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Plantagenet, Margaret (1473 - 1541)

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Pole

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1473-08-14
Death Date: 1541-05-27 (beheaded)

Notes

Arrested and placed in custody of William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton, at Cowdray, Sussex Nov. 1538; attainted 12 May 1539 for having aided and abetted the treasonous activities of her sons Henry and Reginald; removed to the Tower by Nov. 1539

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Pole, Richard (1458 - 1504)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1487-11
    Union ended: exactly 1504-10

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 14th Countess of Salisbury

Titles

  • 14th Countess of Salisbury
    Assumed: 1513-10-14
    Vacated: 1539-05-12 (date attainted)

General Lands Note

Restored to lands of the Earldom of Salisbury 14 Oct. 1513; lands in 17 English counties (predominantly in the south and midlands)

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Lady of the Chamber, England 1509 Lady of the Chamber to Queen Katherine Arragon
Governess of Princess Mary, England 1520 -5 -13 1521 -07
Governess of Princess Mary, England 1525 1533 -12

Details of Properties

Residence

  • London (city-county)
  • Bockmer, Berkshire
    Acquired: 1487
  • Stourton Castle, Staffordshire
    Acquired: 1487
  • Warblington Castle, Hampshire
    Acquired: 1517

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Derbyshire
  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Essex
  • France: Calais
  • Hampshire
  • Hertfordshire
  • England-Wales border
  • Middlesex
  • Northamptonshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Somerset
  • Suffolk
  • Wales
  • Wiltshire
  • Yorkshire: East Riding

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Chichester (Unknown), Chichester, Sussex Lady Salisbury's Player/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lady Salisbury's Player/s Plantagenet, Margaret (1473 - 1541) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.