bap. 10 Sept. 1592, 1st s. of Sir Henry Poole† of Oaksey and Kemble, Wilts. and 1st w. Griselda, da. of Edward Neville of Newton St Loe, Som.Cirencester, Glos. par. reg.; J.R. Dunlop, ‘Pedigree of the Pooles of Sapperton and Coates, Glos. and of Poole and Chelworth, Wilts.’, Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), ii. 213-14.educ. G. Inn, 17 Feb. 1611.G. Inn Admiss. 125.m. (1) settlement 8 Dec. 1612, with £2,500,Abstracts Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 148-50; Glos. RO, D52/T2/14. Frances (d. 25 June 1638), da. of Sir Henry Poole† of Sapperton, Glos. 2s. inc. Edward*;GL, 6673/2, unfol.; Dunlop, ‘Pedigree’, 214. (2) 3 July 1639, Margaret, da. of John Newman of Billington, Worcs. wid. of Richard Delabere† (d. 1636) of Southam, Glos. s.p. Glos. Par. Regs. ed. W.P.W. Phillimore, iii. 87; F. Were, ‘Index to the heraldry in Bigland’s Hist. of Glos.’, Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xxviii pt. 2, p. 349. Kntd. 15 Jan. 1613.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 152.suc. fa. 3 Oct. 1632.C142/489/144; Abstracts Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 148-50.d. by 29 June 1661.PROB11/304/555; Aubrey, Wilts. Top. Collections ed. Jackson, 277.
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Local: j.p. Wilts. 1616 – 26, ?- 23 Mar. 1631, 1633–31 Oct. 1643.C231/3, p. 47; C231/4, f. 23; C231/5, pp. 52, 99; C193/13/2, f. 72v; Harl. 1622, f. 85; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 94; SP16/405, f. 71. Dep. lt. by 1632-aft 1642.CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 67; CCC 1329. Commr. sewers, River Thames, Wilts. to Berks. 1635;C181/5, f. 21v. River Loddon, Berks. and Wilts. 1639.C181/5, f. 135v. Sheriff, Wilts. 1636–7.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 154. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1638-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 94, 221. further subsidy, Wilts. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Wilts. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.
held manor and advowson of Kemble, manor of Ewen, and manor of Poole Keynes, Wilts. in 1612, in addition to Oaksey Park, and manor of South Cerney, Glos.;Glos. RO, D52/T2/14. held rectory of Minsterworth, Glos. by 1654.PROB11/304/555.