POYNINGS

Notes: He was a follower of the Warenne Earls of Surrey, leading a sub-retinue. It seems that the sheer frequency with which he, his brother, and his son went off to fight had the effect of attracting a group of knights who accompanied them on campaign after campaign.

Father: Michael De POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Mother: Margery De AGUILLON

Marriage: Agnes De ROKESLEY (b. BEF 1299) (dau. of Richard De Rokesley and Joan De Criol) ABT 1317

Children:

1. Michael POYNINGS (2º B. Poynings)

2. Luke De POYNINGS

3. Thomas De POYNINGS

4. John De POYNINGS

5. Nicholas De POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

6. Richard De POYNINGS

Nicholas De POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1334

Father: Thomas De POYNINGS (1º B. Poynings)

Mother: Agnes De ROKESLEY

Married: Jane TALBOT ABT 1358, Wyke, Cornwall, England

Children:

1. Richard De POYNINGS

Luke De POYNINGS

Born: ABT 1322

Died: Jun 1376

Buried: Warnford, Hampshire, England

Notes: second son. He used the Poynynges arms Barry Or and Vert a bend Gules charged with an annulet for difference. His will, dated 5 Jun 1376, was proved at Farnham 4 Jul 1376. He left legacies to his wife Isabel, his son Thomas and his grandson Luke.

Father: Thomas De POYNINGS (1º B. Poynings)

Mother: Agnes De ROKESLEY

Married: Isabel St. JOHN 10 Nov 1348

Children:

1. Thomas De POYNINGS (1º B. St. John of Basing)

2. Joan POYNINGS

Joan POYNINGS

Died: 30 May 1394

Father: Luke De POYNINGS

Mother: Isabel St. JOHN

Married: Henry FERRERS (4° B. Ferrers of Groby) Apr 1371, Groby, Leicestershire, England

Thomas De POYNINGS (1º B. St. John of Basing)

Born: 1350, Basing, Hampshire, England

Died: 7 Mar 1429, Basing, Hampshire, England

Father: Luke De POYNINGS

Mother: Isabel St. JOHN

Married 1: Joan Le STRANGE 1372, Basing, Hampshire, England

Children:

1. Luke De POYNINGS

2.Hugh De POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

3. Isabel De POYNINGS (b. 1385 - d. AFT 1428)

Married 2: Philippa De MORTIMER (C. Pembroke / C. Arundel) (d. 24 Sep 1401) (dau. of Edmund Mortimer, 3º E. March, and Phillippa Plantagenet) (w.1 ofJohn Hastings, 3° E. Pembroke- w.2 of Richard Fitzalan, 6º E. Arundel) Nov 1399, Basing, Hampshire, England

Married 3: Margaret LORING (dau. of Nigel Loring and Margaret Beaupel) (w. of Thomas Peyvre) ABT 1400

Married 4: Maud De MAULEY (d. 3 Jun 1453) (m.2 Hugh Halsham) Apr 1415, Basing, Hampshire, England

Luke De POYNINGS

Born: BEF Jun 1376

Died: BEF 14 Feb 1394

Notes: He was living 21 Nov 1381 when his father Sir Thomas de Ponynigs was appointed his guardian. He died before 1394, when his father and brother Hugh gave recognizances to Richard de St. Maure, knight. It is unlikely that Luke's father and younger brother would be associated if Luke were then living.

Father: Thomas De POYNINGS (1º B. St. John of Basing)

Mother: Joan Le STRANGE

Hugh De POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1380

Died: BEF 1428

Notes: He had a license to impark land in Halnaker on 7 Mar 1404. He was living 27 Nov 1427, when he entered in a settlement for the marriage of his daughter Constance to John Paulet, a marriage which was to take place before Septuagesima (31 Jan 1427/28). He died in his father's lifetime, before 10 Feb 1428, when his wife is described as "Eleanor, late the wife of Hugh Ponynges knight".

