POYNTZ, Nicholas (d.1460), of Iron Acton, Glos.

Family and Education

s. and h. of Robert Poyntz† (1359-1439), of Iron Acton by his 2nd w. Katherine (c.1373-c.1465), er. da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Fitznichol† (c.1354-1418) of Hill, Glos. The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 80-82; iv. 132-3. m. (1) c.1411, Margaret, s.p.; CPR, 1408-13, pp. 297-8. (2) by Apr. 1415, C67/37, m. 43. Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Mille† (d.1422) of Harescombe, Glos., 2s. 2da.; CFR, x. 124; The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 739. (3) Elizabeth (d. aft. Mar. 1473), ?da. of Sir Henry Hussey*, 4s. 4da. CCR, 1468-76, nos. 215, 575, 1113. Poyntz’s 3rd wife is identified as Hussey’s daughter in a family tree which cannot be fully trusted, since it contains several errors: Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xii. 151-2. Dist. 1458.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Glos. 1426, 1433, 1450.

Escheator, Glos. and the adjacent marches of Wales 6 Nov. 1424 – 23 Jan. 1426, 14 Nov. 1434 – 6 Nov. 1435.

Commr. of array, Glos. Aug. 1436.

Receiver for Humphrey, earl of Stafford and duke of Buckingham, in Glos., Hants, Wilts. 15 Feb. 1438-aft. Mich. 1454. C. Rawcliffe, Staffords, 209; Acct. Gt. Household Humphrey, 1st Duke of Buckingham (Cam. Soc. ser. 4, xxix), 50.

Justice itinerant, Brec. for Stafford 1440. Rawcliffe, 223.

Parker of Eastwood, Glos. for Stafford 1441. Ibid.

Jt. steward and receiver-general of the castle of Bronyllys, manors of Penkelly and Cantref Selyf, lordships of Llangoed and Alexanderston, and one third of the barony of Penkelly, Wales (with John Abrahall*) 30 Nov. 1440 – 8 Mar. 1443, sole Mar. – Dec. 1443, 15 Feb.-16 July 1444. CFR, xvii. 179–80; CPR, 1441–6, pp. 235, 240, 275.

Parlimentarian

POYNTZ, Nicholas (d.1460), of Iron Acton, Glos.

Main residence: Iron Acton, Glos.

Pointz, Poygnes, Poynes, Poyns, Poyntez, Poynts

Author

C.E.M.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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