The Tudor Society
  • 4 May – Claimant Edmund de la Pole

    In today’s “on this day in Tudor history” video, I mark the anniversary of the execution of Edmund de la Pole by sharing some information about him and his brother, Richard, and what led to Edmund’s demise on the scaffold at Tower Hill.

    What led to Edmund finally being beheaded after nine years of imprisonment and what happened to Richard de la Pole?

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