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Richard de la Pole (died 24 February 1525) was a pretender to the English crown. Commonly nicknamed "White Rose", he was the last Yorkist claimant to actively and openly seek the crown of England. He lived in exile after many of his relatives were executed, becoming allied with Louis XII of France in the War of the League of Cambrai .
William de la Pole is generally held to be the second eldest of three brothers; he had an elder brother and associate Richard de la Pole (died 1345) who was also a merchant, and a younger brother, John. [5] His date of birth has been estimated from 1290 to 1295 or possibly earlier. [6] William de la Pole, 19th-century statue, Kingston upon Hull
In 1388 he was one of the Lords Appellant who impeached various of the favourites of King Richard II, including de la Pole and de Vere. In 1397/8 he himself was impeached for his role as a Lord Appellant and was sentenced to death but pardoned on condition of his exile to Jersey .
1275/6–1299: John de Cobbeham [9] 1283/4–1290/1: Peter de Chester; 1284/5: William de Middleton; 1290/1–1307: William de Carleton later Chief Baron of the Exchequer; 1290/1: Peter de Leicester; 1294–1312: John de Everdon; 1295–1307; 1313–1320: John de Insula; 1297/8–1307: Roger de Hegham; 1299–1317: Richard de Abyngdon; 1306 ...
Baron FitzWarin (also written FitzWaryn, FitzWarine, and other spellings) was a title in the Peerage of England created by writ of summons for Fulk V FitzWarin in 1295. His family had been magnates for nearly a century, at least since 1205 when his grandfather Fulk III FitzWarin obtained Whittington Castle near Oswestry , which was their main ...
He was the second son of Richard le Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (c. 1327 – 3 December 1403) and Blanche de la Pole (sister of the earl of Suffolk). Roger Scrope's elder brother, his father's heir, had been beheaded for treason by the newly crowned King Henry IV in 1399, making Roger his father's heir.
Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1361–1415), a supporter of Henry IV and opponent of Richard. He regained his father's title on Henry's accession in 1399, and died at the Siege of Harfleur. Thomas de la Pole (1363–1415), William de la Pole (born 1365), Richard de la Pole (c. 1367 – 1402). He died without issue.
By the time of his majority, de la Pole—with his links to central government and the King—was an established power in the region. [36] He hindered Mowbray's attempts at regional domination for over a decade, [37] leading to a feud that stretched from the moment Mowbray became Duke of Norfolk to the murder of de la Pole in 1450. [5]