Plantagenet, Margaret (1473 - 1541)

Biographical Overview

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Titles - 1
Properties - 22
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Other Last Names

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

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

From Pole, Richard (1458 - 1504)

  1. Male offspring: Pole, Henry (1492 - 1539)
  2. Female offspring: Pole, Ursula (d. 1570)

Primary Title

14th Countess of Salisbury

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

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 Properties

Residence

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

Lands

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1517-1518 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)