Under the reign of Henry VIII on May 27th 1541, at the age of 67, Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury was executed for treason. As part of his ‘Random History’ series, Kevin Hicks explores how and why a frail old lady, Margaret Pole, was executed under the orders of King Henry VIII and explains how her death was, an especially horrific event as the execution went badly wrong. #HenryVIII #MargaretPole #CountessofSalisbury #executed #execution For more Random History videos check out this playlist..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldiZ_TXnGYQ https://historysquad.ca/ If you’d like the channel, you can support us through Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thehistorysquad OTHER LINKS: Website: https://historysquad.ca/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/historysquad Twitter: https://twitter.com/history_hicks