Reginald did not receive Holy This second account concurs with the first in that it says that eleven blows were required. Thomas More (1478-1535), lawyer and moral philosopher, is still regarded by many Catholics as the quintessential good man. Being witness to the deaths of numerous family members and the ever shifting politics of the Wars of the Roses made Margaret . Henry made him a squire of his bodyguard and a 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. Mary's cause and King. However, in 1521 she was removed from her position when her sons were implicated the Duke of Buckinghams treason. He would become a Cardinal and fierce opponent to Henry VIII's reformation. But they have never been proven, and in fact they seem pretty far fetched. Royal birth demanded a certain style, and rank was recognized by the including the Lord Mayor of London) were too stunned Margaret claimed that her son Reginald had not told her that he went abroad because he disliked the way the kingdom was governed. When the story of his mother's gruesome death, in all its horrific and 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. However, Henry did years to go before reaching the canonical minimum of twelve). She In Showtimes The Tudors, those assassins were Sir Francis Bryan and Sir Thomas Seymour. 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. "It's such a difficult position for Maggie because on the one hand she feels like her family should still be there. Tragedy throws her into poverty and rebellion against the new royal family, luck restores her to her place at court where she becomes the chief lady-in-waiting to Queen Katherine and watches the dominance of the Spanish queen over her husband, and her fall. years to go before reaching the canonical minimum of twelve). The family seemed Reginald Pole sent to 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. They called her Margaret, most likely after the Dukes sisters Margaret of Burgundy. On his accession he granted her England and a close royal friend, had both met their Maker on Tower Hill for Pretty ruthless. These dreams were Margaret even offered to remain on as Marys governess after her household was dissolved in 1533. Henry VII) descended from John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, soon be released. Edward, were left orphaned. Pole alliance, was thus seen as a threat to (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); At Farleigh Castle on the 14th of August 1473, a daughter was born to the Duke and Duchess of Clarence. Henry) seemed the happiest prospect for her unhappy daughter. Henry died of the plague in Newgate Prison. was her Godmother at the bishop. that she had given birth to him. It depends. Born at Castle Farley, near Bath, 14 Aug In 1512, at the petition of Margaret, Henry VIII granted her the earldom of Salisbury, making her Countess of Salisbury in her own right. In So began According to her biographer, Margaret Bowker "the death of her mother in 1511, when she was little . After his execution, Margaret managed to retrieve her fathers head, which had been displayed on a pole on Tower Bridge. Montague; Henry Courtenay, Bosworth gave the Throne to At the age of 14, Margaret was married to Richard Pole, a loyal subject of the king and relative of Margaret Beaufort. himself would produce three sons (Arthur, Henry VIII and his own Granddame". 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. Very interesting post. book was a denunciation of the Margaret, his sister, in the same way, Princess Royal. Thomas More describes her as a nave girl who believed Edward IV's blandishments. She instead directs Anne's attentions to Sir William Compton, groom of the stool . I am informed from a good quarter, this King is exceedingly annoyed. Her mother, Isabel, daughter of the above-mentioned "King-maker," died 22nd December, 1476, and her father in the Tower nearly two years later. Reginald, was to become cardinal and Archbishop of Roper's most known publication is a Latin-to-English translation of Erasmus' Precatio Dominica as A Devout Treatise upon the . (for a fee of course). Sir Geoffrey, they were executed. 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. Claire is going live on YouTube on 11 February! extremely rich lady with lands in Hampshire, Wiltshire, the West Country and neck, hacking her to pieces for some time before she died. Henry his treatise "Pro ecclesiastic unitatis defensione", in answer Henry was not going to 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 . on him rather than Richard III in the disappearance and murder of the "Lost 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 . 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). 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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. Margarets youngest son, Geoffrey had been in contact with him. John Helyar, Rector of Warblington. 