And More was more convinced than ever that he needed to leave royal service. His spirits were high when visited by family and friends, though they were only permitted to see him if they took the Oath which he had refused. More had already begun writing his History of King Richard III as well; it is considered the first masterpiece of English history and is wholly pro-Tudor. It was a small mercy. He dictated letter after letter. Then, in good faith, between your grace and me is but this, that I shall die today, and you tomorrow.. Ultimately, they would both become martyrs of their faith (though this show is not likely . A devoted Catholic, More refuses to sign Parliament's Act of Supremacy, which declares King Henry, and not the Pope, the Supreme Head of the new Church of England. She was cousin to Henry VIII's mother, and well trusted by the king for years. London, WC1A 2HN [12] In May 1536, Reginald finally and definitively broke with the king. Some stories even claim this was at his own request, having been permitted to choose the manner of his execution. This blatant disrespect could not be tolerated and Mores name was included in a Bill of Attainder against Elizabeth Barton, the Holy Maid of Kent, who had prophesized against the kings annulment. Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts. Since Margaret and her brother, Edward, were debarred from the throne by their father's attainder, their uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was offered the crown and became king as Richard III. Mores brilliance of mind and curious, kindly character gained him many friends and admirers. ThoughtCo, Aug. 26, 2020, thoughtco.com/margaret-pole-tudor-matriarch-and-martyr-3530618. Afterwards, he made a botched suicide attempt. Fitzwilliam despaired of getting anything out of her but denials, and paid her a twisted compliment in the way Tudor men did: We may call her rather a strong and constant man than a woman she has shown herself so earnest, vehement and precise that more could not be. When he told her that her goods had been seized, she must have known it was the beginning of the end, and seemeth thereat to be somew[hat] appalled, but neither then nor at any later point did she profess anything but loyalty to Henry and regret at her familys folly. [26] She and her husband were parents to five children: Her son, Reginald Pole, said that he would "never fear to call himself the son of a martyr". St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Bridge Gate, Derby, Our Lady and the English Martyrs' church in Cambridge. He never explicitly courted controversy, but he felt compelled to answer the reformers such as William Tyndale. Margaret and Richard Pole had five children, born between about 1492 and 1504: four sons and the youngest a daughter. Katharine was the kings true wife. Christ in Thy Mercy, save Thou me! The new king married Margaret's cousin, Elizabeth of York, Edward IV's daughter, and Margaret and her brother were taken into their care. If Margaret played any part in the downfall of Henrys second queen, her role was so far behind the scenes that it has left no trace. Later that year, Reginald was summoned to Rome, made a cardinal and put in charge of organising a crusade against England economic sanctions first, war if need be. When Catherine of Aragon gave birth to a daughter, Mary, Margaret Pole was asked to be one of the godmothers. The eldest daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, Margaret was the sister of Henry VIII. In 1509, when Henry VIII came to the throne after his fathers death, he married his brothers widow, Catherine of Aragon. Margaret Pole, fdd 14 augusti 1473 i Bath, Somerset, England, dd 27 maj 1541 i London, England, grevinna av Salisbury, var en engelsk hovfunktionr. But Reginald Pole refused to do so, leaving for Europe in 1532. The former Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas More is beheaded for High Treason after refusing to recognise King Henry VIII's religious supremacy. (1) Posted By Claire on May 27, 2012. Afterwards, More's head was displayed on a pike at London Bridge for a month. Richard Pole was appointed to the household of Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII and Prince of Wales, heir apparent. 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 . A Yorkist pretender had been crowned in Dublin, a child who claimed to be the Plantagenet heir, Edward, Earl of Warwick, Margarets 12-year-old brother. There have been rumors of an alleged relationship with Lady Margaret (see the White Queen series, for example). Columbus, Ohio Area. But to Mores credit, he made an impassioned plea for greater freedom of speech in parliament. Mores only communication with Barton had been to warn her against meddling in affairs of state. He could now only write to his wife and favorite daughter Margaret with a piece of coal or burnt stick on scraps of paper. 28 Little Russell Street Margaret, warned of the threat he represented to her own interests and life, 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 this point she was questioned rigorously by Henrys councillor William Fitzwilliam. Geoffrey appealed to Thomas Cromwell, who had him arrested and interrogated. Besides Ursula, four of Margarets children lived to adulthood. He handled his responsibilities with his usual skill, but it was a balancing act, and an increasingly dangerous one. [27] She is commemorated in the dedication of the Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace & Blessed Margaret Pole in Southbourne, Bournemouth.