(John), an English poet, son of the rector of Luton in Bedfordshire, was born in 1667, and educated at Cambridge. He entered into orders, and obtained a living in Bedfordshire, but died of the smallpox at the age of 35. He published a small volume of tolerable poems; which if they are not to be extolled for their sublimity, have a moral and pious turn, which recommended them to common readers; so that Pomfret's poems still continue to be a very popular book among those whose reading is not very extensive either in poetry or prose.

POMMEZ, or POMMETTE, in heraldry, is a cross with one or more balls or knobs at each of the ends.