Family and Education
b. 1544, s. of John Poley of Badley by Anne, da. of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Lord Wentworth of Nettlestead. educ. G. Inn 1563, called 1574. m. (1) Catherine, da. of Francis Seckford and sis. of Charles Seckford of Great Bealings, 1da.; (2) Alice, da. of Philip Cockran of Hampstead, Mdx., wid. of Richard Kemp, s.p. suc. fa. 1590.
Offices Held
J.p.q. Suff. from 1584; recorder, Thetford from 1586; Lent reader, G. Inn from 1586, treasurer 1591, dean of chapel 1595, double reader 1595.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Badley, Suff.
Notes
OR gives the first name of the Bodmin MP as Edward, but the Crown Office lists C193/32/8-10 have Edmund. For Knaresborough in 1584. Add. 38823 has William Poley of Gray’s Inn. No real life William Poley of Gray’s Inn has been found, and the William is assumed to be an error for Edmund, Clitheroe in 1586 has Edmund Poley of Gray’s Inn.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
POLEY, Edmund (1544-1613)
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Oxford 1644
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