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Pole, John de la (1442 - 1492)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1442-09-27
Death Date: 1492-05-20 (died between 14 and 20 May 1492)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1450-2-7
    Union ended: 1453-3-24
    Note: Marriage contract 1450; contract dissolved 1453. Margaret never recognized de la Pole as her husband
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1458
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 2 additional daughters

Primary Title

  • 2nd Duke of Suffolk

Titles

  • 2nd Duke of Suffolk
    Assumed: 1450-05-02
    Vacated: 1492-10-27
  • 2nd Marquess of Suffolk
    Assumed: 1450-05-02
    Vacated: 1492-10-27
  • 9th Earl of Suffolk
    Assumed: 1450-05-02
    Vacated: 1492-10-27

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Berkshire 1445 -11 -27 Held jointly
Steward, Buckinghamshire 1445 -11 -27 Held jointly
JP, Norfolk 1460 -3 -16
JP, Suffolk 1460 -3 -16
Constable, Berkshire 1461 -8 -6 1483 -08 -14 Held jointly
Steward, Buckinghamshire 1461 -8 -6 1483 -08 -14 Held jointly
JP, Norfolk 1463 -12 -13 1466
JP, Suffolk 1464 -8 -7 1468
JP, Berkshire 1464 -10 -1
JP, Oxfordshire 1466 -8 -18
JP, Berkshire 1467 -2 -18
JP, Oxfordshire 1468 -2 -17
Commissioner of Array, Norfolk 1469 1472
Commissioner of Array, Oxfordshire 1469 1472
Commissioner of Array, Berkshire 1469 1472
Commissioner of Array, Suffolk 1469 1472
JP, Norfolk 1469 -2 -12 1476
JP, Suffolk 1470 -6 -13 1471
JP, Oxfordshire 1470 -7 -12 1471
JP, Berkshire 1470 -11 -14 1471
JP, Oxfordshire 1471 -2 -21
High Steward, Oxfordshire 1472
JP, Berkshire 1473 -5 -30 1476
JP, Oxfordshire 1473 -12 -3 1476
JP, Suffolk 1473 -9 -11
JP, Suffolk 1475 -11 -10 1476
Lieut, Ireland 1477/8 -3 -10 1478 -07
JP, Berkshire 1478 -4 -14 1483
JP, Norfolk 1478 -5 -4 1483
JP, Oxfordshire 1478 -2 -11 1481
JP, Suffolk 1478 -7 -11 1486
JP, Oxfordshire 1483 -2 -18
Constable, Berkshire 1485 -9 -21 1488/9 -03 -3
JP, Oxfordshire 1485 -12 -12 1486
JP, Norfolk 1485 -1 -31 1487
JP, Berkshire 1485 -9 -20
Steward, Buckinghamshire 1485 -9 -21 1488/9 -03 -3
Commissioner of Array, Norfolk 1487
Commissioner of Array, Suffolk 1487
JP, Oxfordshire 1488 -2 -7
JP, Suffolk 1488 -3 -28 1490
JP, Oxfordshire 1490 -6 -1
JP, Norfolk 1490
JP, Suffolk 1492

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Wingfield, Suffolk

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - King's College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of Suffolk's Performers
Performance - King's College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of Suffolk's Performers
Performance - King's College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of Suffolk's Performers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Suffolk's Performers Pole, John de la (1442 - 1492) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Suffolk's Performers Pole, John de la (1442 - 1492) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Suffolk's Performers Pole, John de la (1442 - 1492) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.