(2 of 2)christchurch - The king was unable to get the son,he prosecuted the 69-year-old Countess for treason (he gave her christchurch).He considered her a threat,through her father,she had a claim to the throne,as the last Plantagenets.She/her family were executed (1541) she was buried in London.Reginald Pole fared better under Queen Mary and became Archbishop of Canterbury, where he was buried. Henry VIII ordered that the 'arms/badges/etc' be defaced in the chantry,nothing else was damaged.(2 of 2)christchurch - The king was unable to get the son,he prosecuted the 69-year-old Countess for treason (he gave her christchurch).He considered her a threat,through her father,she had a claim to the throne,as the last Plantagenets.She/her family were executed (1541) she was buried in London.Reginald Pole fared better under Queen Mary and became Archbishop of Canterbury, where he was buried. Henry VIII ordered that the 'arms/badges/etc' be defaced in the chantry,nothing else was damaged.
(2 of 2)christchurch - The king was unable to get the son,he prosecuted the 69-year-old Countess for treason (he gave her christchurch).He considered her a threat,through her father,she had a claim to the throne,as the last Plantagenets.She/her family were executed (1541) she was buried in London.Reginald Pole fared better under Queen Mary and became Archbishop of Canterbury, where he was buried. Henry VIII ordered that the 'arms/badges/etc' be defaced in the chantry,nothing else was damaged.