Geoffrey Pole I
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The Ancestry of Sir Richard Pole.
Bletsoe, Charltons, Cheshire, Constable of Haverfordwest, Dafydd Fawr, de la Poles, Despensers, Earl of Pembroke, Earls of Suffolk, Edith St. John, executions, Geoffrey Pole I, Henry IV, Henry V, jousting, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Margaret Beauchamp, Poles of Powys, Pooles of the Wirral, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard II, Sheriff of Glamorgan, Sir John Poole of Cheshire, Sir John St. John, Sir Oliver St. John, Sir Richard Pole, Thomas Stafford, WalesRichard Pole is perhaps most famous for being the husband of Margaret Plantagenet, later Countess of Salisbury. But who was he? His maternal ancestry is relatively straightforward. He was the son of Edith St. John, who was the half-sister of Margaret Beaufort. So that makes him the (half-blood) first cousin of Henry VII. Edith St.…
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A Peterborough mystery
All Souls’ College Oxford, Bishops, Catherine of Aragon, Cheshire, Coventry and Lichfield, David Pole, exile, Geoffrey Pole I, Italy, John Chambers, Mary I, Mary Stuart, Matthew Parker, Nene Valley Railway, North Wales, ODNB, Peterborough, Peterborough Abbey, Peterborough Cathedral, pluralism, Princes of Powys, Queensgate Centre, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Thomas Wolsey, Westminster AbbeyPeterborough is a well-planned city. The walk from station to Cathedral passes through two short subways, with an optional detour to start of the Nene Valley Railway heritage line, to a semi-pedestrianised street with the Cathedral ahead, with a range of shops, restaurants and even a parish church on the approach. The Queensgate Centre includes…
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