Early Life, Family and Training Thomas Pooley enters the historical record in 1646, born in Ipswich. His lineage is tied to the legal structures of Ireland; his father, also Thomas Pooley, had been admitted as an attorney in the King's Inns, Dublin, in 1632. This connection to the Irish legal establishment suggests a family background of professional standing. By 1664, the younger Pooley is recorded entering Gray's Inn, a move that pl…