![]() They shared the same mother, Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso, who had married three times this made Richard a first cousin of the half blood to Henry VII. 1437) and the half-sister of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. His mother was Edith St John, daughter of Sir Oliver St John of Bletso, Bedfordshire (d. ![]() From Wikipedia: “A descendant of an ancient Welsh family, Sir Richard was a landed gentleman of Buckinghamshire, the son of Geoffrey Pole, Esquire of Worrell, Cheshire, and of Wythurn in Medmenham, Buckinghamshire (1431 – 1474 / 4 January 1479, interred in Bisham Abbey). ![]() Sir Richard Pole was connected to Henry VII. The reason the Poles (not de la Poles) were so dangerous to the Tudor succession is because they descended from the Dukes of York through their mother. Since the Poles are important in the Tudor years, I thought I should mention this to you. He may have had a more distant relationship to the de la Poles, from the East of England, but he definitely is not of 15th C de la Pole heritage. In fact, he was not a de la Pole - his family came from Wales. However, On the Neville family tree, you show Margaret, Countess of Salisbury (daughter of George D of Clarence) as married to Richard de la Pole. I’m prepping to explain the Wars of the Roses to a continuing ed class for seniors (i.e., people over 50) and so have been checking on all of the relationships. I’m following along rather late to the party, but enjoying the podcasts a lot.
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