There is an apocryphal story that Morton predicted his bright and lively page would grow into a marvelous man. For Maid star Margaret Qualley, her job was all about building a relationship with child actor Rylea Nevaeh Whittet and making her feel safe on the set of the Netflix series that delves into . When she reached her teens, a marriage was arranged with Richard Pole, a modest landowner with solid Tudor connections, who had been rewarded for loyalty by being made constable of several Welsh castles. When Catherine of Aragon gave birth to a daughter, Mary, Margaret Pole was asked to be one of the godmothers. His work at Bruges and, later, Calais, as well as his continuing duties as undersheriff in London, were clear evidence of his skill and popularity. Hilary Mantelwasthe author of nine novels and three collections of short stories in addition to her prize-winning trilogy about Thomas Cromwell. letters@lrb.co.uk 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. It is no exaggeration to state that its publication ensured More a stature that no other Englishman of his time enjoyed. Yet if you were to ask Mores contemporaries to describe him, their words would be as conflicted and contradictory as the man himself. It gave the king pause, and More was allowed to return home. Unfortunately, Cardinal Wolsey was unable to secure an annulment for the king. She is the daughter of a duke and the niece of two kings, Edward IV and Richard III. Her son Arthur joined them, dying young, probably in the sweating sickness epidemic of 1528. 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. She built herself a castle at Warblington, close to the sea on the Hampshire-Sussex border. With Margarets female peers, there is a gap between what they say and what they do, what they are and what they appear to be. My faithfulness stands fast and so, It proved to be another happy marriage, though Mores friends remarked upon Alices sharp tongue and occasionally brusque ways. The only people to escape the toxicity of the court were Lina (Stephanie Levi-John) and Oviedo (Aaron Cobham), who decided to seek a new life in the Ottoman Empire. In 1537, after the split from the Roman Catholic Church proclaimed by Henry VIII, Pope Paul II created Reginald Pole who, though he had studied theology extensively and served the church, had not been ordained a priest Archbishop of Canterbury, and assigned Pole to organize efforts to replace Henry VIII with a Roman Catholic government. But by then Lord Montagu was dead, executed along with the Marquis of Exeter and other opponents of the regime. If he had trusted her once, he no longer did so. The nun sought out eminent supporters, especially those who, like Margaret and like Gertrudes husband, had a claim to the throne, and pressed on them the contents of her visions: unless he went back to his wife and to Rome, Henry would expire in torments. 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. The next year, when her sons were mixed up with Buckingham, she was removed from that appointment, but later restored to it by 1525. Her father was Shakespeares false, fleeting, perjured Clarence, who died in the Tower of London at the age of 29, attainted for treason and supposedly drowned in a butt of malmsey. When not at Court, Margaret lived chiefly at Warblington Castle in Hampshire and Bisham Manor in Berkshire. This site requires the use of Javascript to provide the best possible experience. Margaret was perhaps guilty only by association, but at this distance it is impossible to tell. As part of his 'Random Histo. Henry needed a son and heir. He collected books and rare objects, but he gave away his possessions freely as well. But Reginald, it seemed, always got a tip-off. But that was years in the future. Thomas More is the "Man For All Seasons" in the title of the play. Find out more about the London Review of Books app. His months of peace ended in 1533, when he refused to attend the coronation of Anne Boleyn. But Margaret herself was an ornament to Henry. She is a former faculty member of the Humanist Institute. She, her grandson, Henry (son of her own son Henry), and Exeter's son were held together and supported by the king. Intellectuals from England and Europe visited; More was a generous and kind host. [15][16], On the morning of 28 May 1541, Margaret was told she was to die within the hour. Henry Courtenay och Margaret Pole och fngslades i Towern. 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. He needed to convince the Spanish he was secure in his kingdom. The Editor This phrase has been interpreted as meaning Edward was of low intelligence; it only means that he was unworldly, and Higginbotham sees this. 