Reginald POLE

Reginald POLE

Male 1500 - 1558  (58 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Reginald POLE was born in Mar 1500 (son of Sir Richard POLE and Margaret PLANTAGENET); died on 17 Nov 1558.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: - Charterhouse, Sheen - Magdalen College Oxford
    • Occupation / Profession: - Dean of Wimborne Minster - Prebendary of Salisbury
    • Academic degree: 1515; Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Magdalen College Oxford
    • Occupation / Profession: 1527; Dean of Exeter
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1532 to 1535; Vicar of Piddletown, Dorset
    • Occupation / Profession: Dec 1536; Cardinal
    • Occupation / Profession: Feb 1536/7; Papal Legate to England (also in 1553-57)
    • Event: 1539; Attainted in absentia
    • Occupation / Profession: 1549; Appointed by Pope Paul III as Abbot of Gavello or Canalnuovo
    • Event: 1554; Attainder reversed
    • Occupation / Profession: 1555; Archbishop of Canterbury
    • Occupation / Profession: 1555/6; Chancellor of Cambridge
    • Occupation / Profession: 1556; Chancellor of Cambridge and Oxford
    • Occupation / Profession: 20 Mar 1555/6; Ordained priest

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died without issue.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sir Richard POLE was born in 1462 (son of Sir Geoffrey POLE and Edith ST. JOHN); died in Oct 1504.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Honor: Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG)

    Richard married Margaret PLANTAGENET between 1491 and 1492. Margaret (daughter of George, 1st Duke of Clarence and Isabel NEVILLE) was born in Aug 1473; died on 28 May 1541. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margaret PLANTAGENET was born in Aug 1473 (daughter of George, 1st Duke of Clarence and Isabel NEVILLE); died on 28 May 1541.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Margaret Pole
    • Occupation / Profession: 1509; Lady of the Chamber to Catherine of Aragon
    • Title: 1513; Countess of Salisbury
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1520 to 1533; Governess to Princess Mary (later Queen Mary I)
    • Event: Between 20 Mar 1539 and 20 May 1539; Was imprisoned in the Tower of London.
    • Event: 12 May 1539; Attainted (whereupon her honours were forfeited).

    Notes:

    Title:
    Declared by Parliament in her own right.

    Died:
    Executed by beheading.

    Children:
    1. Sir Arthur POLE was born in Date of birth unknown; died after 10 May 1527.
    2. Henry POLE, 1st Baron Montagu was born about 1492; died on 9 Jan 1538/9.
    3. 1. Reginald POLE was born in Mar 1500; died on 17 Nov 1558.
    4. Sir Geoffrey POLE was born about 1502; died in Nov 1558.
    5. Ursula POLE was born about 1504; died on 12 Aug 1570.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sir Geoffrey POLE

    Geoffrey + Edith ST. JOHN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Edith ST. JOHN

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Edith Pole

    Children:
    1. 2. Sir Richard POLE was born in 1462; died in Oct 1504.

  3. 6.  George, 1st Duke of Clarence was born on 21 Oct 1449 (son of Richard PLANTAGENET, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily NEVILLE); died on 18 Feb 1478 in Tower of London, London, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also known as: George of York, George Plantagenet
    • Event: Initially joined his father-in-law Warwick in the attempt to restore Henry VI and depose his brother Edward IV but deserted the former for the latter at the Battle of Barnet and helped defeat Warwick.
    • Honor: Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG)
    • Title: 25 Mar 1471/2; Earl of Warwick, Earl of Salisbury
    • Event: 8 Feb 1477/8; Found guilty of high treason and attainted, whereupon all his titles were forfeited.

    Notes:

    Title:
    As a consequence of his marriage.

    Died:
    Executed secretly.

    George married Isabel NEVILLE on 11 Jul 1469. Isabel (daughter of Richard NEVILLE, 16th Earl of Warwick and Anne BEAUCHAMP, 16th Countess of Warwick) was born on 5 Sep 1451; died on 22 Dec 1476. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Isabel NEVILLE was born on 5 Sep 1451 (daughter of Richard NEVILLE, 16th Earl of Warwick and Anne BEAUCHAMP, 16th Countess of Warwick); died on 22 Dec 1476.
    Children:
    1. Xx PLANTAGENET
    2. 3. Margaret PLANTAGENET was born in Aug 1473; died on 28 May 1541.
    3. Edward PLANTAGENET, 17th Earl of Warwick was born between 21 Feb 1474/5 and 25 Feb 1474/5; died on 28 Nov 1499.
    4. Richard OF CLARENCE was born on 5 Oct 1476; died on 1 Jan 1477.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Richard PLANTAGENET, 3rd Duke of York was born on 21 Sep 1411; died on 30 Dec 1460.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also known as: Richard of York

    Notes:

    Died:
    Killed at the Battle of Wakefield.

