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b. c. 1589, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir William Pole† of Colcombe Castle and his 1st w. Mary, da. and coh. of Sir William Peryam†, c. bar. Exch.W. Pole, Collections Towards a Description of Devon (1791), xiii; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 603. educ. I. Temple 1606. I. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 5 Jan. 1614, Elizabeth (bur. 30 Apr. 1628), da. and coh. of Roger Howe of London, Mercer, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.); Vivian, 603; Reg. of Colyton, Devon ed. A.J.P. Skinner (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc., 1928), ii. 626; PROB 11/108, f. 291. (2) Mary, da. of Francis Everdon of Staffs. and wid. of William Leachland (admon. 4 Jan. 1647) of Bromley-by-Bow, s.p. Vivian, 603; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 54; PROB 11/199, f. 62v. cr. bt. 12 Sept. 1628; CB. suc. fa. 1636. Pole, p. xiii. d. 16 Apr. 1658. Vivian, 603.
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Freeman, Lyme Regis, Dorset 1617; Dorset RO, DC/LR/B/6/11, p. 12. commr. sewers, Devon 1627, 1634, C181/3, f. 217v; 181/4, f. 163v. j.p. 1627 – 43, 1646–53; C231/4, f. 237; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 11; M. Wolffe, Gentry Leaders in Peace and War, 220; S.K. Roberts, ‘Devon JPs, 1643–60’, in Devon Docs. ed. T. Gray (Devon and Cornw. N and Q spec. iss. 1996), pp. 160–2. commr. swans, W. Country 1629, piracy, Devon 1630, 1637–9; C181/4, ff. 2, 52v; 181/5, ff. 84, 132v. lt.-col. militia ft. Devon by 1633; T. Westcote, View of Devonshire, 72. commr. incorporation of maltsters, Devon 1636, PC2/46, p. 374. hard soap, W. Country 1638; C181/5, ff. 92, 102v. sheriff, Devon 1638–9, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 37. dep. lt. by 1639-at least 1642, CSP Dom. 1639, p. 21; Wolffe, 151. commr. assessment 1641 – 43, 1647–9, SR, v. 61, 83, 150; A. and O. i. 90, 963, 1080; ii. 32, 296. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH 133. sequestration 1643, levying of money 1643. A. and O. i. 111, 147, 228.

Member, Dorchester New Eng. Co. 1624. F.R. Troup, John White, 458.

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POLE, John (c.1589-1658), of Shute, Devon; later of Colcombe Castle, Colyton, Devon and Bromley-by-Bow, Mdx.
Main residences: Shute, Devon; Colcombe Castle, Colyton, Devon; Bromley-by-Bow, Mdx.
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Commons 1604-1629
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POLE, John (c.1589-1658)

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