Individual Details

Constituency Dates GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1593 Family and Education b. c.1560, 1st s. of Sir Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton by his 1st w. Anne, daughter of Sir Ralph Verney of Penley, Herts. m. (1) 1578, Ursula, daughter of Sir John Sydenham of Brimpton, Som., s.p.; (2) 1582, Elizabeth (d.1595), daughter of Alexander Sydenham of Luxborough, Som., children with Elizabeth,4 sons. 3 daughters; (3) Frances (d.1599), da. of John Newton, s.p.; (4) June 1600, Grissell (d.1648), da. of Walter Roberts of Glassenbury, Kent, wid. of Gregory Price of Hereford, Herefs., 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 1585. Kntd. by Nov. 1588. Offices Held J.p. Glos. from c.1582, sheriff 1591-2, custos rot. from 1602; j.p. Som. from c.1584; surveyor, south parts, duchy of Lancaster 1591; member, council in marches of Wales 1603; chamberlain of the Exchequer 1613. ==Biography== From his father, a man ‘greatly friended and allied’ in Gloucestershire, Poyntz inherited considerable estates and in 1588 he obtained a grant of the forest of Exmoor, at an annual rent of £46 13s.4d. In 1593 he was elected knight of the shire, as his father had been before him. He was appointed to the subsidy committee (26 Feb.) and to take the Commons’ answer to the Lords on this matter (3 Mar.). His other committees were on a legal matter (9 Mar.), the poor law (12 Mar.) and cloth (15 Mar.). In 1597 he bought Beverstone from the Berkeleys, but his financial affairs were deteriorating, and he was forced to sell the estate almost at once. On three separate occasions, in 1601, 1609 and 1619, he was outlawed or imprisoned for debt. In 1609 he sold the manor of Tockington, part of his patrimony, for £2,700, but only three years later he was said to owe more than £10,000, an immense sum at the time, and too large, one would think, to have been caused by his father’s suspect religious views or the Chancery case resulting from his father’s will. Whatever the cause, Poyntz died insolvent and intestate in 1633, and was buried at Iron Acton on 29 Nov. ==Source==Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 135; J. Maclean, Hist. Fam. Poyntz, 81 seq.; Bristol and Glos. Arch Soc. Trans. xi. 206; xii. 136-56; CSP Dom. 1591-4, pp. 124, 203, 397; Somerville, Duchy, i. 448; PRO Index 4208; HMC Hatfield, iv. 295; xv. 392; D’Ewes, 474, 486, 496, 499, 501; APC, xix. 350; xxxii. 367. DEAT 1 DEAT 2 DATE 29 NOV 1633 2 SOUR @S33720@ Did not import SOUR. BURI 1 BURI 2 DATE 29 NOV 1633 Did not import BURI. BAPL 1 BAPL 2 DATE 22 OCT 1934 Did not import BAPL. ENDL 1 ENDL 2 DATE 11 JUN 1935 Did not import ENDL. SLGC 1 SLGC 2 DATE 4 APR 1995 2 TEMP BOISE 2 FAMC @F1590@ Did not import SLGC. SOUR 1 SOUR @S33719@ 2 NOTE Record originated in... 1 SOUR @S33716@ 2 NOTE Record originated in... Did not import SOUR. NOTE1 NOTE This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/jobeecroft/1/data/85241 NOTE This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/royal_lineage/2/data/166062 2 SOUR @S33720@ Did not import NOTE. AFN 1 AFN 9FDR-JC Did not import AFN. _UID 1 _UID C1FC884B7288FD4C885628272829B41B20BC Did not import _UID. CHAN 1 CHAN 2 DATE 8 MAR 2008 3 TIME 22:45:54 Did not import CHAN.

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[[Category: Members of Parliament, England]][[Category: Members of Parliament, Gloucestershire]][[Category: Iron Acton, Gloucestershire]]
==Biography==

Constituency
Dates
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
1593
Family and Education
b. c.1560, 1st s. of Sir Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton by his 1st w. Anne, daughter of Sir Ralph Verney of Penley, Herts. m.
(1) 1578, Ursula, daughter of Sir John Sydenham of Brimpton, Som., s.p.;
(2) 1582, Elizabeth (d.1595), daughter of Alexander Sydenham of Luxborough, Som.,
children with Elizabeth,4 sons. 3 daughters;

(3) Frances (d.1599), da. of John Newton, s.p.;
(4) June 1600, Grissell (d.1648), da. of Walter Roberts of Glassenbury, Kent, wid. of Gregory Price of Hereford, Herefs., 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 1585. Kntd. by Nov. 1588.
Offices Held
J.p. Glos. from c.1582, sheriff 1591-2, custos rot. from 1602; j.p. Som. from c.1584; surveyor, south parts, duchy of Lancaster 1591; member, council in marches of Wales 1603; chamberlain of the Exchequer 1613.

==Biography==
From his father, a man ‘greatly friended and allied’ in Gloucestershire, Poyntz inherited considerable estates and in 1588 he obtained a grant of the forest of Exmoor, at an annual rent of £46 13s.4d. In 1593 he was elected knight of the shire, as his father had been before him. He was appointed to the subsidy committee (26 Feb.) and to take the Commons’ answer to the Lords on this matter (3 Mar.). His other committees were on a legal matter (9 Mar.), the poor law (12 Mar.) and cloth (15 Mar.). In 1597 he bought Beverstone from the Berkeleys, but his financial affairs were deteriorating, and he was forced to sell the estate almost at once. On three separate occasions, in 1601, 1609 and 1619, he was outlawed or imprisoned for debt. In 1609 he sold the manor of Tockington, part of his patrimony, for £2,700, but only three years later he was said to owe more than £10,000, an immense sum at the time, and too large, one would think, to have been caused by his father’s suspect religious views or the Chancery case resulting from his father’s will. Whatever the cause, Poyntz died insolvent and intestate in 1633, and was buried at Iron Acton on 29 Nov.
==Source==Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 135; J. Maclean, Hist. Fam. Poyntz, 81 seq.; Bristol and Glos. Arch Soc. Trans. xi. 206; xii. 136-56; CSP Dom. 1591-4, pp. 124, 203, 397; Somerville, Duchy, i. 448; PRO Index 4208; HMC Hatfield, iv. 295; xv. 392; D’Ewes, 474, 486, 496, 499, 501; APC, xix. 350; xxxii. 367.
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NOTE1 NOTE This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/jobeecroft/1/data/85241 NOTE This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/royal_lineage/2/data/166062
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3 TIME 22:45:54
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Birth	1560	of, Iron Action, Gloucestershire, England
Marriage	1582	Elizabeth Sydenham
Death	29 Nov 1633
Reference No		64638
Reference No		74493
Reference No		60

Spouse	Elizabeth Sydenham (1562 - 1595)
Child	Elizabeth Poyntz (1588 - 1673)

Father	Nicholas Poyntz (1536 - 1585)
Mother	Anne Verney (1538 - )