POLE, Geoffrey (1501/5-58), of Lordington, Suss.

b. 1501/5, 4th s. of Sir Richard Pole (d. 20 Dec. 1505) of Ellesborough, Bucks. by Margaret (Countess of Salisbury 1513), da. of George, Duke of Clarence. m. by 1528, Constance, da. and coh. of Sir Edmund Pakenham of Lordington, 5s. 5da. Kntd. aft. 3 Nov. 1529.Date of birth estimated from father’s death and elder brother Reginald’s birth. CIPM Hen. VII, iii. 876; PCC 36 Porch; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 89; DNB.