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Henry Poole (died 1580)Henry Poole (by 1526 – 1580) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Wootton Bassett during October 1553.[1] He was a younger son of Leonard Poole of Sapperton, Gloucestershire and his wife Catherine, daughter of Sir Gyles Brydges of Coberley, Gloucestershire.[1] By 1549 he was a gentleman pensioner to Edward VI.[1] In 1553 he supported Queen Mary.[2] He owed his seat in the 1553 parliament to his uncle John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos, the patron of Wotton Bassett.[3] He married Margaret Nevill, daughter of George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny[1] and widow of John Cheyney (d. 1544),[4] with whom he had six sons.[1] By the 1570s the couple had settled at Ditchling, Sussex, one of the manors held by the Nevilles and presumably settled on Margaret as part of the marriage agreement.[5] He also held land at Keymer, Sussex.[1] In 1576 the park at Ditchling was settled on Margaret and her sons John and Francis for life by her brother, Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny.[5] He died at Ditchling on 28th March 1580, where a monument was erected to him according to the instructions in his will in St Margaret's church.[6] In his will he left property in Somerset and Blackfriars, London in addition to his Sussex estate.[1] Shortly after his death two of his sons were part of a gang suspected of robbery.[7] References
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