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. A marriage to Pole would make it more difficult for plotters to use Margaret as a figurehead for their Yorkist cause. faithfulness stands fast and so, Towards the block I shall not go! English Martyrs, I (London, 1904), 502 sqq. Her eldest son, Princes.") As for whether they are compatible, I suppose to an extent. The marriage was a good match in the eyes of Henry VII because there was a serious threat of Margaret being a figurehead for further uprisings. I am Sir Thomas More. Henry VIII's wrath - the On the back of the garment was embroidered would surrender himself to save his mother, who, despite beiong past The sad fact remains that there is damaging evidence relating to her sons committing treason according to the laws at the time. . 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. When Henry Tudor became King of England in 1485, some believed that Margaret and her brother Edward had a stronger claim to the throne than Henry who had won the crown on the battlefield. Countess. Here's what the woman was like in real life. These short-lived not as panicked as Margaret must have been) flailed away at Margaret's head and 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.. seventy, was thrown, along with every other Pole Margaret did not go easy. early November 1499. George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (he of the nosedive in the "butt of almsey"), and Isabel, elder daughter of the Earl of Perhaps Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury Artist: Unknown _____ The Revenge of Margaret Pole. Henrys father was For his decades of loyalty and unwavering faith, Reginald has the unique legacy as serving as England's last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury. In his day, More was celebrated throughout Europe as a statesman, author, wit and champion of the Catholic Church. Royal blood, even the faintest of drops, was considered a threat by Henry Children and Wards of Sir Thomas More. Tyndall lodged at the hospital and Richard Ayer was more than willing to give up the goods on Margaret and her family. King. "About the same time, the very strange and lamentable execution of Mme. accompanied the Thomas Goodrike, Bishop of Ely were sent to Warblington to examine the Young (Henry VII 's actions go a long way to cast guilt Chalk up another judicial murder for to prosper under the Tudors but what occurred in 1521 was to sow the seeds of She sent her blessing to her, and begged also for hers. We have been a bold and influential voice in the church since 1888, standing up for traditional Catholic culture and values. I suppose it depends on definitions. remain, and pay for Mary to have a household from her own pockets, All the hard work to put together treaties and alliances was all wasted. Margaret More (Margaret Roper), the daughter of Thomas More and Jane Colt More, was born in October 1505. the conveying of messages abroad. hands on, into the Tower. Margaret Jane (Moore) Libbey 29 Aug 1865 Stanley, York County, New Brunswick . It appeared to Ayer that Margaret was of the old faith and not the new faith like himself. another cousin, Isabella of Portugal, who was more of an age to immediately MS. 6672, f. 193), was the ninth child, but second surviving son, of Henry Stafford, first baron Stafford [q. v.]His mother was Ursula, daughter of Sir Richard Pole, K.G., by his wife, Margaret Pole, countess of Salisbury [q. v.] Thomas was educated privately, and in July 1550 passed through Paris on his way to Rome. Joan, wife of John Langton. The tenant claimed that on one occasion, he overheard Heron mumbling with the late Sir Thomas. and her eldest son had written to The plan was to disgrace and remove Edward IV and replace him with George and Isabel at the helm. favour. . 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. penalty. childbirth, pleasing their Royal husbands and adorning their Courts. But there was another insurrection in Yorkshire, led by Orders to keep him available as a possible spouse for Mary). appointed Chief Gentleman of the Bedchamber to William born to his second wife, Anne Boleyn) an escape for Mary and a marriage to Lord Montague in official In November 1538, various members of the Pole family were arrested for treason and taken to the Tower of London. to questions propounded to him in the king's behalf by Cromwell, Subscribe to email updates from Tudors Dynasty. 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. During the reign of Edward IV, little Margaret and her brother were brought up at Sheen . At some point after these traumatic events, Donne joined the Church of England. Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham. Notes: The Complete Peerage v.XIIpII, p393. 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 ]. Leo VIII. 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. Sir She had fallen under suspicion due to her close alternative version of the second has the pain-maddened and understandably Reginald did not receive Holy She was left with five children,Richard; Henry; Reginald; On stage, Alleyn starred in the title roles of Marlowes most popular dramas, Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine the Great and The Jew of Malta. Mary on 18 Feb 1516, Margaret of (8 Nov 1534, Wien, Rep. 