William Pooley

Sir William Pooley (died 5 August 1629) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629.

Pooley was of Boxted, Suffolk and was knighted by James I.[1] In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for Preston. He was elected MP for both Preston and Sudbury in 1624 and chose to sit for Sudbury. In 1626 he was elected MP for Wigan. He was elected MP for Sudbury again in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament, and then did so for eleven years.[2]

His daughter Judith married Sir Humphrey May

References

1. William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c. (1889)
2. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 37, 65, 112.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Edward Mosley Henry Banister	Member of Parliament for Preston 1621–1624 With: Edward Mosley	Succeeded by Edward Mosley Sir William Hervey
Preceded by Edward Osbourne Brampton Gurdon	Member of Parliament for Sudbury 1624 With: Robert Crane	Succeeded by Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston Robert Crane
Preceded by Francis Downes Edward Bridgeman	Member of Parliament for Wigan 1626 With: Sir Anthony St John	Succeeded by Edward Bridgeman Sir Anthony St John
Preceded by Thomas Smith Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston	Member of Parliament for Sudbury 1628–1629 With: Robert Crane	Succeeded by Parliament suspended until 1640