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| Arthur Plaisted in his "The manor and parish records of Medmenham, Bucks" (Longmans, 1925) gives a host of information about the origin of the Pooles. He states that Geoffrey Poole was part of the Welsh contingent that followed Owen Tudor, peacefully, to England; Owen Tudor, of course, married Katherine de Valois, Henry V's widow. Geoffrey then, over a period of thirty years, acquired all the three components of the manor of Medmenham that had been divided between the co-heirs, the sisters, of Thomas FitzAlan, earl of Arundel, who dsp in 1415. Plaisted gives most of Geoffrey's will (PCC, 35, Wattys) dated 12th October 1478, which includes mention of his two sons Richard and Henry, his then unmarried daughter Eleanor and his second wife Bona (Danvers). Plaisted is the source of Geoffrey's death date of 4th Feb 1479. Plaisted gives a pedigree on page 68. I failed to photocopy the list of references at the end of the book so I do not know where he got this information from; it may be that much of it was oral or, worse, conjectural. So I only give it here without putting it in the main genealogy: Blydhin ap Cynfyn, Prince of Wales, King of South Wales | Meredyth, Prince of Powis [sic] | Griffith who had Powis Gwenwynwyn | Owen Cyfellog | Owen the Baron = Joan, dau of Richard Clare, earl of Gloucester | Sir Gilbert Poole "kinghted by Richard I" (rectius Edward I) | Owen Poole | Eynon, Lord of Penyarth | David | Kew | Madoc ap Kew | David Vaux m. Margaret Griffith | Geoffrey Poole d. 1479 ______________________________________________________ Curiously my aunt, Ursula P-L, spent her World War II years at Medmenham, working on interpreting aerial photographs. I cannot believe she had any knowledge that one of her ancestors once owned the manor! ______________________________________________________ April 7th 2004: After a bit of a debate on the medieval newsgroup, it seems that CP's correction, in Vol XIV p. 567, that he was no knight, is correct. There are two clinchers: (a) In his will, less than five months before he died, he describes himself as an esquire (PRO Documents On Line), (b) In his IPM, shortly after his death he is described as an armiger. (thanks to Rosie Bevan). Curiously there are many documents after his death that refer to him as a knight, possibly because his eldest son was not merely a knight but also KG. _______________________________________________________ | ||||||||||
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| In his will, dated October 12th 1474, he lists: His late wife Editha, His daughter Eleanor, His wife Bona, His son Henry, His son Richard. | ||||||||||
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