Show Notes
Here it is, the finale to the wild life of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury and last great Plantagenet. What a rollercoaster it's been. We jump back into Henry VIII’s chaos: Catherine of Aragon cast aside, Anne Boleyn crowned (and gone), Thomas Cromwell on the rise, and our fiercely Catholic Margaret trying to keep her head
We follow Reginald Pole’s “turbo treason” across Europe and watch as the Exeter Conspiracy brings down Margaret and her family. From skipped coronations and pointed petitions to house arrest and the Tower, we unpack how a 60-something noblewoman became the poster child for Tudor paranoia, and why her 1541 execution by bill of attainder stunned Europe.
Time stamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:39 Recap of Margaret Pole's Life
02:48 Margaret Pole's Political Struggles
11:10 Reginald Pole's Defiance
22:28 Margaret Pole's Family Dynamics
26:03 Reginald Pole and the Exeter Conspiracy
28:18 Jeff's Arrest and Interrogation
30:22 Margaret's Incriminating Evidence
33:05 Speculations and Interrogations
40:28 Margaret's Imprisonment and Execution
46:18 Margaret's Legacy
Sources:
https://rebeccastarrbrown.com/2018/01/13/the-last-plantagenet-margaret-pole-countess-of-salisbury/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi7lMHlQty0
https://tudortimes.co.uk/people/margaret-plantagenet-life-story/the-wrath-of-a-prince-1538-1541
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5LUAzFiDpEbj0QiP92Ac33
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