Michael (Pole) de la Pole (1331 - 1389)

Born 1331 in Hull, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Wingfield) de la Pole — married 18 Oct 1361 in Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died 5 Sep 1389 at about age 58 in Paris, Île-de-France, France

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Biography

Michael de la Pole, "1st Earl of Suffolk, Lord de la Pole, Admiral of the Northern Fleet, Joint Governor to King Richard II, Lord Chancellor of England, Keeper of the Great Seal"^[1]
- Baron de la Pole (1366–1388)^[2]
- Lord Chancellor (1383–1386)^[2]
- Earl of Suffolk (1385–1388)^[2]

Michael was born about 1330.^[2][3] He married Katherine Wingfield, daughter and heiress of John Wingfield, Knt.^[1]

Children^[4]

• Michael de la Pole, Knt., 2nd Earl of Suffolk, 2nd Lord de la Pole - born in or before 1367, married Katherine Stafford about 13 April 1383, died at the Siege of Harfleur 18 September 1415^[1]
• Richard de la Pole (c1367-1402), died without issue^[5]
• Lady Anne de la Pole (born c1373) - married (1) Gerard de Lisle,^[5] 1st son and heir apparent of Warin [de Lisle], 2nd Lord Lisle,^{[citation needed]} (2) Robert Thorley,^[5] of Tybeste, co. Cornwall; died 30 March 1412^{[citation needed]}

Michael, of Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding, Yorkshire,^[4] was an English financier^[2] and was made the 1st Earl of Suffolk on 6 August 1385.^{[citation needed]}

In 1388, he was succeeded as Earl of Suffolk and Baron de la Pole by his son Michael.^[2]

He died in Paris on 5 September 1389 ("Paris, Seine, France")^{[citation needed]} and was buried at the Carthusian Church, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England.^[4]

Research Notes

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Life

He was the oldest son of Sir William de la Pole of Hull (d. 1366) and Catherine Norwich, daughter of Sir Walter Norwich.His father was a wool merchant from Hull who became a key figure during the reign of Edward III: after the collapse of the Bardi and Peruzzi families, he emerged as Edward's chief financier. Michael enjoyed even greater popularity at court than his father, becoming one of the most trusted and intimate friends of Edward's successor, Richard II. He was appointed Chancellor in 1383,[1] and created Earl of Suffolk in 1385, the first of his family to hold any such title. However, in the late 1380s his fortunes radically altered, in step with those of the king. During the Wonderful Parliament of 1386 he was impeached on charges of embezzlement and negligence, a victim of increasing tensions between Parliament and Richard.[1][2]Even after this disgrace, he remained in royal favour, although soon fell foul of the Lords Appellant. He was one of a number of Richard's associates accused of treason by the Appellants in November 1387. After the Appellants' victory at Radcot Bridge (December 1387) and before the so-called Merciless Parliament met in February 1388, De La Pole shrewdly fled to Paris, thus escaping the fate of Sir Nicholas Brembre and Chief Justice Robert Tresilian. He remained in France for the remainder of his life. Sentenced in his absence, his title was stripped from him.Jean Froissart's references to de la Pole in the Chroniques (II.173) portray a devious and ineffectual counsellor, who dissuaded Richard from pursuing a certain victory against French and Scottish forces in Cumberland, and fomented undue suspicion of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster.[3]De la Pole's descendants by Catherine Wingfield were key players in the political life of the next two centuries at Wingfield_Castle in Suffolk:His son Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk was a supporter of Henry IV and opponent of Richard. He regained his father's title on Henry's accession in 1399, and died at the Siege of Harfleur.His eldest grandson Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk died at the Battle of Agincourt.His younger grandson William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk was appointed Lord Chamberlain under Henry VI, before being murdered in exile.His great-great grandson was Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, who led a botched rebellion against Henry VII in 1501.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume II, page 416 DE LA POLE 9.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Wikipedia: Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk (accessed 11 May 2024).
3. ↑ Two birth years/locations were included in the profile: about 1330, Hull, Yorkshire and 1331, Wingfield Church, Wingfield, Suffolk (which is perhaps his christening date/place). Neither place was sourced.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} His Wikipedia article, citing Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk (1331-1389), Our Family Histories, lists eight children for him and Katherine (accessed 11 May 2024):
   • Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1361–1415), a supporter of Henry IV and opponent of Richard. He regained his father's title on Henry's accession in 1399, and died at the Siege of Harfleur.
   • Thomas de la Pole (1363–1415)
   • William de la Pole (born 1365)
   • Richard de la Pole (c. 1367 – 1402). He died without issue.
   • John de la Pole (c. 1369 – 1415)
   • Anne de la Pole (born c. 1373), widow of Sir Gerard de Lisle. Anne married secondly Robert Thorley, Esq. and their daughter, Margaret Thorley, married Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr. Thus, De la Pole was ancestor to Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr who fought on the Lancastrian side in the Wars of the Roses and his son Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (c. 1457 – 11 October 1525), a courtier and military commander during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII.
   • Elizabeth de la Pole (born c. 1377)
   • Margaret de la Pole (born c. 1386)

   The unsourced tree has a little more info:

   • Michael II de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk (b. 18 Oct 1361, Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding, Yorkshire; d. 14 Sep 1415, Harfleur, Seine-et-Maritime, France)
   • Thomas de la Pole (b. Abt 1363, of Kingston Upon Hull; d. 31 Mar 1415)
   • William de la Pole (b. Abt 1365, of Kingston Upon Hull)
   • Richard de la Pole (b. Abt 1367, of Kingston Upon Hull; d. 1402)
   • John de la Pole (b. Abt 1369, of Kingston Upon Hull; d. 1415)
   • Anne de la Pole (b. 1373, of Kingston Upon Hull)
   • Elizabeth de la Pole (b. Abt 1377, of Kingston Upon Hull)
   • Margaret de la Pole, Baroness of Raby-Keverston (b. Abt 1386, of Kingston Upon Hull)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_de_la_Pole,_1st_Earl_of_Suffolk - from the section flagged as not citing any sources (accessed 11 May 2024).