Henry Poole (died 1580)

Henry Poole (by 1526 – 1580) was an English politician.

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Wootton Bassett during October 1553.[1]

He was a younger son of Leonard Poole of Sapperton, Gloucestershire and his wife Catherine, daughter of Sir Gyles Brydges of Coberley, Gloucestershire.[1] By 1549 he was a gentleman pensioner to Edward VI.[1] In 1553 he supported Queen Mary.[2] He owed his seat in the 1553 parliament to his uncle John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos, the patron of Wotton Bassett.[3]

He married Margaret Nevill, daughter of George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny[1] and widow of John Cheyney (d. 1544),[4] with whom he had six sons.[1] By the 1570s the couple had settled at Ditchling, Sussex, one of the manors held by the Nevilles and presumably settled on Margaret as part of the marriage agreement.[5] He also held land at Keymer, Sussex.[1] In 1576 the park at Ditchling was settled on Margaret and her sons John and Francis for life by her brother, Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny.[5]

He died at Ditchling on 28th March 1580, where a monument was erected to him according to the instructions in his will in St Margaret's church.[6] In his will he left property in Somerset and Blackfriars, London in addition to his Sussex estate.[1] Shortly after his death two of his sons were part of a gang suspected of robbery.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "POOLE, Henry I (by 1526-80), of Ditchling, Suss". Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. ^ Tighe, William J. (1987). "The Gentlemen Pensioners, the Duke of Northumberland, and the Attempted Coup of July 1553". Albion. 19: 5.
  3. ^ "History of Parliament, 1509-1558:Wotton Bassett"..
  4. ^ Cass, Frederick Charles (1877). South Mimms. p. 101.
  5. ^ a b "VCH Sussex, volume 7:Ditchling". Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  6. ^ Horsfield, Thomas Walker (1827). The History and Antiquities of Lewes and Its Vicinity. Vol. 2. p. 83.
  7. ^ "Surrey History Centre, 6729/13/31". Retrieved 17 January 2024.