 William Pole (died 1587)

William Pole (1515-1587), Esquire, was a lawyer and speculator in church lands following the Dissolution of the Monasteries who served as MP for Lyme Regis in 1545, Bridport in 1553 and for West Looe in 1559.He acquired lands in East Devon and was the founder of the influential and wealthy Pole family of Shute, Devon.