See his FAG site #49520293 ...... CARDINAL REGINALD POLE He was the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, during the Counter Reformation or Catholic Reformation, serving in office from March 1556 until his death. He was born the 3rd son of Sir Richard Pole and Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury and last descendant of the House of Plantagenet (the former English royal dynasty), and was a grandnephew of English Kings Edward IV and Richard III, and a great-grandson of Richard neville, 16th Earl of warwick. In failing health during the last years of his life, he died during an influenza epidemic less tan 24 hours after the death of Queen Mary (her chief minister and adviser). In Season 3 of television Showtime series "The Tudors",, he is portrayed by actor mark Hildreth. He is a major character in Alison macLeod's historical novel "The Trusted Servant" (1972) and is a character in Lucy Beckett's historical novel "The Time Before You Die - A Novel of the Reformation" (1999) and is also a major character in peter Wlker's novel, "The Courier's Tale" (2010).