Short answers, pulled from the story.
Reginald Pole was born on the 12th of March 1500 at Stourton Castle in Staffordshire. He received his early education at Sheen Priory, Christchurch, or Canterbury before matriculating at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1512.
Reginald Pole went into self-imposed exile in France and Italy in 1532 after refusing to support Henry VIII's annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. He returned to England as a papal legate on the 20th of November 1554 following the accession of Queen Mary I.
Reginald Pole was ordained a priest on the 20th of March 1556 and consecrated a bishop two days later. He served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1556 until his death on the 17th of November 1558.
Reginald Pole died in London during an influenza epidemic on the 17th of November 1558 at about 7:00 pm. He was buried on the north side of the Corona at Canterbury Cathedral.
Reginald Pole had a long-running dispute with Pope Paul IV who cancelled his legatine authority and sought to recall him to Rome to face investigation for heresy. Mary refused to send Pole to Rome yet accepted his suspension from office due to this disagreement.