Margaret Pole was 67 when Henry VIII her dragged to the scaffold.... On 27 May 1541, they brought her out to. The execution turned into a horror show. The headsman was young and clumsy, and he made a butcher's job of it. It's said Margaret refused to lay her head on the block and that he hacked at her while she moved. True or not... Either way, people remembered it as an ugly, shameful death. © House of Tudor #archaeohistories