Sir William Pole of Colcombe House in the parish of Colyton, and formerly of Shute House in the parish of Shute, both in Devon, was an English country gentleman and landowner, a colonial investor, Mem
Portrait of Pole painted in the manner of Van Dyck.
Monument to Pole's first wife, Mary Periham, in the Pole Chapel, Colyton Church, Devon
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
William Pole (antiquary)
…of Parliament and, most notably, a historian and antiquarian of the County of Devon. Pole was baptised on 27 August 1561 at Colyton, Devon, the son of William Pole, Esquire (c.1514 – 1587), MP, by his wife Katherine Popham (died 1588), daughter of Alexander Popham of Huntworth, Somerset by his wife Joan Stradling…
Arms of Pole of Cheshire and of Shute, Devon: Azure semé of fleurs de lis or, a lion rampant argent. Arms shown on strapwork surround on base of monument to Katherine Popham (d.1588), wife of William Pole (d.1587), Esquire, Pole Chapel, Colyton Church
Monument of William Pole (d.1587), Pole Chapel, Colyton Church
Genealogical brass inscription on monument of William Pole (d.1587), Pole Chapel, Colyton Church
Elizabethan gateway of Old Shute House, believed to have been built by William Pole, Esq., shortly after his purchase of the house. He enlarged the house itself, but his work is indistinguishable from the works also effected by his son the antiquary