Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet
NameHenry POLE, 6965
Birth1492
Death1539
FatherSir Richard POLE KG , 6932 (1462-1505)
MotherMargaret 8th Countess of Salisbury , 6958 (1473-1541)
Notes for Henry POLE
Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu (also written Montague or Montacute) (c. 1492 - 9 January 1539), the only holder of the title Baron Montagu under its 1514 creation, was most famous as one of the peers in the trial of Anne Boleyn.
Life
He was the oldest son of Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (godmother to Mary I of England) and Sir Richard Pole. His brother, Cardinal Reginald Pole, became the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury under Queen Mary I.
He was invested as a Knight by Henry VIII in 1513 and summoned to Parliament as 1st Baron Montagu in the Peerage of England on 12 October 1514. He was appointed Steward of Manors belonging to the Tewkesbury Abbey in 1526 and from 1530 on he became Justice of the Peace for Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire and Sussex.
Marriage and issue
In May 1510 or before May 1520, Henry married Jane Nevill, daughter of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny and Margaret Fenne. They had the following children:
Catherine Pole (1511 - 23 September 1576) married Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon.
Lucy Pole, married Anthony Browne.
Thomas Pole (d. 1526), married Elizabeth Wingfield. Without issue.
Henry Pole (aft. 1520 or in 1521 - aft. September 1542), married Margaret Neville. According to Alison Weir he was born in 1527. He was imprisoned from an early age at the Tower of London.[3]
Winifred Pole (b. aft. 1521 or in 1525), married firstly Sir Thomas Hastings (1515–1558, bur. Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, the brother of her sister Catherine's husband), son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, without issue, and secondly, Sir Thomas Barrington of Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broadoak, Essex (died 1586). By the second Sir Thomas, Winifred had the following children: Catherine Barrington, married in 1584 to William Bourchier, great-grandson of John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (a son of Catherine and William was Sir John Bourchier a regicide of King Charles I of England); Sir Francis Barrington, 1st Baronet; John Barrington.
Imprisonment and execution
On 4 November 1538, Henry along with his wife,] his wife's brother Edward Neville and other relatives were arrested on a charge of treason by King Henry VIII, though Thomas Cromwell had previously written that they had "little offended save that he is of their kin." Reginald Pole was not among them, as he was in exile at the time, due to his opposition of King Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. They were committed to the Tower of London, he was attainted and all his honours were forfeited on 2 December 1538, and on 9 January 1539 with the exception of Sir Geoffrey Pole, Henry's brother, they were beheaded (Neville had been beheaded earlier on 8 December 1538). Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter was also arrested along with his wife and 11-year old son (his wife would be released two years later while their son spent 15 years in the Tower until his release by Queen Mary I on 3 August 1553).
Ten days after Henry's arrest, his mother, the Countess Margaret of Salisbury, was also arrested and questioned by William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton, and Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely. They reported to Thomas Cromwell that although they had "travailed with her" for many hours she would "nothing utter", and they were forced to conclude that either her sons had not made her a sharer in their "treason", or else she was "the most arrant traitress that ever lived." She was not to live long. On 27 May 1541 she too was beheaded in the Tower of London. Henry Pole, son and heir of Lord Montagu, was committed to the Tower at the same time as his father. It was expected that he would follow his grandmother to the block but Henry VIII did not want to risk the unfavorable public opinion. He was deprived of a tutor and remained imprisoned in the Tower until his death, possibly by starvation, in 1542 or later.
In essence the execution of the Pole family was the continuation by Henry VIII of his father's programme of eliminating possible contenders for the throne. Margaret Pole was the last Plantagenet remaining alive after the battles and aftermath of the Wars of the Roses: this direct female-line descent from the previous ruling dynasty, combined with the family's firm Catholic allegiance, made her and her sons a grave potential threat to Tudor rule.
Life
He was the oldest son of Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (godmother to Mary I of England) and Sir Richard Pole. His brother, Cardinal Reginald Pole, became the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury under Queen Mary I.
He was invested as a Knight by Henry VIII in 1513 and summoned to Parliament as 1st Baron Montagu in the Peerage of England on 12 October 1514. He was appointed Steward of Manors belonging to the Tewkesbury Abbey in 1526 and from 1530 on he became Justice of the Peace for Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire and Sussex.
Marriage and issue
In May 1510 or before May 1520, Henry married Jane Nevill, daughter of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny and Margaret Fenne. They had the following children:
Catherine Pole (1511 - 23 September 1576) married Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon.
Lucy Pole, married Anthony Browne.
Thomas Pole (d. 1526), married Elizabeth Wingfield. Without issue.
Henry Pole (aft. 1520 or in 1521 - aft. September 1542), married Margaret Neville. According to Alison Weir he was born in 1527. He was imprisoned from an early age at the Tower of London.[3]
Winifred Pole (b. aft. 1521 or in 1525), married firstly Sir Thomas Hastings (1515–1558, bur. Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, the brother of her sister Catherine's husband), son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, without issue, and secondly, Sir Thomas Barrington of Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broadoak, Essex (died 1586). By the second Sir Thomas, Winifred had the following children: Catherine Barrington, married in 1584 to William Bourchier, great-grandson of John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (a son of Catherine and William was Sir John Bourchier a regicide of King Charles I of England); Sir Francis Barrington, 1st Baronet; John Barrington.
Imprisonment and execution
On 4 November 1538, Henry along with his wife,] his wife's brother Edward Neville and other relatives were arrested on a charge of treason by King Henry VIII, though Thomas Cromwell had previously written that they had "little offended save that he is of their kin." Reginald Pole was not among them, as he was in exile at the time, due to his opposition of King Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. They were committed to the Tower of London, he was attainted and all his honours were forfeited on 2 December 1538, and on 9 January 1539 with the exception of Sir Geoffrey Pole, Henry's brother, they were beheaded (Neville had been beheaded earlier on 8 December 1538). Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter was also arrested along with his wife and 11-year old son (his wife would be released two years later while their son spent 15 years in the Tower until his release by Queen Mary I on 3 August 1553).
Ten days after Henry's arrest, his mother, the Countess Margaret of Salisbury, was also arrested and questioned by William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton, and Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely. They reported to Thomas Cromwell that although they had "travailed with her" for many hours she would "nothing utter", and they were forced to conclude that either her sons had not made her a sharer in their "treason", or else she was "the most arrant traitress that ever lived." She was not to live long. On 27 May 1541 she too was beheaded in the Tower of London. Henry Pole, son and heir of Lord Montagu, was committed to the Tower at the same time as his father. It was expected that he would follow his grandmother to the block but Henry VIII did not want to risk the unfavorable public opinion. He was deprived of a tutor and remained imprisoned in the Tower until his death, possibly by starvation, in 1542 or later.
In essence the execution of the Pole family was the continuation by Henry VIII of his father's programme of eliminating possible contenders for the throne. Margaret Pole was the last Plantagenet remaining alive after the battles and aftermath of the Wars of the Roses: this direct female-line descent from the previous ruling dynasty, combined with the family's firm Catholic allegiance, made her and her sons a grave potential threat to Tudor rule.