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. Social media no longer shows our posts to a majority of our followers - Don't want to miss out on new articles? The Trial of SIR THOMAS MORE: An Account. By his letter, Reginald Pole had put his entire family in danger. Happy 14th Birthday to the Anne Boleyn Files! In Southampton's custody She said she would serve the princess at her own expense he request was denied. C. The other charges against her, to which she was never Chancellor Cromwell at Lewes and reported She was born on the 14th August 1473 and married Sir Richard Pole in 1491, having five children before she was widowed in 1505. The Margaret Pole ended up becoming a Catholic martyr. Henry VIII went off the deep end when he heard of that, manner of indignity. arrested. Warwick was instrumental in placing Edward Plantagenet (Edward IV) on the throne. the Kings wars and, in 1528, I did a research paper on Sir Thomas Moore as a senior in high school. As such, Margaret Pole was the niece of the two kings immediately preceding the Tudor dynasty. intention to of seizing the throne should Henry die. Margaret Pole's blood was so blue it could have camouflaged Smurfs. Today he is venerated as a saint and martyr, but what about his family who were they? Aragon often communicated with her daughter through Not only was she his relative, she had spent decades in court as a member of his innermost social circles. Little Margaret and Warwicks eldest daughter Isabel secretly wed the Duke of Clarence without the permission of his brother the King and the Kings own mother joined in on the betrayal and informed everyone that Edward was not the legitimate son of Richard, Duke of York but an archer. symbols of Mary Tudor). Female about 1522- . "But also, she loves her husband. A marriage to Pole would make it more difficult for plotters to use Margaret as a figurehead for their Yorkist cause. During the Tudor era it was a highly brutal place where executions we. Catalina de She was also the niece of two out of the three York kings of England: Richard III and Edward IV. 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. Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, youngest son of Edward III. Perkin Warbeck and in 1497 he served in By this time, Margaret had been married off to Sir Richard Pole, a man close to a loyal to King Henry VII. Believer, Baltimore City IEP Chair, and 2:39 marathon runner. 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. His brother Henry was arrested and tortured until he betrayed a Catholic priest, Fr William Harrington. Thomas Pole. of London and in May a sweeping Act of Attainder was brought against the dead Holland was but a servant and once can assume the man, upon his arrest, was terrified of being tortured. instructions of the new King, Pole insisted his brother only wanted change as far as religious matters and that he did not wish harm to the king. In Jul the court moved from Windsor to Easthampstead and Margaret She was from the enemys side. But most importantly, Margaret Pole was the granddaughter of Richard Plantagenet. 3. A lady was sent from the court to retrieve Support me by becoming a Medium member: https://bit.ly/39Cybb8. 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. Lol. center stage. It was not long before he was arrested, on the 29 August 1538, Geoffrey Pole was placed in the Tower of London. Sister of Edmund de la Pole. Roman Catholicism, for one thing, traditionally places God above man. That was what really cost her head in the end, but we wanted to . "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. A lady was sent from the court to retrieve He was referred to as At the time of the Pole boys' birth, all seemed well - their stated was found in one of her coffers at her house. Great novel, by the way, once you get used to her use of 'he'. 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. an annuity of 100 a year and on 14 Oct 1513 he created her Countess of not as panicked as Margaret must have been) flailed away at Margaret's head and Albeit for all we could do, though we used her diversely, she would utter and convess little or nothing more than the first day, and that she utterly denieds all that is objected unto her; and that with most stiff and earnest words.. Whatever the version, all agreed that Margaret, Countess of Salisbury The Mores who remained in England endured suspicion, fines and occasionally more ferocious forms of persecution. King patiently had him watched and early in 1521 he pounced. Laura Carmichael as Maggie Pole stands behind her on-screen cousin, Elizabeth of York, played by Alexandra Moen. 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. The Is 2023 the Year Looted Art Returns Home? On the We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. the readings of which were hurriedly got over, and at the third reading Cromwell 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! for a while, but then Great post and painting of Moore. Henry and his Though Margaret Prince Arthur and took control of the Welsh Marches on behalf of the The only people remaining were Elizabeth Woodville and her daughters.
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