Poole (Pole) family

Margaret Plantagenet, the last Countess of Salisbury, married Sir Richard Poole, and had four sons and one daughter. Ursula, married Henry Stafford, son of the Duke of Buckingham. The sons were, Henry Pole, created Baron Montague, Sir Arthur, Sir Jeffray, and Reginald Pole who was Dean of Winburne, then made a Cardinal by Pope Paul III., and afterward Archbishop of Canterbury. He was, for his religion, banished from England by King Henry VIII. He went to Rome and became eminent with Pope Paul III., at whose death he was unanimously chosen Pope, as. his successor. This he refused to accept.

Her son, Henry Pole, was made Baron Montague in 1504 by King Henry VII. He married Jane, dau. of Sir George Nevil, lord of Abergeveney. Being connected with a plot to re-instate his brother, Reginald, Cardinal Pole, he was beheaded upon Tower hill in 1538, together with his co-plotters and relatives, Henry Courtney, Marquis of Exeter, and Sir Edward Nevil. Sir Jeffry Pole was concerned in the same plot but gained his pardon by becoming informer. Sir Reginald the Cardinal was chosen to become the husband of Queen Mary (Bloody Mary) to whom he was much attached. He died the 18th November, 1558, on the next day after the death of Queen Mary. The mother, Margaret pole, Countess of Salisbury, now at the age of seventy years, was beheaded by Henry VIII. in the year 1541.

The tragic life of Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, the last Plantagenet

Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, wife of Sir Richard Pole

• A1. Richard Poole;
  • B1. Sir Geoffrey Poole, d:1474, m. Edith St. John;  ==>  St. John family
    • C1. Sir Richard Poole, knight, d:1505, m. Margaret Plantagenet;  ==>  Plantagenet
      • D1. Reginald Poole, Cardinal, lvd:1500/1558;
      • D2. Sir Henry Poole, Lord Montagu, lvd:1492/1539, m. Jane Neville;  ==>  Neville family
        • E1. Katherine Poole, lvd:1508/1576, m. Francis Hastings;  <==  Hastings family