Margaret Pole: no, not that I recall. But we hear that son Geoffrey is "a vile, unstable man" and son Reginald in Italy is a superstitious ignoramus who really literally believes Cromwell is the devil. No sympathy for that family from Hilary Mantel. :)

My interpretation was that Cromwell doesn't give a damn about the snobbish courtiers who look down on him, but does crave the requital of the respect he pays to heavyweights like Wolsey and More.

I completely see what you mean, and agree that's what they're probably going for, but that still leaves me with the problem that More here isn't a heavyweight in the sense of being shown doing anything impressive. Well, arguably in this last episode the non-signing because of his principles, but other than that, we only see him condemming heresy, torturing heretics and on the one social occasion the show depicts being mean to his wife. (BTW, the book isn't better in this regard, because it does a tell not show, i.e. we're told Thomas More is a Europe-wide famous scholar and wit, but in actual scenes he's solely, as a reviewer put it, Torquemada-on-the-Thames, so one is also left with the puzzle of why Cromwell should care what More thinks of him.

Lily Lesser: oh, I hadn't known! And yes, too young for Meg Roper. (BTW: the one thing Wolf Hall has in common with A man for all seasons is that Meg gets to be the only More daughter. Poor Cecily, Elizabeth and other Margaret (the adopted one) are condemned to non-screen life, as is son John. (Though WH does let Cromwell mention several kids in dialogue, at least.)