Background
He was the second son of Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (godmother to Mary I of England) and Sir Richard Pole.
He was the second son of Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (godmother to Mary I of England) and Sir Richard Pole.
He was Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King Henry VIII in 1518 and his Esquire of the Body in 1520, who invested him as a Knight in 1523. He was also the Lord of the Manor of Broadhurst, Sussex.
