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Wikipedia & Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins list Henry's wife Jane Neville as the daughter of Joan FitzAlan & Sir George Neville; granddaughter of Margaret Fenne & Sir George Neville, Lord Abergavenny

He was not Henry de la Pole He was

Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu

Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu (c. 1492 – January 9, 1539) was most famous as one of the peers in the trial of Anne Boleyn.

He was the oldest son of ''Margaret, Countess of Salisbury'' (godmother to Lady Mary Tudor) and ''Sir Richard Pole''. 

His brother, Reginald Cardinal Pole, became the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury under Queen Mary I.

In May of 1510, Henry married Lady Jane Neville, daughter of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny and Margaret Fenne. They had the following children:

1. Catherine Pole (born before 1520 – 23 September 1576) married Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon.
2. Thomas Pole (d. 1526), married Elizabeth Wingfield.
3. Henry Pole (1521-1542), married Margaret Neville.
4. Winifred Pole (b.1525), married firstly Thomas Hastings, son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, and secondly, Thomas Barrington of Barrington Hall.

In November, 1538, Henry along with his wife 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, and on January 9, 1539 with the exception of Geoffrey Pole, Henry's brother, they were beheaded.

Ten days after Henry's arrest, his mother, the Countess Margaret of Salisbury, was also arrested and questioned by William Fitzwilliam, 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. n May 27, 1541, she too was beheaded in the Tower of London.

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Sir Henry Pole, 1st Lord Montagu was born circa 1492.1,2 He was the son of Sir Richard Pole and Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury.1 He married Jane Neville, daughter of Sir George Neville, 2nd Lord Abergavenny and Margaret Fenne, before May 1520.2 He died on 9 January 1538/39, beheaded.2

Sir Henry Pole, 1st Lord Montagu was invested as a Knight in 1513.2 He was created 1st Lord Montagu [England] on 12 October 1514.1,2 He held the office of Steward of Manors belonging to Tewkesbury Abbey in 1526.2 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Somerset between 1530 and 1538.2 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Hampshire between 1530 and 1538.2 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Dorset between 1530 and 1538.2 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Sussex between 1530 and 1538.2

On 4 November 1538 at Tower of London, The City, London, England, he was imprisoned.2 On 2 December 1538 he was attainted and all his honours were forfeited.2

Children of Sir Henry Pole, 1st Lord Montagu and Jane Neville

• Catherine Pole+2 b. a 1520, d. 23 Sep 1576
• Henry Pole2 b. a 1520, d. a Sep 1542
• Winifred Pole+2 b. a 1521

Citations

• [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 136. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
• [S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 16. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.

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Eldest son of Sir Richard Pole and Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury. Knighted by Henry VIII in 1513 during Henry’s French campaign. Created Baron Montague, much of the lands originally held by the Neville family were conferred on him (for a fee of course). He was referred to as Lord Montague in official documents and was a witness to the great peace Treaty of London in 1518. He was a member of the royal household and was allowed his own livery. In 1520, he attended Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. He was one of the peers who convicted Anne Boleyn.

He married Jane, daughter of George Neville, Lord Bergavenny, in 1513. They had three children.

As a Roman Catholic, Pole did not approve of Henry’s destroying Church property and the anti-Catholic feeling in England. Henry was fully of Montagu’s feelings, and through his betrayal of his brother Geoffrey Pole, the King now had the evidence he needed to have Montagu arrested in put into the Tower. Late in Nov 1539 Montague and Henry Courtenay, Marquis of Exeter were tried before Lord Chancellor Audley, the Lord High Steward, and a jury of peers found them guilty of treason. A week later, on 9 Dec, both lords met their deaths on Tower Hill.

Lord Montague, left a son and two daughters. The son may have been attainted with his father and must have died soon after his father for there is no mention of him in official documents. His daughter, Catherine, married Francis, Lord Hastings, later Earl of Huntingdon, and her sister, Winifred, married first a brother of Catherine’s husband and later a member of the Barrington family. The girls were restored to full honours and property at the accession of Queen Mary.

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Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu (also written Montague or Montacute; born circa 1492 – died 9 January 1539), the only holder of the title Baron Montagu under its 1514 creation, was one of the relatives King Henry VIII of England had executed for treason.

Honours

Henry Pole was the oldest son of Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, and Sir Richard Pole. He was invested as a knight by King Henry VIII in 1513 and summoned to Parliament as Baron Montagu in the Peerage of England on 12 October 1514. He was appointed steward of manors belonging to the Tewkesbury Abbey in 1526. From 1530 on he became justice of the peace for Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire and Sussex.[1][2]

Marriage and issue

In May 1510 or before May 1520, Pole married Jane Neville, daughter of George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny, and Joan Arundel. 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 until his death.[3] Winifred Pole (b. aft. 1521 or in 1525), married firstly Sir Thomas Hastings (1515–1558, buried 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, Montagu along with his wife,[4] 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." Montagu's brother Reginald was not among them, 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 and Lord Montagu was attainted and his honours forfeited on 2 December 1538. On 9 January 1539, with the exception of Sir Geoffrey Pole, Henry's brother, all the arrestees were beheaded. (Neville had been beheaded earlier on 8 December 1538). Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter, was 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 Montagu's arrest, his mother was arrested and questioned by William Fitzwilliam, 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 included her in their plans for "treason", or she was "the most arrant traitress that ever lived." On 27 May 1541, the 67-year-old Lady Salisbury was beheaded in the Tower of London. Lord Montagu's son Henry 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 the King did not want to risk unfavorable public opinion[citation needed] and so he was deprived of a tutor and imprisoned in the Tower until his death, possibly from starvation, in 1542 or later.[5]

The executions of the Pole family was Henry VIII's continuation of Henry VII'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 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.[citation needed]

References

tudorplace.com.ar Retrieved 25 November 2007 medievalgenealogy.org.uk Retrieved 26 November 2007 thePeerage.com Retrieved 6 July 2008 Jump up ^ Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), p. 136 Jump up ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, pp. 16, 18. Jump up ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, p.–16. Jump up ^ According to Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, p. 18, his wife had already died, before 26 October 1538. Jump up ^ The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir (New York, 1992) pgs. 250-251