Father: Thomas De POYNINGS (1º B. St. John of Basing)

Mother: Joan Le STRANGE

Married 1: Eleanor De FERRERS ABT 1400, Newton Ferrers, Devonshire, England

Children:

1. Joan POYNINGS

Married 2: Eleanor De WELLES BEF 1408

Children:

2. Constance POYNINGS

3. Alice POYNINGS

Joan POYNINGS

Born: ABT 1400

Died: BEF 1429

Notes: her son was one of the co-heirs of Thomas, lord St. John, her grand father.

Father: Hugh De POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Mother: Eleanor De FERRERS

Married: Thomas BONVILLE of Halnaker (Sir) (b. BET 1393 / 1397 - d. 7 Feb 1465) (son of John Bonville and Elizabeth Fitzroger) (m.2 Leva Gorges) BEF 1 Aug 1407

Children:

1. John BONVILLE of Halnaker (Sir) (b. 1413) (m.1 of Joan Wydbury - m.2 Catherine Wingfield)

Constance POYNINGS

Born: 1408, Monney, Somersetshire, England

Died: 27 Nov 1442

Buried: 6 Jan 1442/43, Lowick, Northamptonshire, England

Notes: one of three co-heirs of her grandfather Thomas Ponynges, Lord St. John. At her first marriage about 1427 the manors of Basing, etc., were settled on her. There is a monument to her at Nunney.

Father: Hugh De POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Mother: Eleanor De WELLES

Married 1: John PAULET BET 27 Nov 1427 / 31 Jan 1428

Children:

1. John PAULET

2. William PAULET (b. 1429 - d. 1443)

Married 2:Henry GREENE of Drayton (Esq.) (b. ABT 1404 - d. Feb 1466/7) (m.2 Margaret De Ros) May 1439

Children:

3. Anne GREENE

Alice POYNINGS

Born: 1409

Notes: third daughter and a co-heir of her grandfather.

Father: Hugh De POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Mother: Eleanor De WELLES

Married 1: John ORRELL

Children:

1. Dau. ORRELL

2. Dau. ORRELL

Married 2: Thomas KINGSTON

Children:

3. Son KINGSTON

4. Dau. KINGSTON

Michael De POYNINGS (2º B. Poynings)

Born: ABT 1317, Poynings, Sussex, England

Died: 7 Mar 1369

Notes: also known as Miles de Poynings. Like his father, he was a retainer of the Warenne Earls of Surrey, and later of their heirs, the FitzAlan Earls of Arundel. In consideration of the merits of his father, who died in the attack on Honnecourt, Sir Michael was allowed to inherit his estates while still a minor. He accompanied his uncle, another Sir Michael de Poynings on the Crécy-Calais expedition of 1346-47. He was the first of his family to be summoned to Parliament. He made his will in Sep 1368, leaving 200 marks for the rebuilding of the church at Poynings. At the time of his death he held the manors of Poynings, Pangden, Perching, Hangleton, West Dean, Twineham, Waldron, Crawley, and Slaugham (Sussex); Terlingham, Newington, Bertram, Westwood, Eastwell, and Horsmonden (Kent); Wrentham (Suffolk); Wilton (Norfolk); and La Lee and La Gore, by Lavington (Wiltshire). He was guardian of William Bardolf his future son-in-law.

Father: Thomas De POYNINGS (1º B. Poynings)

Mother: Agnes De ROKESLEY

Marriage: Joan De ROKESLEY (B. Poynings) (dau. of Richard De Rokesley) ABT 1350

Children:

1. Elizabeth De POYNINGS

2. Margaret De POYNINGS

3. Thomas De POYNINGS (3º B. Poynings)

4. Richard De POYNINGS (4º B. Poynings)

5. Agnes De POYNINGS

Elizabeth De POYNINGS

Born: 1348, Slaugham, Sussex, England

Died: BEF 20 Mar 1378/9

Father: Michael De POYNINGS (2º B. Poynings)

Mother: Joan De ROKESLEY (B. Poynings)

Married: John De GREY ABT 1369, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Margaret De POYNINGS

Born: 1351

Died: AFT Jun 1383

Father: Michael De POYNINGS (2º B. Poynings)

Mother: Joan De ROKESLEY (B. Poynings)

Married: William De ATON

Agnes De POYNINGS

Born: ABT 1360, Slaugham, Sussex, England

Died: 12 Jun 1403

Buried: Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London, Middlesex, England

