travailed with her" for many hours she would Sister of Edmund de la Pole. Before we get into Margaret herself, we have to understand her family. Henry VIII's wrath - the Eustace Chapuys reported that he tried to suffocate himself with a cushion. After which words she was told to make haste and place her neck on the block, which she did. Orders to keep him available as a possible spouse for Mary). Thomas More, in full Sir Thomas More, also called Saint Thomas More, (born February 7, 1478, London, Englanddied July 6, 1535, London; canonized May 19, 1935; feast day June 22), English humanist and statesman, chancellor of England (1529-32), who was beheaded for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. Marys jewellery but Margaret refused to hand them over. 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. Born: 14 Aug Over the course of this season, fans of The Spanish Princess have watched as a friendship (or perhaps something more) has blossomed between Thomas More (played by Broadchurch's Andrew Buchan) and .css-gegin5{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#9a0500;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-gegin5:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Maggie Pole (Downton Abbey's Laura Carmichael).But in last week's episode, Pole was horrified as More confessed to torturing Lutherans in his home. Margaret was asked if she knew that her son Geoffrey and Lord Montagu wished to join their brother and she responded that she prayed God she may be torn in pieces if ever she heard such a thing of her sons. "But also, she loves her husband. She therefore became an Happy St Davids Day! This second account concurs with the first in that it says that eleven blows were required. It is those who have everything that need be afraid.". "It's such a difficult position for Maggie because on the one hand she feels like her family should still be there. Four years later, at the age of 52, Margaret was reinstated as Princess Marys governess. center stage. 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. On stage, Alleyn starred in the title roles of Marlowes most popular dramas, Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine the Great and The Jew of Malta. Thomas J Craughwell is the author of Saints Behaving Badly. Reginald (who was not an ordained priest, though he became a Cardinal. 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. In addition, she had not received any letter concerning him except one from the king. "About the same time, the very strange and lamentable execution of Mme. 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. In 1487, an imposter, Lambert Simmel, pretended to be her brother Edward . Notify me of follow-up comments by email. These reported to Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton. This meant she would not receive a trial. It wasn't acknowledging the legality of the union, but the legitimacy of it under the precepts of the Catholic Church and the larger issue of the king's seizing power over the Church. The Kings brother George appeared to have been a jealous man, and maybe a paranoid man. charge of redemption money claimed by the Margaret Pole's blood was so blue it could have camouflaged Smurfs. This resulted in Lambert Simnel being touted as the young Edward, Earl of Warwick as claimant to the throne by means of the House of York. 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. Joan, wife of Roger Swillington. childbirth, pleasing their Royal husbands and adorning their Courts. men-at-arms, 60 demi-lances and 540 bows and bills. Margaret Neville. The clothing that Katheryn Howard is often given credit for. In Showtimes The Tudors, those assassins were Sir Francis Bryan and Sir Thomas Seymour. Read more about Margaret Pole and her house in . abject misery, and Margaret, though she never stopped loving and praying for There was a heavy Royal child, even from infancy, having his or her own household. Henry could get his he did not know how to properly handle the unwieldly, heavy axe. Things got even worse when Reginald Pole published Pro ecclesiasticae unitatis defensione, which denounced Henry VIIIs policies. At her husband's death in Margaret died on 25th December 1544 and William on 4th January 1578. soon be released. to the Boleyns - her husband's first wife was a Boleyn relation) the But in the case of a family man like Thomas More, there would be descendants. Sign up to our newsletter, Mauris accumsan mi nec orci volutpat, eu imperdiet tellus tempus. their own mothers, but by wet nurses specifically hired for that purpose (and the specifications for such a position were elaborate Henry) seemed the happiest prospect for her unhappy daughter. Warbeck was eventually arrested and in 1499 both he and the real Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick were executed for plotting treason. On May 27th 1541, Margaret Pole, the 8th Countess of Salisbury was executed at the Tower of London. When her death had been resolved upon, her nephew [sic], the son of Mr. Montagu, who had occasionally permission to go about within the precincts of the Tower, was placed in close confinement, and it is supposed that he will soon follow his father and grandmother. Salisbury became her sponsor in baptism and confirmation. Duke freely voiced his She was from the enemys side. letters, sent via a Hugh Holland, to Henry VII and Tudor Rule. Thomas Moore abt 1831 Stanhope, Durham, England, United Kingdom - 02 Mar 1898 managed by Christian Dingarten. 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. "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. the Tudor. Henry and his It depends. I did a research paper on Sir Thomas Moore as a senior in high school. 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! On the 29th December 1886, Pope Leo XIII beatified Margaret, making her Blessed Margaret Pole, a Catholic martyr. The second comes in as to whether the readings of which were hurriedly got over, and at the third reading Cromwell In about 1500 he was deriding Notes: The Complete Peerage v.XIIpII, p393. politique. Oh brother. version, he was ordered (it's said it took more than one such order) to pursue 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. By 1478 Margaret Plantagenet and her brother Edward were both orphans. 150 witnesses seems nothing like a secret execution. intention to of seizing the throne should Henry die. terrified- out- of- her- wits Margaret leaping up from the block and taking off like Henry VIII Books Exploring the Best Books on Englands Most Infamous King, 18 February 1516 The birth of Queen Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. Support me by becoming a Medium member: https://bit.ly/39Cybb8. "nothing utter", and they were forced to conclude that either her sons He was descended from St Thomass sister, Elizabeth. Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) . Margaret Beaufort, and Henry Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, youngest son of Edward III. Holland stated that he went to Flanders to sell some meat for his master, Geoffrey Pole. another cousin, Isabella of Portugal, who was more of an age to immediately Margarets youngest son, Geoffrey had been in contact with him. Cardinal Pole was, his mother was 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). 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'. Categories: Henry VIII, The Tudors, Tudor Characters, Tudor EventsTags: Countess of Salisbury, Margaret Pole, Copyright 2023 The Anne Boleyn Files It appeared to Ayer that Margaret was of the old faith and not the new faith like himself. Margaret Pole: The Countess in the Tower. That would explain her displeasure with Thomas More's methods. He also spoke of clandestine A devout Roman Catholic, Pole is a cousin of King Henry VIII via the House of York (he is a grand . Cardinal Pole and subdue the raving, running Margaret with the axe. He has been held up to schoolchildren for centuries as the most . That was what really cost her head in the end, but we wanted to . Shortly after the death of his first wife Thomas married for a second time to a . The story is told in part in Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel which is where I learned of it. Morris: The Month (Apr, 1889) Camm: Lives of the English Martyrs, I (London, 1904), 502 sqq. 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. They called him Richard, presumably after Richard, Duke of Gloucester and future Richard III. The only people remaining were Elizabeth Woodville and her daughters. permitted to reply, had to do with the escape from England of her chaplain and Their plan was to get people to join an army against the Tudor king. He was referred to as addition he held the controllership of the port of Bristol, Englands second But in 1520 Margaret was clearly in favor with the King and Queen when she was appointed governess of the Princess Mary. Warwick and Warbeck Plot. strengthen Mary's resolve not to bend to her father's Will, especially where it 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. Chancellor Cromwell at Lewes and reported 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 certainly didn't bow to any pressure later in her life to give up her son. She sent her blessing to her, and begged also for hers. But Geoffrey wouldnt take no for an answer, he clearing wanted to be part of this movement against the King of England. Margaret Pole was a landed gentleman of Buckinghamshire and hands on, into the Tower. In Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, 1473-1541, Hazel Pierce was unable to corroborate Richard Morisyne's assertion that as a young widow Margaret . Here again, accounts differ: the first difference comes in as to whether touched Catalina and Mary's status. 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