Could be Venn: Adm. pens. at JESUS, May 21, 1791. Of Somerset. S. of William [farmer], deceased [of Nether Stowey]. B. in 1771. Privately educated. ' Matric. Michs. 1792; Scholar; exhibitioner; B.A. 1795; M.A. 1799. [Arthur Gray, Master of Jesus, claimed that this was the Rev. Henry Poole, later well-known as a friend of Coleridge, Southey, and Wordsworth; he was successively C. at Ossett, Yorks., at Corsham, Wilts., and P.C. of Coleford, Gloucs., and of St Paul's, Forest of Dean (1822-57); he died Dec. 22, 1857, aged 72. The recorded dates of the births of the two men, however, make this identification impossible, and the cleric must have been a cousin, eldest son of Thomas, tanner, of Nether Stowey; born 1785. (Nicholls, Personalities of the Forest of Dean; Mrs Sandford, Tom Poole and his Friends.).]
Quite clear that these two men have nothing to do with each other. See CCED ID 135687 for Henry Poole, missionary priest in the Forest of Dean, non-graduate and not ordained (deacon) until 1811 - the progression of parishes mentioned above are his.
| Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appt | Poole, Henry | 12/11/1798 | domestic chaplain | in post | Earl of Egremont/ | View |