THE WORST AND BRUTAL EXECUTION OF MARGARET POLE

THE BRUTAL EXECUTION OF MARGARET POLE

POLEAXED - Strange word were could it come from ?

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (14 August 1473 – 27 May 1541) was the only surviving daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, a brother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III

Henry VIII had Margret Pole executed, it such a brutal execution it went on for quite a while before it was over.

It was the morning of 27th May 1541 that she was informed that she would be executed within an hour.

Margaret had and continued to proclaim her innocence and that she had been wrongly judged.

Perhaps the truth is that Henry was determined to destroy any threats to his power and in a state of paranoia this even extended to Margaret. It could be suggested that she might have been in closer control of her sons but this would seem somewhat unfair.

Margaret was living in an age of massive religious turmoil, as a result of the changes to the Church in England, and in which politics and personal belief were mixing with deadly consequences.

The following inscription was found in Margaret’s cell:

‘For traitors on the block should die;

I am no traitor, no, not I!

My faithfulness stands fast and so,

towards the block I shall not go!

Nor make one step, as you shall see;

Christ in Thy Mercy, save Thou me!’

Margaret was spared the humiliation of a public execution and instead was put to death inside The Tower war precinct in front of a number of witnesses.

The execution itself was apparently somewhat botched, the executioner being described as a ‘blundering youth’ who ‘hacked her head and shoulders to pieces’.

Margaret was buried in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula with The Tower itself – also the resting place of Anne Bolyn, Catherine Howard, Lady Jane Gray and Thomas Cromwell.

So in summary the executioner was incompetent. This was why Henry hired a French swordsman to behead Anne. The executions of Mary Queen of Scots and Thomas Cromwell were also gruesome events with incompetent headsmen.

Thomas Patmore, George Lee and William Thompson - a triple hanging at Newgate.

On Tuesday the 25th of September 1821 these three men were executed outside the Debtor’s Door at Newgate. Thomas Patmore had been convicted of “cutting and maiming” with intent to kill General William Eden. George Lee had been condemned for uttering four forged £5 notes and William Thompson was to die for highway robbery.

40 year old Patmore was tried at the July Sessions of the Old Bailey before Mr. Justice Burrough, on a charge of “that on the 14th of June, at St. George, Hanover-square, in and upon William Eden, a subject of our Lord the King, feloniously, wilfully, unlawfully, and maliciously, did make an assault, and with a certain sharp instrument, did strike, stab, and cut the said William Eden, in and upon his right side, with intent, in so doing, feloniously, &c. and of his malice aforethought, to kill and murder him”.

Patmore had been a servant in the General’s household for some eight and a half years. His wife also worked there and Patmore accused the General of seducing her. William Eden had been stabbed three times but survived and was able to testify at Patmore’s trial.

William Thompson, age 17, was indicted before Mr. Common Sergeant for feloniously assaulting Joseph William Trust, “on the 10th of July, on the King's Highway, at St. Boltolph without Bishopsgate, putting him in fear, and taking from his person, and against his will, one watch-chain, value 4 l. 4 s.; four seals, value 6 l.; one key, value 1 l., and two rings, value 2 l., his property”.

George Lee was indicted before Mr. Common Sergeant, “for that he on the 28th of June, at St. Mary-le-bow, feloniously did dispose of, and put away, a certain forged and counterfeit Bank note, for the payment of 5 l (£5 notes). (No. 10,449, signed W. Whiting), with intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, well knowing it to be forged and counterfeit”. Lee pleaded guilty. Uttering forgeries was a crime that usually resulted on execution at this time.

As early as 6 a.m. crowds began to gather in the Old Bailey. This was the name of the open space in front of Newgate from which the court took its name.

At 7.15 a.m. the Sheriffs arrived within the prison and the “sufferers” were then brought down into the Press Room to be pinioned.

Around 8 a.m. Patmore ascended onto the platform and appeared “remarkably collected”. It was reported that he had been visited by his wife on Monday the 24th of September and implored her to tell him that she had not been unfaithful to him with the General. She would not give him a straight answer. As he waited on the platform he prayed for her and said that he forgave her.

Thompson was brought up next and was described as an ignorant, even stupid youth. The Ordinary, the Rev. Dr. Horace Cotton said that Thompson “had never heard anything about God and he did not wish it”. However he did partake of the Sacrament.

Finally Lee was brought up. He was reportedly of the Jewish faith and had been ministered to by rabbis during the preceding night. There was a problem, James Foxen, the hangman was a Christian and Lee being a Jew could not be touched by a Christian. Thus Foxen was not able to shorten his sufferings.

Patmore and Thompson reportedly suffered a “momentary pang” (of pain) when the drop fell. The bodies were left suspended for the customary hour and during that time four women were allowed onto the platform and rubbed their faces and necks with the hands of Patmore and Thompson. It was believed at this time that doing so would cure wems (skin lesions).

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