Father: Michael De POYNINGS (2º B. Poynings)

Mother: Joan De ROKESLEY (B. Poynings)

Married 1: William BARDOLF (4º B. Bardolf) (b. 21 Oct 1349 - d. 29 Jan 1385/6) ABT 1368, Birling, Sussex, England

Children:

1. Cecily BARDOLF (b. ABT 1375 - d. 29 Sep 1432) (m. Brian Stapleton of Ingham)

2. Thomas BARDOLF (5º B. Bardolf) (m. Avice Cromwell)

Married 2: Thomas MORTIMER (Sir)

Thomas De POYNINGS (3º B. Poynings)

Born: ABT 1353

Died: BEF 1375

Notes: held the manor of Dedisham and was a follower of the FitzAlan Earls of Arundel. An inquisition held at Selby found that the lands which Blanche de Mowbray held by gift of her brother reverted on her death to his heir, her great-nephew John Mowbray.

Father: Michael De POYNINGS (2º B. Poynings)

Mother: Joan De ROKESLEY (B. Poynings)

Married: Blanche De MOWBRAY (B. Poynings) (d. 26 Jul 1409) (dau. of John Mowbray, B. Thirsk and Joan Plantagenet) (w. of John Seagrave - m.3 John De Worthe - m.4 John Wiltshire) BEF 1375

Richard De POYNINGS (4º B. Poynings)

Born: ABT 1355

Died: 25 May 1387, Villalpando, Zamora, Spain

Notes: held the manor of West Dean, Sussex. He was knighted by Richard II at his coronation on 16 July 1377. He accompanied John of Gaunt on an expedition to Spain and died there.

Father: Michael De POYNINGS (2º B. Poynings)

Mother: Joan De ROKESLEY (B. Poynings)

Married: Isabel De GREY

Children:

1. Robert POYNINGS (5º B. Poynings)

2. Joan POYNINGS

Joan POYNINGS

Born: ABT 1396

Notes: She was apparently a benefactor of the parish church of St. George's at Trotton in Sussex, where she is shown in a wall painting of a donor scene together with her husband and father-in-law. The same wall also shows a tree supporting the Poynings' crest of a dragon, beside the Poynings' badge of a crowned key. The use of a tree in this way is unique in English art.

Father: Richard De POYNINGS (4º B. Poynings)

Mother: Isabel De GREY

Married: Richard CAMOYS (b. ABT 1396 - d. BEF 1421) (son of Thomas Camoys and Elizabeth Louches)

Children:

1. Eleanor CAMOYS (b. 1408 - d. 14 Oct 1478)(m. Roger Lewknor)

2. Jane CAMOYS

3. Hugh CAMOYS (3º B. Camoys)

4. Margaret CAMOYS

Robert POYNINGS (5º B. Poynings)

Born: 3 Dec 1382, Okeford, Fitzpaine, Dorset, England

Died: 2 Oct 1446, Orleans, France

Father: Richard De POYNINGS (4º B. Poynings)

Mother: Isabel De GREY

Married 1: Elizabeth (Eleanor) GREY ABT 1400

Children:

1. Richard POYNINGS (Sir)

2. Robert POYNINGS (6º B. Poynings)

3. Edward POYNINGS (Master of Arundell College)

Married 2: Margaret SQUERY (B. Poynings)(d. 3 Nov 1448) (dau. of Thomas Squery) (w. of Sir William Crowmer, Lord Mayor of London) ABT Jun 1434

4. Richard POYNINGS

Richard POYNINGS (Sir)

Born: ABT 1400, Yorkshire, England

Died: 10 Jun 1429, Orleans, France

Notes: killed near Orleans.

