Henry Pole the Younger
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Versailles
Carlos II, confusion, Eustache Dauger, executions, fictionalisation, George Blagden, Henry Pole the Younger, Henry VIII, Ian Mortimer, Inside Versailles, James IV, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kate Williams, Kathryn Warner, l’affaire des poisons, la Voisin, Louis XII, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Man in the Iron Mask, Margaret “Tudor”, Maria Theresa, Marie Louise d’ Orleans, Mary “Tudor”, poison, VersaillesThree series of this Canale Plus production, showing a charismatic Louis XIV (George Blagden) decreeing a new palace outside Paris, have now been shown in the UK and it seems that a fourth will not now be made. It has much in common with “The Tudors ” in that it has been enjoyable from a…
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These are taken from Pierce’s biography of his paternal grandmother Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, we have some sinister clues to his fate. Our witness is Charles de Marillac, French ambassador from 1538-43, whose correspondence with Francois I is copiously quoted in the Letters and Papers of Henry VIII. de Marillac wrote on 1 July 1540…
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Illustrated by SHW
Anne Neville, battles, Bosworth, cartoons, Cecily Duchess of York, executions, Exeter Cathedral, exile, George Duke of Clarence, George Washington, Hazel Pierce, Henry Courtenay Marquis of Exeter, Henry Lord Montagu, Henry Pole the Younger, Henry VIII, humour, Isobel Neville, Jane Neville, Margaret of Salisbury, marriages, Mary I, ODNB, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Richard Neville, SHW, Sir Edward Neville, Sir Geoffrey Pole, Thomas Courtenay Earl of Devon, Tower of London, WakefieldToday in 1538-9, Henry Pole Lord Montagu, was beheaded for treason, after the “plot” involving his brother, Reginald, later a Cardinal. It was previously thought that Reginald was a sub-deacon for many years, was only properly ordained in late 1536 and thus could have married at any time before this. However, it is now clear…
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This excellent post from Nerdalicious, whose tabs appropriately include “History of Folk and Fairy Tales”, shows just how desperately ridiculous the Cairo case really is, particularly when they treat More’s first half as a Fifth Gospel and ignore his second. After all, we have already shown that the small coffins buried with Edward IV are…
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There are some very good biographies of Edward IV, by the likes of Pollard, Ross, Kleinke and Santiuste but surely none have tracked his movements, sometimes month by month, like this book does. This is not a full biography and it does not claim to be, but focuses on Edward’s romantic life – his known…
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An award for masochism?
Edward IV, Elizabeth I, executions, exiles, George Duke of Clarence, Gertrude Blount, Henry Courtenay Marquess of Exeter, Henry Lord Montagu, Henry Pole the Younger, Henry VIII, Italy, Margaret of Salisbury, Mary I, Padua, Phillip II, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Sir Edward Neville, Sir Geoffrey Pole, Thomas Courtenay Earl of Devon, Tower of London, Wyatt RebellionThe 1538 plot first saw Sir Geoffrey Pole arrested that autumn and compelled, by a threat to torture his servants, to give evidence about the activities of his exiled brother Reginald and other relatives. Henry Pole Lord Montagu and Henry Courtenay Marquess of Exeter were arrested next, together with Montagu’s son Henry the Younger and…
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HENRY VIII: THE EVEN HANDED PERSECUTOR
Anne Askew, Anne Boleyn, beheadings, burnings, Catherine Howard, chopping and changing, clergymen, Courtenays, Edmund de la Pole, Edward of Buckingham, George Boleyn, hangings, Henry Lord Montagu, Henry Pole the Younger, Henry VIII, Howards, Jane Parker Viscountess Rochford, Margaret of Salisbury, Mark Smeaton, monks, Nun of Kent, religious persecution, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas MoreSome folks out there have recently been trying to justify the long list of people executed by Henry VIII because ‘at least they had a trial’ or ‘because it was over religion, and there were always beheadings, pressings, burnings over religion.’ Well, surprisingly, I must agree with them on one thing. Henry sure could be…
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Arthur Waite, Viscount Lisle was released from the Tower of London in March 1542, having been held on suspicion of high treason for two years. This illegitimate son of Edward IV, as were they all, died of a heart attack the same week. Sir Geoffrey Pole was arrested with some cousins, his brother and his…
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