Richard Powle

Sir Richard Powle (1628 – 12 July 1678) of Shottesbrooke Park, Berkshire was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1678.

Powle was born at Shottesbrooke, the eldest son of Henry Powle, and his wife Katherine Herbert, daughter of Matthew Herbert of Monmouth, Monmouthshire and was baptised on 17 July 1628.

His father was Sheriff for Berkshire in 1633 [1] Powle matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 16 December 1646, aged 18.

[1] Powle died at the age of 49, and was buried in Shottesbrooke Church.

[1] His brother Henry Powle was Speaker of the House of Commons of England from January 1689 to February 1689.