Born Bath, of royal blood, she survived the Wars of the Roses and was trusted by Henry VIII enough to be a governess to Mary, his daughter by Catherine of Aragon. However when the king wanted a divorce from Catherine, Cardinal Pole, Margaret's son, from the safety of Italy, wrote denouncing the king who then turned against the whole Pole family. This meant execution for Margaret, even at age 68. There are stories that she ran from the block and the executioner chased her around Tower Green before he could complete the job (cue the Benny Hill theme tune).
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury
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Tower of London execution site
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John Derifall
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
William, Lord Hastings
An important man in the court of Edward IV, rising to the position of Lord Chamberlain. On the king’s death he supported his brother, the later Richard III, but something was not to Richard’s liki...
Section Officer Yolande Elsa Maria Beekman, Croix de Guerre
Yolande Elsa Maria Unternahrer was born on 28 October 1911 at 13 Avenue de la Grande Armée, Paris, France, one of the six children of Swiss nationals Michelangelo Mercurio (1872-1953) and Berthe Ly...
Person, Espionage, Execution, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland
Operation Anthropoid
The code name for the assassination of SS-Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei, Reinhard Heydrich. This was the only only targeted killing of a top-ranking Nazi. The operation was carried out...
John Rochester
Monk at London Charterhouse. Exiled to the Charterhouse in Hull and then executed in York.
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Mahomet Weyonomon
SE1, Borough High Street, Southwark Cathedral garden
Our picture comes from a nearby information board and shows Mohegan-Pequot four-domed medallion (or rosette) and trail motifs. The medal...
Michael Faraday memorial - substation
SE1, Elephant and Castle roundabout
This shiny steel box contains an electricity substation for the Bakerloo and Northern lines, but it is also a memorial to Michael Faraday...
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