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b. c.1337, 3rd s. of Sir William de la Pole (d.1366), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks. by his w. Katherine (d.1382); yr. bro. of Michael de la Pole and 1st earl of Suffolk (c.1330-1389). m. (1) bef. Feb. 1358, Elizabeth (5 June 1339-c.1369), 2nd da. of Sir Richard Handlo (d.1343) of Hadlow, Kent, and Boarstall castle by Isabel, da. of Amauri, Lord St. Amand, and sis. and coh. of Edmund Handlo (d.1355), 2da.; (2) between July 1369 and Jan. 1371, Maud (d. 9 May 1393), da. of John Lovet of Liscombe, Bucks., wid. of Sir Andrew Sackville (d.1369) of Emmington, Oxon. and Buckhurst, Suss., 1s. Sir Walter, 1da. Kntd. bef. Feb. 1358.
Offices Held

Commr. of array, Beds. Apr., July 1377, Cambs. Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403; inquiry, Oxon. Feb. 1380 (possessions of St. Frideswide’s priory), Cambs. Apr. 1383, Feb. 1398 (repairs to the great bridge at Cambridge), May 1392, Jan. 1393 (de Vere estates), Cambs., Essex, Norf., Suff. Sept. 1397 (forfeited goods), Cambs. Mar. 1401 (poaching on Crown lands); to put down rebellion Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; survey Calais Mar. 1386; muster garrisons Apr. 1386;Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ed. Carte, ii. 151–2. make proclamation of Henry IV’s intention to govern well, Cambs. May 1402.

Tax surveyor, Bucks. Aug. 1379; collector, Cambs. Mar. 1404.

Capt. of Calais castle and controller of the town 23 Jan. 1384-c. May 1388.Ibid. ii. 145; E101/183/12.

Envoy to treat for peace with France 4 Mar. 1385, to negotiate a truce with Duke Philip of Burgundy and the Flemish towns 20 May 1388.Foedera ed. Rymer (orig. edn.), vii. 466, 582.

Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 15 Nov. 1389–7 Nov. 1390.

J.p. Cambs. 24 Dec. 1390 – Nov. 1417.

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POLE, Sir Edmund de la (c.1337-1419), of Boarstall castle, Bucks. and Dernford in Sawston, Cambs.
Main residences: Boarstall castle, Bucks.; Dernford in Sawston, Cambs.
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L.S.W.
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Commons 1386-1421
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POLE, Sir Edmund de la (c.1337-1419)

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