sentences:  He is not related to the English de la Pole family descended from William de la Pole, Chief Baron of the Exchequer in the following century, later Earls and Dukes of Suffolk.Owen was born in England sometime after his father was driven into exile there in 1257 by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd the ruler of Kingdom of Gwynedd.It was during this exile that his father probably adopted the surname "de la Pole" meaning "of the Pool" and referring to the old name for Welshpool which had become his family's capital.