Biography of Geoffrey Pole 1501-1558

Paternal Family Tree: De La Pole

Maternal Family Tree: María González Henestrosa Lady Villagera 1356

Around 1491 [his father] Richard Pole [aged 29] and [his mother] Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George York 1st Duke of Clarence and [his grandmother] Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence.

In or before 1501 Geoffrey Pole was born to Richard Pole [aged 38] and Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury [aged 27]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 15th January 1504 [his father] Richard Pole [aged 42] died.

In May 1510 [his brother] Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu [aged 18] and [his sister-in-law] Jane Neville Baroness Montagu [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Baroness Montagu. He the son of [his father] Richard Pole and [his mother] Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury [aged 36]. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1512 [his mother] Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury [aged 38] was created 1st Countess Salisbury. Arguably a restoration of her [his uncle] brother's title, or her [his grandfather] father's Earldom.

On 12th October 1514 [his brother] Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu [aged 22] was created 1st Baron Montagu.

Before 9th July 1528 Geoffrey Pole [aged 27] and Constance Pakenham [aged 30] were married. He the son of Richard Pole and Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury [aged 54].

Around 1530 [his daughter] Catherine Pole was born to Geoffrey Pole [aged 29] and [his wife] Constance Pakenham [aged 32]. She married 1558 Anthony Fortescue.

In 1531 [his son] Arthur Pole of Lordington in Sussex was born to Geoffrey Pole [aged 30] and [his wife] Constance Pakenham [aged 33]. He married 15th September 1562 his fourth cousin once removed Mary Holland.

The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy

The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.

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In 1537 [his brother] Cardinal Reginald Pole [aged 36] was appointed Cardinal.

In 1538 Robert Cheeseman [aged 53] was on the Grand Jury at the trials of Geoffrey Pole [aged 37].

Exeter Conspiracy

In August 1538 Geoffrey Pole [aged 37] was arrested. He had been corresponding with Cardinal Reginald Pole [aged 38]. The investigation of Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter [aged 42] had turned up his name; he had appealed to Thomas Cromwell, who had him arrested and interrogated. Under interrogation, Geoffrey said that his eldest brother Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu [aged 46], and Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter had been party to his correspondence with Cardinal Reginald Pole.

In January 1539 Geoffrey Pole [aged 38] was, somewhat surprisingly given the executions of the rest of his family, pardoned.

Chronicle of Edward Hall [1496-1548]. 9th December 1538. ... and the ninth day of Januarie¹, were the said two lords [Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter [aged 42] and [his brother] Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu [aged 46]] and Sir Edward Neville [aged 67] beheaded at the Tower Hill, and the two priests and Holande were drawnn to Tyburn, and there hanged and quartered, and Sir Geoffrey Pole [aged 37] was pardoned.

Note 1. Proably a mistake for December 1538.

Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. 9th December 1538. Allso, the 9th day of December,^c beinge Mondaye, Doctor Croft, Chauncellor of Chichester, my Lord Montagues chaplaine, and Holland, were drawne from the Towre of London to Tyburne, and there hanged and quartered, their heades sett on London Bridge, and theyr quarters on divers gates about London; and, incontinent after the shrives had brought the sayd persons to Newegate, the Kinges shrive, which was Mr. Wilkinson, mercer, returned backe againe to the Tower Hill, and there see execution done on the Lord Marques of Exceter [aged 42], the [his brother] Lord Montague [aged 46], and Sir Edward Nevill [aged 67] which three persons were there beheaded, and theyr heds and bodyes were buryed in the chappell within lower London, and Sir Jeffrey Poole [aged 37] had his pardon given him after Christmas by the Kinge.

Note c. Other authorities have 9th January, 1539. See Hall and Stow.

Chronicle of Edward Hall [1496-1548]. 3rd November 1538. The third day of November were Henry Marquess of Exeter and Earl of Devonshire [aged 42] and Sir Henry Pole knight and Lord Montague [aged 46] and Sir Edward Neville [aged 67] brother to the Lord Bergavenny sent to the Tower which three were accused by Sir Geoffrey Pole [aged 37] brother to the Lord Montague, of high treason, and the two lords were arraigned the last day of December, at Westminster before the Lord Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor, and then the High Steward of England, and there found guilty, likewise on the third day after was arraigned Sir Edward Neville, Sir Geoffrey Pole and two priests called Croftes and Collins, and one Holande a mariner and all attainted,

Around 1540 [his daughter] Ann Pole was born to Geoffrey Pole [aged 39] and [his wife] Constance Pakenham [aged 42]. She married 6th October 1553 Thomas Hildersham and had issue.

In 1541 [his son] Edmund Pole of Lordington in Sussex was born to Geoffrey Pole [aged 40] and [his wife] Constance Pakenham [aged 43].

27 May 1541 Execution of Margaret Pole

On 27th May 1541, after some two and a half years of imprisonment, [his mother] Margaret Pole Countess Salsbury [aged 67] was executed at Tower Green, Tower of London [Map] for her role in the Exeter Conspiracy.

In 1546 [his son] Geoffrey Pole of Lordington in Sussex was born to Geoffrey Pole [aged 45] and [his wife] Constance Pakenham [aged 48].

On 6th October 1553 [his son-in-law] Thomas Hildersham and [his daughter] Ann Pole [aged 13] were married.

Around 1558 [his son-in-law] Anthony Fortescue [aged 23] and [his daughter] Catherine Pole [aged 28] were married.

In November 1558 Geoffrey Pole [aged 57] died. He was buried at Stourton Church Stourton, Leicestershire.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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In 1570 [his former wife] Constance Pakenham [aged 72] died.

Ancestors of Geoffrey Pole 1501-1558

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pole

Great x 3 Grandfather: Michael de la Pole 1st Earl Suffolk

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Norwich

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Pole

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wingfield

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Wingfield Countess Suffolk

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Pole

GrandFather: Geoffrey Pole

Father: Richard Pole 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John

Great x 3 Grandfather: Oliver St John

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Paveley

Great x 2 Grandfather: John St John

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Barre

Great x 1 Grandfather: Oliver St John

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Paulett

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Paulet

GrandMother: Edith St John 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Beauchamp 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Clopton Baroness Beauchamp

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stourton 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stourton 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Edith Stourton Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Geoffrey Pole 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward III of England Son of King Edward II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter "Cruel" I King Castile 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella of Castile Duchess York 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Padilla

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Mortimer 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

GrandFather: George York 1st Duke of Clarence 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Idonia Clifford Baroness Percy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward III of England Son of King Edward II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles "Payne" Roet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster

Mother: Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

GrandMother: Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Percy Baroness Ferrers Groby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Despencer 1st Baron Despencer, Baron Burghesh 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Burghesh 3rd Baron Burghesh 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance York Countess Gloucester Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Castile Duchess York 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Biography of Geoffrey Pole 1501-1558

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Royal Ancestors of Geoffrey Pole 1501-1558

Ancestors of Geoffrey Pole 1501-1558