Henry Poole (died 1559)

He was the eldest son of Henry Poole of Kirk Langley and Chesterfield, Derbyshire and Ursula Twyford.

[2] On the dissolution of the order by Henry VIII, he served as a Justice of the Peace for Leicestershire from 1538 until his death.

He was buried at Kirk Langley, where he was born: the church contains a memorial to himself and his wife.

He married Dorothy, the daughter of Richard Cave of Stanford, Northamptonshire, and the widow of John Smith of Withcote, Leicestershire.

Withcote Hall "one of the fairest houses in Leicestershire" became the principal family residence.