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PRALLE, John (d.1471), of Totnes, Devon.

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s. of Rose Herte of Totnes. KB27/713, att. rot. 2. m. Joan da. of Thomas Gille I*, sis. of Thomas Gille II*, 2da. C1/13/227; 111/38-40.
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Tax collector, Totnes Sept. 1448. H.R. Watkin, Totnes Priory and Town, i. 390.

Mayor, Totnes Mich. 1460–1, 1470–1. Ibid. ii. 935, 936. CPR, 1461–7, p. 33 calls the Totnes mayor in June 1461 Thomas Pralle.

Commr. of arrest, Devon June 1461.

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PRALLE, John (d.1471), of Totnes, Devon.
Main residence: Totnes, Devon.
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POYNTZ, Nicholas (d.1460), of Iron Acton, Glos.

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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.
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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.

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POYNTZ, Nicholas (d.1460), of Iron Acton, Glos.
Main residence: Iron Acton, Glos.
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POYNTZ, John (d.1469), of North Ockenden, Essex.

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s. and h. of John Poyntz of North Ockenden. m. Maud, 2s. 3da. Lambeth Palace Lib., Reg. Stafford, f. 149v; PCC 29 Godyn (PROB11/5, f. 230).
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Essex [1447], 1467.

Commr. of inquiry, Essex Oct. 1452 (flooding).

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POYNTZ, John (d.1469), of North Ockenden, Essex.
Main residence: North Ockenden, Essex.
Poynys in the return: C219/15/4.
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POYNINGS, Robert (c.1418-61), of Wrentham, Suff. and Twineham, Suss. and Croydon and Southwark, Surr. and Maidstone, Kent.

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b. c.1418, C139/126/24. yr. s. of Robert, 4th Lord Poynings (1382-1446), by his w. Eleanor; yr. bro. or half-bro. of Sir Richard*. educ. Winchester Coll. 1430-3. Archaeologica, lxxv. 151-2; Winchester Coll. muns, typscript list of commoners, comp. Leach, 22. m. 1458, Elizabeth (c.1429-1487), Her will, dated 18 May 1487, was proved on 26 June that year (PCC 12 Milles, printed in Paston Letters ed. Davis, i. 210-14), but the date of her death was given in her inq. post mortem as 1 Feb. 1488: CIPM Hen. VII, i. 434, 436. da. of William Paston j.c.p. (1378-1444) by Agnes (d.1479), da. and coh. of Sir Edmund Berry of Horwellbury, Herts.; sis. of John Paston*, 1s. Sir Edward†.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Suss. 1449 (Feb.).

Commr. of arrest, Kent, Surr., Suss. June 1450.

J.p. Norf. 24 Nov. 1460 – d.

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POYNINGS, Robert (c.1418-61), of Wrentham, Suff. and Twineham, Suss. and Croydon and Southwark, Surr. and Maidstone, Kent.
Main residences: Wrentham, Suff.; Twineham, Suss.; Croydon; Southwark, Surr.; Maidstone, Kent.
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POYNINGS, Sir Richard (d.1429), of Slagham, Suss. and Okeford Fitzpayn, Dorset.

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1st s. of Robert, 4th Lord Poynings (1382-1446), of Poynings, Suss.; CIPM, xviii. 990. er. bro. of Robert*. m. (1) Joan (d.1420), da. of Henry Somer*, s.p.; She was buried in St. Helen’s priory, Bishopsgate, London: J. Stow, Surv. London ed. Kingsford, i. 172. Stow, who in the first edn. of his survey correctly gave her fa.’s name as Henry Somer, later changed it to ‘Seamer’. He read the inscription on her brass as ‘obiit virgo 1420’: R. Gough, Sepulchral Monuments, ii (2), 55. (2) by contract 8 Apr. and bef. 16 June 1423, Suff. RO, Bury St. Edmunds, Hengrave mss, 449/2/648. Eleanor was still single at Pentecost (23 May), but they had married by 16 June: ibid. 449/2/663; CP40/671, rot. 537d. Eleanor (d. 1 Aug. 1455), da. of Sir John Berkeley† of Beverstone, Glos. by Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Betteshorne† of Bisterne, Hants; sis. of Sir Maurice Berkeley II* and wid. of Sir John Arundel (d.1421), Lord Mautravers and de jure earl of Arundel, 2s. 1da. Kntd. by June 1423.
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POYNINGS, Sir Richard (d.1429), of Slagham, Suss. and Okeford Fitzpayn, Dorset.
Main residences: Slagham, Suss.; Okeford Fitzpayn, Dorset.
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POY, Simon, of Salisbury, Wilts.

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m. (1) by June 1425, Alice; Salisbury Domesday bk. 2, G23/1/214, f. 94v. (2) Katherine (d.1491); PCC 41 Milles (PROB11/8, ff. 324v-325). 1da.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Wilts. 1437, 1459, Salisbury 1453.

