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] He owed his seat in the 1553 parliament to his uncle John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos, the patron of Wotton Bassett.[2]

He married Margaret Nevill, daughter of George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny[1] and widow of John Cheyney (d. 1544).[3] By the 1570s the couple had settled at Ditchling, one of the manors held by the Nevilles and presumably settled on Margaret as part of the marriage agreement.[4] 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.[4]

He died at Ditchling on 28th March 1580, where a monument was erected to him in St Margaret's church.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "POOLE, Henry I (by 1526-80), of Ditchling, Suss". Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "History of Parliament, 1509-1558:Wotton Bassett"..
  3. ↑ Cass, Frederick Charles (1877). South Mimms. p. 101.
  4. 1 2 "VCH Sussex, volume 7:Ditchling". Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  5. ↑ Horsfield, Thomas Walker (1827). The History and Antiquities of Lewes and Its Vicinity. Vol. 2. p. 83.


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