 He was named after the now Blessed Reginald of Orleans, O.P.His maternal grandparents were George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, and Isabella Neville, Duchess of Clarence; thus he was a great-nephew of kings Edward IV and Richard III and a great-grandson of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick.Pole received his early education nursery at Sheen Priory.