Member of the council of 48, Salisbury by 1426 – ?; council of 24 by Dec. 1439 – Oct. 1463; constable by 20 May 1446 – 30 Oct. 1448, 4 June 1451–2; First General Entry Bk. Salisbury (Wilts. Rec. Soc. liv), nos. 403, 415, 416, 423, 442. chamberlain 2 Nov. 1446–8; Ibid. nos. 415, 416, 423. mayor 1452–3; Ibid. no. 456; C241/236/20; 246/74; Salisbury ledger bk. 2, f. 2. dep. mayor 1463.

Alnager, Wilts. and Salisbury Mich. 1436-May 1443; jt. (with William Ludlow II*) 18 May 1443–26 June 1451. CFR, xvi. 308; xvii. 259; xviii. 193.

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POY, Simon, of Salisbury, Wilts.
Main residence: Salisbury, Wilts.
Paye, Peye, Poye
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POWER, Walter (d.1437), of Bristol.

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s. of Walter Power of Bristol by his w. Alice. Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xxvi. 100; C1/5/123.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Bristol 1426, 1427, 1437.

Bailiff, Bristol Mich. 1425–6; Recs. All Saints Bristol, iii (Bristol Rec. Soc. lvi), 385; Little Red Bk. Bristol ed. Bickley, ii. 213. sheriff 20 Sept. 1436 – d.

Commr. to distribute tax allowance, Bristol Oct. 1433.

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POWER, Walter (d.1437), of Bristol.
Main residence: Bristol.
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POUND, Thomas (d.1476), of London and Drayton, Hants.

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prob. yr. s. of William Pound† (d.c.1418) of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks. m. bef. Jan. 1447, Mercy, ? illegit. da. of Richard Dallingridge*, 1s. John†.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Hants 1472.

Teller of the Exchequer 14 Oct. 1433–21 July 1470. PRO List ‘Exchequer Officers’, 227.

Commr. to take musters, Portsdown Dec. 1435, Winchelsea Mar. 1436, Portsmouth Aug. 1437, Poole May 1438, Cherbourg May 1438, Winchelsea June 1439, Portsdown Mar., May 1441, Aug. 1442, Portsmouth June, July 1443, Sept. 1449, Plymouth June 1451, Portsmouth Aug. 1453, Jan. 1472; requisition ships for the duke of Somerset’s army Aug. 1443; of inquiry, Hants Feb. 1448 (concealments of Crown income), Apr. 1448 (piracy), Dorset, Hants, Suss. Apr. 1453 (smuggling), Hants Sept. 1453 (piracy), May 1456 (smuggling), Mar. 1458 (piracy), Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), Nov. 1475 (lands late of John Horewood); to seize Le Mawedelen Lisle Dec. 1453; of array, Hants Mar., June 1461, May 1463, Apr. 1466, Feb. 1468, Mar. 1472, Jan. 1475; to take assize of novel disseisin Dec. 1470. C261/11/8.

Collector, customs and subsidies, Calais from 20 Mar. 1438, DKR, xlviii. 321. Southampton 21 Jan. – 6 Nov. 1442, 3 July 1447 – 29 Nov. 1449, 20 Mar. – 23 May 1455, 23 Aug. 1455 – 10 May 1462, 16 July 1463 – 26 Dec. 1464, 21 Mar. – 1 May 1466, 6 Nov. 1469 – 26 Oct. 1470, 29 May 1471–22 May 1473, CFR, xvii. 200, 201; xviii. 52, 54; xix. 105, 107; xx. 4, 5, 7, 95, 178, 248; xxi. nos. 8, 10, 12. The precise dates are taken from the accts. in E356/19, rots. 18d, 20d; 20, rots. 12, 14d-16; 21, rots. 23–25d, 26d; 22, rots. 59d-61. on wool, London 21 Nov. 1442 – 31 Dec. 1446, 27 Oct. 1452–3 Apr. 1453, E356/19, rots. 2–3d; 20, rot. 2. tunnage and poundage 31 Dec. 1446–10 July 1447; CFR, xvii. 234, 237; xviii. 55; xix. 3. controller 20 Nov. 1449–25 Sept. 1450. CPR, 1446–52, p. 300.

J.p. Hants 8 July 1461 – d.

Treasurer of Wolvesey for Bp. Waynflete of Winchester by Mich. 1469–d. Hants RO, bp. of Winchester’s pipe rolls, 11M59/B1/200, 203 (formerly 155835, 155838).

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POUND, Thomas (d.1476), of London and Drayton, Hants.
Main residences: London; Drayton, Hants.
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POULTNEY, Thomas, of Poultney, Leics and Shenley, Herts.

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s. and h. of Sir John Poultney† of Poultney and Shenley by his w. Joan Wiston. The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 128. m. Margery, da. of Sir Philip St. Cler (d.1408) of Jevington, Suss., Chisilborough, Som. and Preston Capes, Northants. by his w. Margaret Lovein (d.1408), Ibid. 277; CP25(1)/292/66/81; CIPM, xix. 453-64, 488. s.p. Dist. Herts. 1430.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Leics. 1427.

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POULTNEY, Thomas, of Poultney, Leics and Shenley, Herts.
Main residences: Poultney, Leics; Shenley, Herts.
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