 Abt 1462 - 1504 (~ 42 years)
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| Name |
Pole, Richard |
| Born |
Abt 1462 |
Of Isleworth, Middlesex, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Oct 1504 |
England |
| Person ID |
I05156 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
13 Jun 2015 |
| Father |
Pole, Geoffrey, b. Abt 1420, Of Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, England , bur. 04.01.1478/79, Bisham Priory, Berkshire, England |
| Mother |
St. John, Edith, b. Abt 1432, England , d. Abt 1464, Bisham Priory, Berkshire, England (Age ~ 32 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1460 |
| Family ID |
F00493 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Plantagent, Margaret, b. 14 Aug 1473, Of Farleigh Castle, Somerset, England , bur. 24 May 1541, Tower of London, London, England (Age ~ 67 years) |
| Married |
Nov 1484 |
England |
| Family ID |
F02609 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Sir Richard Pole, the known husband of the ill-fated Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury, was previously married to Alice Langford, widow of John Stradling (died 1471), of Dauntsey, Wiltshire. The evidence for Richard Pole's marriage consists of a Chancery suit [C1/67/36] dated Hilary term, 2 Richard III [January 1484/5] and the grant of the wardship and marriage of Edward Stradling, AliceLangford's son, to Richard Pole, esquire of the body to King Richard III.
A brief abstract of the Chancery suit is found online on the Public
Record Office (PROCAT) and it reads as follows:
Henry Danvers v. Richard Pole: Custody of Edward Stradlyng,
complainant's ward, son of John, son of Edmund Stradlyng.: London.
A full transcript of the suit is published in an appendix in the book,
Memorials of the Danvers Family, by F.N. Macnamara, pp. 300-302.
Richard Pole gave the following reply to Henry Danvers' complaint:
"The said Ric. Pole says that Henry Danvers ought not to maintain his
action because the said Edmund Stradlyng was seised of the manor of
Merden in co. Wilts in his demesne as of fee which he held of Thomas
Langford by fealty & the yearly rent of 1 rose. After the death of
the said Edmund the said manor descended to the said Edward as his
kinsman & heir, son of John, son of Edmund, then being a minor, by
virtue whereof Alice Stradlyng his mother took him into her custody,
and she then married the said Richard Pole by pretext whereof they
were possessed of the custody of the body of the said Edward until the
said Henry Danvers took him away. Afterwards the said Richard in
right of his said wife took the said Edward out of the possession of
the said Henry Danvers as it was lawful for him to do."
Richard Pole's answer specifically states that he married Alice, the widow of John Stradling, which Alice was the mother of the minor boy, Edward Stradling. It is uncertain when the marriage between Richard and Alice took place. However, we know from other evidence that Alice's 1st husband, John Stradling, died in 1471, and that she and Richard Pole were married sometime before Richard Pole abducted her son, Edward Stradling, from Henry Danvers in 1473.
The second piece of evidence in this matter consists of Richard Pole's acquistion of the wardship and marriage of his step-son, Edward Stradling, which were granted to him by King Richard III on 11 July 1484 [Reference: Macnamara, pg. 242, footnote, citing Harleian MS.433, pp. 181]. Here the identity of Richard Pole is made plain as he is styled "one of the squires of the King's body" in this grant.
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