Family and Education
bap. 6 Nov. 1603, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir William Poley* of Boxted, and Anne, da. of Sir Robert Jermyn† of Rushbrooke, Suff.; bro. of Robert*.Vis. Suff. ed. Howard, i. 296-7. educ. Pembroke, Camb. 1619, BA 1623, MA 1626.Al. Cant. m. 24 Apr. 1653, Catharine (d. 2 Aug. 1670), da. and coh. of Jasper Despotine, physician, of Bury St. Edmunds, 3s. 1da. Vis. Suff. i. 296-7. Kntd. 26 Nov. 1660. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 232. d. 9 Nov. 1664. sig. John Poley.
Offices Held
Fell., Pembroke Coll., Camb. 1624 – 44; proctor, Camb. Univ. 1642–3.
Member, embassy of 1st earl of Carlisle and Sir Thomas Roe* to the Low Countries, Germany, Lorraine and Savoy, 1628 – 29; Roe’s embassy to the Baltic, 1629–30.
Gent. usher of the privy chamber, Prince Charles’s Household 1638 – 49, king’s Household 1649 – 52, 1660–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Boxted, Suff.; Pembroke Coll., Cambridge, Cambs.; Bury St. Edmunds, Suff.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title
POLEY, John (1603-1664)
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