page_title: William Pole (died 1587)
section_title: Marriages and children
hierarchical_section_title: William Pole (died 1587) / Marriages and children
caption_attribution_description: English: Effigy of Katherine Popham (d.1588), wife of William Pole (1515-1587), Esquire, Pole Chapel, Colyton Church, Devon
context_page_description: William Pole, Esquire, was a lawyer and speculator in church lands following the Dissolution of the Monasteries who served as MP for Lyme Regis in 1545, Bridport in 1553 and for West Looe in 1559. He acquired lands in East Devon and was the founder of the influential and wealthy Pole family of Shute, Devon. He was the father of the famous Sir William Pole, the antiquary, historian of Devon.
context_section_description: He married  twice and produced children from the second marriage only:
  Firstly to Thomasine Tudboll (d.1556), daughter of John Tudboll (alias Tudbold), a merchant of Lyme Regis and Mayor of Lyme Regis in 1551, and twice a widow, firstly of John Strowbridge (d.1539) of Streat Hayne in the parish of Colyton and secondly of William Beamonte (d.1547), probably a scion of the Beaumont family lords of the manor of Gittisham.
  Secondly, before 1559, to Katherine Popham, (d.1588), daughter of Alexander Popham, MP, of Huntworth, Somerset, and sister of Sir John Popham (d.1607), Lord Chief Justice. By his second wife he had seven children, only two of whom lived beyond childhood,  as is stated on the brass plaque on his monument and on the monument of his wife Katherine Popham, erected by his son the antiquary in the Pole Chapel in Colyton Church:
  Sir William Pole (1561-1635), the antiquary, MP.
  Dorothie Pole, married firstly Thomas Erle of Charbrough, secondly Sir Walter Vaughan.
  Alexander (died young)
  Hugh (died young)
  Richard (died young)
  Arthur (died young)
  Amy (died young)
caption: Effigy of Katherine Popham (d.1588), 2nd wife of William Pole (d.1587), Pole Chapel, Colyton Church
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