Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu

Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu (also written Montague or Montacute) (c. 1492 - 9 January 1539), the only holder of the title Baron Montagu under its 1514 creation, was most famous as one of the peers in the trial of Anne Boleyn.

Life

He was the oldest son of Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (godmother to Mary I of England) and Sir Richard Pole. His brother, Cardinal Reginald Pole, became the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury under Queen Mary I.

He was invested as a Knight by Henry VIII in 1513 and summoned to Parliament as 1st Baron Montagu in the Peerage of England on 12 October 1514. He was appointed Steward of Manors belonging to the Tewkesbury Abbey in 1526 and from 1530 on he became Justice of the Peace for Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire and SussexCharles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, pp. 16 and 18..

Marriage and issue

In May 1510 or before May 1520, Henry married Jane Nevill, daughter of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny and Margaret Fenne. They had the following children:

• Catherine Pole (1511 - 23 September 1576) married Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon.
• Lucy Pole, married Anthony Browne.
• Thomas Pole (d. 1526), married Elizabeth Wingfield. Without issue.
• Henry......
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