Margaret Pole (Countess of Salisbury)

Proud and defiant, but with an undercurrent of wariness. She knows the danger of her family’s loyalty but refuses to show fear, channeling her anxiety into silent contempt for Cromwell’s low birth.

Coldly contemptuous—her emotions are controlled, but her disdain for Cromwell’s low birth is evident. There’s a quiet fury beneath her composure, a sense that she views his accusations as beneath her dignity to address.

Coldly contemptuous, her disdain for Cromwell barely concealed. She does not need to speak to convey her message: that his commoner status is beneath her notice, and that her bloodline grants her a legitimacy he can never possess. There is a quiet fury beneath her composure, the anger of a woman who knows her family’s survival is at stake but refuses to beg.

Not directly observable, but implied to be anxious or resentful given their exclusion and the court’s distrust.

Not directly observable, but implied to be resolute in her opposition to Anne Boleyn and committed to the faction’s goals.

Not directly observable, but implied to be steadfast in her Catholic beliefs and resistant to the king’s reforms.

Cold contempt, her silence more damning than any words. She embodies the aristocracy’s disapproval of Cromwell’s methods.