Father: Robert POYNINGS (5º B. Poynings)

Mother: Elizabeth (Eleanor) GREY

Married: EleanorBERKELEY (C. Arundel)ABT Apr 1421, Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England

Children:

1. EleanorPOYNINGS (B. Poynings)

Eleanor POYNINGS (B. Poynings)

Born: ABT 1422

Died: 21 Sep 1480 / Feb 1483/1484, Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England

Father: Richard POYNINGS (Sir)

Mother: EleanorBERKELEY (C. Arundel)

Married: Henry PERCY (3° E. Northumberland) ABT 25 Jun 1435

Children:

1. Eleanor PERCY (b. ABT 1455)

2. Henry PERCY (4º E. Northumberland)

3. Anne PERCY

4. Margaret PERCY

5. Ralph PERCY (b. ABT 1440)

6. Elizabeth PERCY (B. Scrope of Bolton)

7. Mary PERCY

Robert POYNINGS (6º B. Poynings)

Born: 3 Dec 1382, Okeford, FitzPaine, Dorset, England

Died: 2 Oct 1446, Orleans, France

Notes: Twin of Edward. Lord Poynings. Carver and sword bearer to Jack Cade.

Father: Robert POYNINGS (5º B. Poynings)

Mother: Elizabeth (Eleanor) GREY

Married: Elizabeth PASTON

Children:

1. Edward POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Edward POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Born: 1459 / 1465, Poynings, Sussex, England

Died: Oct 1521, Westenhangar, Kent, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Robert POYNINGS (6º B. Poynings)

Mother: Elizabeth PASTON

Married: Elizabeth SCOTT (d. 15 Aug 1528) (dau. of Sir John Scott, Marshal of Calais)

Children:

1. John POYNINGS

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Children:

2. Thomas POYNINGS (1º B. Poynings)

3. Mary (Joan) POYNINGS (B. Clinton of Marstoke)

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Children:

4. Adrian POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

5. Edward POYNINGS

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Children:

6. Margaret POYNINGS

7. Maria POYNINGS

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Children:

8. Rose POYNINGS

9. Francis POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Edward POYNINGS

Died: 1547

Notes: slain at Bolougne. In Aug 1545 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, was sent to the relief of Edward Poynings, then in command of Boulogne.

Father: Edward POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Mother: ¿?

Margaret POYNINGS

Father: Edward POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Mother: ¿?

Married: Edmund BARRY of Sunnington

Maria POYNINGS

Father: Edward POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Mother: ¿?

Married: Thomas WILFORD (Sir)

Rose POYNINGS

Father: Edward POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Mother: ¿?

Married: Robert LUKENORE

Mary (Joan) POYNINGS (B. Clinton of Marstoke)

Born: ABT 1482, Poynings, Sussex, England

Died: AFT 7 Nov 1533

Father: Edward POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Mother: ¿?

Married: Thomas CLINTON FIENNES (8º B. Clinton of Marstoke)4 May 1510, Folkestone, Kent, England

Children:

1. Edward CLINTON FIENNES (1º E. Lincoln)

2. Barbara CLINTON FIENNES

3. Isabel CLINTON FIENNES

Married 2: Robert WINGFIELD (Sir Knight) 4 Jul 1519

Francis POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1492, Betchworth, Surrey, England

Died: BEF May 1539

Father: Edward POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Mother: ¿?

Married: Jane BROWNE

Thomas POYNINGS (1º B. Poynings)

Acceded: 30 Jan 1544/5

Died: 18 Aug 1544/5, Boulogne sur Mer, France

Notes: Sheriff of Kent. Marshal of Calais. Military commander. He married Catherine, daughter and co-heir of John, 2nd Lord Marney and the widow of George Ratcliffe, sometime before 1539. Catherine inherited land in the west country and Poynings began to acquire additional land in Wiltshire, Cornwall and Somerset, as well as exchanging Westenhanger for a grant of monastic land in Dorset (including Bindon Abbey). In the 1540s, he served Henry VIII as Marshal of Calais and keeper of the castle at Guînes, then took an active role in the invasion of France in 1544, in particular at Montreuil and the sieges of Boulogne. On 30 Jan 1545, Poynings was raised to the peerage as Baron Poynings and appointed Lieutenant of Boulogne.

Father: Edward POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Mother: ¿?

Married: Catherine MARNEY19 May 1532

Adrian POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1515, Ghent, Netherlands

Died: 1571, Wherwell, Hants

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Edward POYNINGS (Sir Knight)

Mother: ¿?

Married: Mary WEST

Children:

1. Son POYNINGS (d.v.p.)