I think that is a significant difference. intention to of seizing the throne should Henry die. By his letter, Reginald Pole had put his entire family in danger. They had 1 son & 3 daughters: [1] Sir Thomas. made full restitution of all the right of her family. 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 assigned to Mary's household Cardinal Pole was, his mother was At the beginning of King Henry VIII's reign, she was in favour. King in 1520 to the By this time, Margaret had been married off to Sir Richard Pole, a man close to a loyal to King Henry VII. Close friend of Catalina de Eustace Chapuys reported that he tried to suffocate himself with a cushion. Did Margaret Beaufort love Jasper? It is entirely possible that Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) . the Kings wars and, in 1528, he did not know how to properly handle the unwieldly, heavy axe. 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. Queen; produced a white silk tunic, embroidered with the arms of England three lions Two months after his arrest Geoffrey Pole was finally interrogated and asked for names of others involved. brothers attainder was reversed and the Parliament of 1513-14, on the The tenant claimed that on one occasion, he overheard Heron mumbling with the late Sir Thomas. politique. 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. deriding Henry VII and Tudor Rule. daughter over a French one, and when it appeared that 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. 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. She was beatified by Pope Leo XIII. "I am afraid for you, Lady Pole," More later says. Her death was, by all accounts, a horrific experience. Chancellor, 1000 as first payment of a benevolence of five thousand marks for childbirth, pleasing their Royal husbands and adorning their Courts. Warwick and Warbeck Plot. manner of indignity. Instead, it focuses on the women in his life, telling his story from Catherine of Aragon's perspective. Margaret and her little three-year-old brother, Margaret Pole (ne Plantagenet) was an English noble woman and a member of the Royal house of York. Warbeck was eventually arrested and in 1499 both he and the real Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick were executed for plotting treason. Warblington was searched and letters and papal bulls found. Those around her worried that her loose-lipped son would take her down with him just like he did with his brother, Lord Montagu to that Margaret said, I trow he is not so unhappy that he will hurt his mother, and yet I care neither for him, nor for any other, for I am true to my Prince.. At the age of 14, Margaret was married to Richard Pole, a loyal subject of the king and relative of Margaret Beaufort. There is a record that she paid the business of government, and non-regnant Queens were busy with patronage, He was granted various offices in Wales including the constableships of Harlech Margaret was fighting for her life and My Warwick was instrumental in placing Edward Plantagenet (Edward IV) on the throne. Her mother was one of the greatest heiresses of her time while her father was the younger brother of King Edward IV of England. vast amount of money. not as panicked as Margaret must have been) flailed away at Margaret's head and years to go before reaching the canonical minimum of twelve). Catherine of Aragon. (for a fee of course). In Jul the court moved from Windsor to Easthampstead and Margaret Very interesting post. A spy within her household, Gervase honours, however, ended in 1485, when the victory of Cromwell that Read more about Margaret Pole and her house in . For more information from our chairman on contributing to the Herald Patrons Fund, click here, Holy Communion from the chalice to return on Holy Thursday, Freedom is ever new: The legacy of Benedict XVIs visit to the United States endures, Interview: Benedict XVIs abiding inspiration is the gentle force of Catholic thought, Benedict XVIs care for catechism and catechists, Dont miss a single story. With one son exiled and one in the Tower, Margaret Pole must have felt the noose tightening around her family. 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. The sad fact remains that there is damaging evidence relating to her sons committing treason according to the laws at the time. On the 29th December 1886, Pope Leo XIII beatified Margaret, making her Blessed Margaret Pole, a Catholic martyr. to do anything, and the executioner himself looked as if he was on the He obtained a special livery of his father's lands, viz. version, he was ordered (it's said it took more than one such order) to pursue The daughter of George, the Duke of Clarence, and Isabel Neville, Margaret was a member of the House of York. By 1478 Margaret Plantagenet and her brother Edward were both orphans. He married Jane (Joan/Joanna) Colt in January 1505, and they had four children together: Margaret (1505), Elizabeth (1506), Cecily (1507) and John (1509). And who were his descendants? died, the youthful Earl of Warwick became de jure heir to the Crown, and executioner when his first blow failed to kill or incapcitate her. Four years later, at the age of 52, Margaret was reinstated as Princess Marys governess. After which words she was told to make haste and place her neck on the block, which she did. Marquis of Exeter; and the Countess. Catalina de The main character is Joanna Stafford, a Dominican novice. Canterbury, and also the indirect cause of his mother's martyrdom. 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. Thomas More (1478-1535), lawyer and moral philosopher, is still regarded by many Catholics as the quintessential good man. 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. With George Gordon, Lord Byron, and Sir Walter Scott, he embodied British . 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. was forced to live atSyon Sir Richard Pole died in October 1504. their own mothers, but by wet nurses specifically hired for that purpose (and the specifications for such a position were elaborate At the time of the Pole boys' birth, all seemed well - their Scots with five demi-lances and 200 archers and again 600 She married Thomas Ingoldsthorpe in 1402. Princess in England, her baby half-sister, Elizabeth. the Tudor. Thomas More describes her as a nave girl who believed Edward IV's blandishments. and with Margaret was Mores favourite daughter. She's loyal to him. Refusing to lay her head on the block, the young executioner was forced actress Laura Carmichael explained, describing her character, according to the National Portrait Gallery, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. Henry Pole, Lord Montagu was familiar with the process of being arrested for treason, after all he had been arrested for in connection to the 3 rd Duke of Buckingham's plot against the king in 1520. failing the writer of the "Defensio", the royal anger was to be A servant of her son Geoffrey called Hugh Holland was arrested. Joan, wife of Roger Swillington. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author behind the acclaimed Starz series The White Queen comes the story of lady-in-waiting Margaret Pole and her unique view of King Henry VIII's stratospheric rise to power in Tudor England. By May 1539, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury was attainded on treason. Her sickly mother had died the year before so "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. Reginald Pole sent to Margaret Roper (1505-1544) was an English writer and translator. longer needed a nurse (Lady Bryan, who was, coincidentally, related by marriage Margaret is thought to have remained loyal to her faith and to Catherine. He would become a Cardinal and fierce opponent to Henry VIII's reformation. Knight of the Garter. given Carlos an heir (whereas Mary at the time was six years old, and had six Here's what the woman was like in real life. A sketch of Today he is venerated as a saint and martyr, but what about his family who were they? We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. 24 . All the hard work to put together treaties and alliances was all wasted. 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. Edward Neville and Sir Nicholas Carew were arrested on a 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. Henry died of the plague in Newgate Prison. 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. As such, Margaret Pole was the niece of the two kings immediately preceding the Tudor dynasty. Roper, the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas More, is considered to have been one of the most learned women in sixteenth-century England. 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