A mysterious infant

There is a lovely portrait of Winifred Pole in Ruvigny. In his
introduction, however, he mentions a later (Exeter) volume
incorporating the Suffolk line. Perhaps he can solve this mystery:
Edward de la Pole, son of the Earl of Lincoln, died young but what
are the years of his birth and death?
i) Born by 1487/8 (his father died on 16 June).
ii) Died by 1491 (otherwise he would have been the 3rd Duke of
Suffolk).
iii) Not born until: (whatever year Lincoln married Margaret
Fitzalan).
Are there any reliable clues elsewhere? It would certainly "colour"
our perception of Richard's reign.

Stephen

--- In , "stephenmlark"
<smlark@t...> wrote:
> There is a lovely portrait of Winifred Pole in Ruvigny. In his
> introduction, however, he mentions a later (Exeter) volume
> incorporating the Suffolk line. Perhaps he can solve this mystery:
> Edward de la Pole, son of the Earl of Lincoln, died young but what
> are the years of his birth and death?
> i) Born by 1487/8 (his father died on 16 June).
> ii) Died by 1491 (otherwise he would have been the 3rd Duke of
> Suffolk).
> iii) Not born until: (whatever year Lincoln married Margaret
> Fitzalan).
> Are there any reliable clues elsewhere? It would certainly "colour"
> our perception of Richard's reign.
>
> Stephen

He's not difficult to trace. Offhand all I can tell you off my tree
is that he was Archdeacon of Richmond and died before 8 October 1485.
So he was another clerical Pole. I think he was the one who was
regarded as something of a prodigy at Oxford. Since he was the second
of many sons I assume he would have been born by 1465. I'm sure you
won't find it hard to get info on him.

Marie

PS. What did you mean by point iii?