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. Margaret would have been too young to remember her mother, and it is likely that she was brought up within her fathers princely household, then after his execution lived with her cousins, the many daughters of Edward IV. Likewise, Henry became understandably angry at the papacys refusal to repudiate Charles. And he was a father who insisted his three daughters have the same education as his son. You may not of heard of Margaret Pole so I will fill you in because her death was quite brutal and makes an interesting read, (if you like the darker side of the Tudors). She was cousin to Henry VIII's mother, and well trusted by the king for years. Susan Higginbothams carefully written book comes with a misleading cover puff: At last, a biography of one of the most fascinating women of the Tudor period, who has too long been overlooked. Her fiction is stiff and chary, as if she is too constrained by her knowledge of the pitfalls to turn her characters loose in their own lives. Chapuys wrote that, "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". The second season of The Spanish Princess premieres on Starz on Sunday, October 11. But three years into his reign, the young Henry VIII restored her to the greater part of her revenues and gave her back a family title, creating her Countess of Salisbury in her own right. 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. Link will appear as Hanson, Marilee. Margarets daughter Ursula would have 13 children, and three of her four sons would marry heiresses and have large families. Katheryn Howard was fortunate. His personal life remained placid and content. This is Aalto. And More was more convinced than ever that he needed to leave royal service. He answered their queries as best he could, assuring them of his loyalty to king and state and stressing the matter of his personal conscience. They had 1 son & 3 daughters: [1] Sir Thomas. Richard Pole was appointed to the household of Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII and Prince of Wales, heir apparent. 3. Pope Leo XIII beatified her as a martyr for the Roman Catholic Church on 29 December 1886. Joan (Margaret) Pole ca 1333-Married toThomas Chaworth ca 1331-1373 Paternal grand-parents, uncles and aunts. Most aristocratic women outlived their husbands, and once a woman was widowed she was able to assert her independence and have a say in her family affairs, while cultivating the trope of the defenceless widow in any dealings with the authorities. Basically, they disliked and mistrusted one another. True or not, the marriage proved to be happy and fruitful, though of brief duration. Henry accepted Mores resignation. Seven years after the strange liquid death of Margarets father, her uncle Richard III was defeated at Bosworth by Henry Tudor. After Richard III seized the throne, he sent Margaret to Yorkshire with her brother. It was a small mercy. [12] In May 1536, Reginald finally and definitively broke with the king. She was the niece of Edward IV and Richard III of England by way of their brother George Plantagenet, 1 st Duke of Clarence. They married less than a month after Jane Colts death and More had to seek special dispensation from the church. It is unlikely she had seen him for many years, but in any case, mourning for a traitor was inadvisable. Mores brilliance of mind and curious, kindly character gained him many friends and admirers. But for the rest of his reign Henry VII would be plagued by pretenders, persistently rising from the dead. Chapuys wrote two weeks after the execution that one hundred and fifty witnesses were present for the execution, including the Lord Mayor of London. Family solidarity, the code of survival, did not mean much to Reginald, brought up under an alien roof; if he were to lose his earthly family, he said, he would still have the fellowship of the saints in paradise. "Margaret Pole, Tudor Matriarch and Martyr." Bishop of Rochester, and Sir Thomas More, once Chancellor of England and a close royal friend, had both . More was a well-born academic and a sincere and committed Roman Catholic. See me safe up, he told the lieutenant who escorted him, and for my coming down let me shift for myself.. Where is Hans Holbein when you need him? Margaret was superfluous; curtly, Henry wrote her off as a fool. 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. Either her sons had not made her aware of their dealings, Fitzwilliam concluded, or she was an adept in brazen deceit. The alleged plot between the earl and Warbeck was flimsy and perhaps government-sponsored, but both men were tried and executed. Mores piety was the defining aspect of his character; even as the circumstances of his life changed, it remained constant and unyielding. Margaret Pole was restored to a position as lady-in-waiting, which helped her financial situation. Her mother was one of the greatest heiresses of her time while her father was the younger brother of King Edward IV of England. As a young man, he seriously contemplated joining the priesthood, only to become one of the most successful politicians of his time. She answered that no crime had been imputed to her. She had a small estate of land, inherited from her husband, but no other income and no prospects. It was not so much a letter as a small book. Columbus, Ohio Area. He was sentenced to a traitors death to be drawn, hanged, and quartered but the king changed it to beheading. Its influence upon William Shakespeares Richard III is immense. Mary's household was broken up at the end of the year, and Margaret asked to serve Mary at her own cost, but was not permitted. It was granted, and the wealthy widow became stepmother to his four children, and More stepfather to her daughter and son. Of the many executions ordered by Henry VIII, surely the most horrifying was that of sixty-seven-year-old Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, hacked to pieces on the scaffold by a blundering headsman. 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