[28]. May 28, 2015. [6] She remained there until she returned to favour when Henry VIII came to the throne in 1509. Our Lady of Lourdes in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Margaret kept silent on the matter. Thomas More worked hard for the king. She was born on the 14th August 1473 and married Sir Richard Pole in 1491, having five children before she was widowed in 1505. First I went on the Internet to find some ways of measuring wind speed. An Exclusive First Look at Laura Carmichael as Maggie Pole in the Series Finale of The Spanish Princess Watch as she confronts Sir Thomas More. That was clear to Cromwell almost from the first, and perhaps to More, too. His crusade against his native land was never launched, but many years later he would return, Archbishop of Canterbury to Mary Tudor, and join in heresy-hunting and the burning of reformers. Seldom distracted from voicing their headline concerns, her people give each other a lot of information, in unmodulated voices, each time they speak. The threat seemed even greater by 1538, when the two great powers, France and the emperor, signed a peace treaty which left them free to turn their attention to the pariah nation. After bearing More three daughters (Margaret, Elizabeth, Cicely) and one son (John), Jane died in 1511. It was, Henry told him, proof that his marriage to Katharine was incestuous due to her previous marriage to his brother. But if the weather turns nasty you up with an anchor and let it down where there's less wind, and the fishing's better. He had once served under Wolsey and knew More well. Buckingham was alleged to have said that the lack of sons to carry on the Tudor line was Gods punishment for the imprisonment and death of the young Earl of Warwick. He had a true gift for friendship and inspired deep loyalty amongst his family and friends. His father, Sir Richard Pole, was a cousin of King Henry VII, and his mother, Margaret, countess of . As his disgrace deepened, Margaret withdrew from court. Here is where it gets complicated. As a newly elected representative for London in Parliament and an undersheriff in the city, he was deeply involved in public life. On 1 July 1535, he was indicted on high treason. He then disappeared into his private closet, and after an hour, came out as cheerful as before. But in the meantime, More had eighteen months of seclusion and study at his home in Chelsea. [2] As one of the few members of the House of Plantagenet to have survived the Wars of the Roses, she was executed in 1541 at the command of King Henry VIII, the second monarch of the House of Tudor, who was the son of her first cousin, Elizabeth of York. [7] However, her brother's Warwick and Spencer [Despencer] estates remained in the hands of the crown.[8]. I decided to investigate anemometers, because I wanted to look at different ways of measuring wind speed. But in late June she was back at court by the side of Queen Jane, and the king was looking forward to an era of peace and fertility. London Review of Books If the great Sir Thomas More believed the kings marriage to be unlawful, why, it must be so! The queen had suffered a series of miscarriages throughout their marriage; their only surviving child was the Princess Mary. This phrase has been interpreted as meaning Edward was of low intelligence; it only means that he was unworldly, and Higginbotham sees this. Elizabeth Throckmorton. He was made knight of the Garter, and appointed chamberlain to the young Prince of Wales. She was married to James IV of Scotland from 1503-1513, which united the royal houses of England and Scotland. It is painted on a dateable oak panel, and the dates suit the presumed subject, but the artist is anonymous. Arthur Pole suffered a setback when his patron Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, was convicted of treason in 1521, but he was soon restored to favour. Reginald was present at the treaty negotiations. He died on 8 August 1420. It is at this moment that we must step back and consider the England in which More now lived. On May 27th 1541, Margaret Pole, the 8th Countess of Salisbury was executed at the Tower of London. But that was years in the future. Their destruction came with a wave of arrests in the autumn of 1538. If, however, the subject lives a life of great extravagance, tell him he, too, can afford to give largely, the proof of his opulence being evident in his expenditure.. Meanwhile, time was passing and a king used to instant obedience was determined to wait no longer. To ease the situation, Margaret devoted her third son, Reginald Pole, to the Church; he was to have an eventful career as a papal Legate and later as Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1512, an Act of Parliament restored to Margaret the Earldom of Salisbury and some of her brother's land which had belonged to it, for which she paid 5000 marks (2666.13s.4d), equivalent to 2,164,602 in 2021. Or was there, as she claimed, nothing worth burning? Margaret Pole. He was first appointed a Privy Councilor and accompanied Wolsey to an important diplomatic mission to Europe. He was keenly interested in theology, but he was not ordained; he was free to marry if he wished, and propagate a Plantagenet family. Birth City: London, England. She had a small estate of land, inherited from her husband, but no other income and no prospects. Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, was born at Farley Castle, near Bath, on 14th August, in or about the year 1473. When that daughters father-in-law was executed by Henry VIII, the Pole family fell out of favor briefly, but regained favor. And his old friend, the duke of Norfolk, took care to warn him of his danger, Indignatio principis mors est. To which More famously replied, Is that all, my lord? On 27th May, in 1541 Margaret Pole, niece of Richard III and Edward IV, was executed at the command of Henry VIII. "Pole, Margaret Plantagenet, Bl." But Margaret kept any dissident thoughts to herself, avoiding jeopardy until, in the summer of 1536, the actions of her son Reginald plunged her whole family into trouble. 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