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Pole, Edmund de la (1471 - 1513)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1471 (possibly born 1472)
Death Date: 1513-05-04 (beheaded)

Notes

Ward of the King 1492; came of age 1493. Indicted and pardoned for murder of Thomas Crue of London 1498; left England without leave 1 July 1499 (returned after Sept. 1499) and Aug. 1501; outlawed 26 Dec. 1502; attainted and all honours forfeited as potential rebel and claimane to the English throne Jan. 1503/4; imprisoned on the Continent 1504; transferred to the Tower 24 April 1506

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Siblings

Primary Title

  • 10th Earl of Suffolk

Titles

  • 3rd Duke of Suffolk
    Assumed: 1492
    Vacated: 1492/3-02-26 (date surrendered title)
  • 10th Earl of Suffolk
    Assumed: 1492/3-02-26
    Vacated: 1503/4-01 (date attainted)
  • Knight of the Bath
    Assumed: 1483-07-04
    Vacated: 1503/4-01
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1499-04
    Vacated: 1503/4-01

General Lands Note

Lands settled by father on elder brother John, Earl of Lincoln, forfeited to Crown upon his attainder 1487, and were not inherited by Edmund

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Rutland 1492 Possible held this office
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Rutland 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1493
JP, Buckinghamshire 1493
JP, Staffordshire 1493
JP, Huntingdonshire 1493
JP, Leicestershire 1493
JP, Lincolnshire 1493 1501
JP, Northamptonshire 1493
JP, Nottinghamshire 1493
JP, Oxfordshire 1493
JP, Warwickshire 1493
JP, Hertfordshire 1493
JP, Worcestershire 1493
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1493
JP, Derbyshire 1493
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1493
JP, Cambridgeshire 1493
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1494 1495
JP, Suffolk 1494 1501
JP, Norfolk 1494 1501
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bedfordshire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1497

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Ewelme, Oxfordshire

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Lincolnshire
  • London (city-county)
  • Norfolk
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Somerset
  • Suffolk
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Suffolk's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Suffolk's Minstrel Pole, Edmund de la (1471 - 1513) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914--16
  • 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
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.