POLE, Sir Walter de la (1371-1434), of Dernford in Sawston, Cambs.

Family and Education

b. Nov. 1371,H.A. Napier, Swyncombe and Ewelme, 291. s. and h. of Sir Edmund de la Pole by his 2nd w.; nephew of Michael, 1st earl of Suffolk. m. (1) bef. Nov. 1387, Elizabeth (19 Oct. 1373-5 Jan. 1428), da. and h. of Thomas Bradestone of Bradestone in Berkeley, Glos. by Ella (d.1410), da. of Sir John St. Loe, 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) between Jan. and May. 1428, Margaret (d.1472/3), da. of Sir John Heveningham. Kntd. between Nov. 1387 and Aug. 1389.

Offices Held

Constable of Ire. 10 June 1407-c. Mar. 1413.Rot. Pat. et Claus. Hib. ed. Tresham, 185.

Commr. of inquiry, Cambs. July 1413, July 1422, June 1423 (repairs to the great bridge at Cambridge), May 1415 (counterfeiting), Dec. 1420 (concealments); array Mar. 1419; to raise royal loans Nov. 1419; determine an appeal from the admiral’s ct. Dec. 1423; of oyer and terminer, Cambs. Nov. 1429; to assess liability to contribute to a tax Apr. 1431.

J.p. Cambridge 18 May 1414 – Oct. 1415, Cambs. 24 Feb. 1419 – July 1423, 12 Feb. 1425–9, Dec. 1431 – d.

Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 10 Nov. 1417 – 4 Nov. 1418, 13 Nov. 1423 – 6 Nov. 1424, 4 Nov. 1428–10 Feb. 1430.

Envoy to Wladislas II, king of Poland, and the High Master of the Order of Teutonic Knights 19 June – 26 Sept. 1419, to Emperor Sigismund 24 July – 10 Nov. 1421, to the bps. of Treves, Cologne and Mayence, Ludwig, elector of Bavaria, Henry, duke of Bavaria, and Emperor Sigismund 3 Mar. – 25 Sept. 1422, to Alphonso V, king of Aragon, and Pope Martin V 20 July 1425 – 24 Feb. 1426, to the duke of Brittany 10- 24 May 1432, and to treat with Breton ambassadors 24 Mar. 1433.

Parlimentarian

POLE, Sir Walter de la

Main residence: Dernford in Sawston, Cambs.

Author

J.S.R.

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

POLE, Sir Walter de la (1371-1434)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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