William de la Pole
British judge and private banker (1300-1366) · Politicians
Sir William de la Pole was a wealthy wool merchant from Kingston upon Hull in Yorkshire, England, who became a royal moneylender and briefly served as Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
William de la Pole is read about 29 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?People around William
Family
William de la PolePartners
Children
Is this everyone?
Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong. A marriage is drawn as ended only where its end is recorded, so a spouse drawn here may be a former one.
Correct this familyMedia & music
Photos 4
1796 drawing of effigies of Sir William de la Pole and his wife Katherine de Norwich, in Holy Trinity Church, Kingston upon Hull
William de la Pole, 19th-century statue, Kingston upon Hull
1880 portrait of de la Pole by Thomas Tindall Wildridge
1796 drawing of monument of Sir William de la Pole and his wife Katherine de Norwich, in Holy Trinity Church, Kingston upon HullAbout this person
He founded the de la Pole family, Earls of Lincoln, Earls of Suffolk and Dukes of Suffolk, which by his mercantile and financial prowess he raised from relative obscurity to one of the primary families of the realm in a single generation. At the end of the 14th century he was described in the 'Chronicle of Melsa' as "second to no other merchant of England". He was the founder of the Charterhouse Monastery, Kingston upon Hull.