The Gruesome Execution of Margaret Pole

An act of attainder let Parliament condemn a person without trial, and in 1539 Thomas Cromwell used one on a countess of 65. Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, was the last Plantagenet, daughter of the Duke of Clarence and once governess to Princess Mary. Her son, Cardinal Reginald Pole, had called Henry VIII a tyrant in print from the safety of Italy. She paid for it in the Tower of London. Catherine Howard sent her warm clothes and four pairs of shoes. On 27 May 1541 a stand-in executioner hacked her apart with an axe, the ambassador Chapuys wrote. Rome beatified her in 1886. If you’d like to support the channel, you can become a Patreon member here:   / eternalmysteries   You can also support the channel by becoming a YouTube member here:    / @theeternalmysteries   Timestamps: 0:00 Born Into a Doomed Dynasty 17:31 Surviving the Tudor Takeover 32:08 Catherine of Aragon and the Years of Poverty 37:27 Countess of Salisbury and Mary’s Second Mother 46:37 The King’s Divorce and Reginald’s Defiance 59:24 The Destruction of the Pole Family 1:10:01 Condemned Without a Trial 1:21:52 Imprisonment in the Tower 1:30:48 The Execution and the Stories That Followed 1:45:06 The Family’s Fate and Margaret’s Legacy