    Richard married Cecily NEVILLE about 18 Oct 1424. Cecily (daughter of Ralph NEVILLE, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan BEAUFORT) was born on 3 May 1415; died on 31 May 1495. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Cecily NEVILLE was born on 3 May 1415 (daughter of Ralph NEVILLE, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan BEAUFORT); died on 31 May 1495.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Born as: The Rose of Raby

    Children:
    1. Anne OF YORK was born on 10 Aug 1439 in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England; died on 14 Jan 1476.
    2. Henry OF YORK was born on 10 Feb 1441; died in Date of death unknown.
    3. Edward IV, King of England was born on 28 Apr 1442 in Rouen, Normandy, France; died on 9 Apr 1483 in Westminster, London, England.
    4. Edmund, Earl of Rutland was born on 17 May 1443 in Rouen, Normandy, France; died on 30 Dec 1460 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England.
    5. Elizabeth OF YORK was born on 22 Apr 1444 in Rouen, Normandy, France; died after Jan 1503 in Wingfield Castle, Suffolk, England.
    6. Margaret OF YORK was born on 3 May 1446 in Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England; died on 23 Nov 1503 in Mechelen, Flanders.
    7. William OF YORK was born on 7 Jul 1447; died in Date of death unknown.
    8. John OF YORK was born on 7 Nov 1448; died in Date of death unknown.
    9. 6. George, 1st Duke of Clarence was born on 21 Oct 1449; died on 18 Feb 1478 in Tower of London, London, England.
    10. Thomas OF YORK was born about 1451; died in Date of death unknown.
    11. Richard III, King of England was born on 2 Oct 1452 in Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England; died on 22 Aug 1485 in Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England.
    12. Ursula OF YORK was born on 22 Jul 1455; died in Date of death unknown.

  3. 14.  Richard NEVILLE, 16th Earl of Warwick was born on 22 Nov 1428 (son of Richard NEVILLE, 5th Earl of Salisbury and Alice MONTAGU, 5th Countess of Salisbury); died on 14 Apr 1471.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also known as: The Kingmaker
    • Occupation / Profession: Envoy to negotiate at various times with Brittany, Burgundy, France and Scotland.
    • Event: Succeeded in right of his wife (following her niece Anne's death on 3 Jan 1448/9) to the major part of the vast Warwick estates, including, as well as Abergavenny, Barnard, Cardiff, Elmley, Neath, Warwick and Worcester Castles, also the feudal lordship of Glamorgan.
    • Title: 16th Earl of Warwick, 6th Earl of Salisbury
    • Honor: Bef 6 Aug 1445; Knighted
    • Occupation / Profession: 1446; Joint Warden of Carlisle and West Marches towards Scotland (also in 1453)
    • Title: 23 Jul 1449; Confirmed as Earl of Warwick [England. 1088] with remainder to his wife's heirs with the precedence of Premier Earl enjoyed by her ancestors as Earls of Warwick.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1450; Confirmed as Hereditary Chamberlain of Exchequer in right of his wife.
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1450 to 1470; Hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire
    • Event: 2 Mar 1449/50; He later exchanged the patent of confirmation (23 Jul 1449) for creation as Earl of Warwick and (his wife Anne as) Countess of Warwick, each for life, though with remainder after both their deaths to Anne's heirs of the body, with further remainder, should she have died without issue, to Anne's eldest half-sister Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury and the heirs male of her body, failing which remainder to the heirs general of her body, failing which remainder to the heirs of her father the late Earl of Warwick.
    • Occupation / Profession: Bef 6 Dec 1453; Privy Council (PC)
    • Occupation / Profession: 1455; - Yorkist commander at victory of St. Albans. - Captain of Calais
    • Occupation / Profession: 1458; Naval commander in maritime actions against Spaniards and Hanseatic merchants (from the north German coast) (also in 1459).
    • Event: 20 Nov 1459; Attainted with other Yorkist leaders.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1460; Governor of Chanel Islands
    • Honor: 1460; Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG)
    • Occupation / Profession: 10 Jul 1460; Led Yorkists to victory over Lancastrians at the Battle of Northampton.
    • Event: Oct 1460; Pardoned after he led Yorkists to victory over Lancastrians at the Battle of Northampton (10 Jul 1460) and obtained custody of Henry VI.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1461; Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of Cinque Ports for life.
    • Occupation / Profession: Jan 1460/1; Lord Great Chamberlain
    • Occupation / Profession: Feb 1460/1; Commander of Yorkist army defeated by Lancastrians at 2nd Battle of St. Albans.
    • Occupation / Profession: Mar 1461; Commander of central block of Yorkist army at victory over Lancastrians of Towton.
    • Occupation / Profession: May 1461; Lord Great Chamberlain for life
    • Occupation / Profession: Jul 1461; Warden of East and West Marches towards Scotland.
    • Occupation / Profession: Dec 1461; Lord High Steward of England
    • Occupation / Profession: 1462; Admiral of England
    • Event: 1469; Put down Lancastrian rising in North under his relative Sir Humphrey Neville.
    • Event: Between Sep 1470 and Oct 1470; Having switched support from Edward IV to Henry VI in early 1470 he proclaimed Henry as king.
    • Occupation / Profession: Nov 1470; Joint Lieutenant of the Realm
    • Occupation / Profession: Jan 1470/1; Admiral of England, Ireland and Aquitaine

    Notes:

    Died:
    Killed at the Battle of Barnet, whereupon the earldom of Salisbury reverted to the Crown while the Earldom of Warwick remained vested in his wife according to the dual grant of 1450 (although a separate earldom of Warwick was conferred in 1472 on her son-in-law by patent). Died without male issue.

    Richard + Anne BEAUCHAMP, 16th Countess of Warwick. Anne was born about Sep 1426; died about 20 Sep 1492. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Anne BEAUCHAMP, 16th Countess of Warwick was born about Sep 1426; died about 20 Sep 1492.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Anne Neville

    Children:
    1. 7. Isabel NEVILLE was born on 5 Sep 1451; died on 22 Dec 1476.
    2. Anne NEVILLE was born on 11 Jun 1456; died on 16 Mar 1485.



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