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Sir Nicholas Poyntz

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Sir Nicholas Poyntz

Birth
Death
1556 (aged 45–46)
Burial
Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England Add to Map
Plot
Poyntz Chapel
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A prominent courtier during the latter part of Henry VIII's reign.See complete bio for the following extract)

Nicholas Poyntz came from a family which had been established in Gloucestershire for over 200 years. His grandfather, Sir Robert Poyntz, had been successively vice-chamberlain and chancellor to Catherine of Aragon, and his father, while making his reputation as a soldier and commander, also held office in the royal household.

Nicholas Poyntz's marriage (Joan Berkeley) into the Berkeley family involved him in frequent litigation with his wife's kinsmen over her claim to certain property.

Notes
1. Hatfield 207.
2. Date of birth estimated from first office. Cricklade, ed. Thomson, 139; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 128-9; J. Smyth. Berkeleys, ii. 235; iii. 225; E315/239/24; PCC 37 Horne.
3. J. Maclean, Mems. Poyntz Fam. 71; Stowe 571, ff. 56v-7; E315/239/24; Worcs. RO, 009:1 BA 2636/178 92517 ex inf. C. Dyer; Dugdale, Monasticon, v. 428; Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxviii. 313; LP Hen. VIII, v, vi, viii, xii, xiv, xvii, xviii, xx, xxi; CPR, 1553, p. 354; SC6/Edw. VI, 187, f. 12; HCA 14/2.
4. VCH Wilts. viii. 37; DNB (Poyntz, Sir Francis); LP Hen. VIII, i, vii.
5. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. xxi. 28; lxviii. 48; lxxix. 306; LP Hen. VIII, vi, xiii, xiv; Smyth, ii. 235, 262-5, 268-9; St.Ch.2/4/221-4, 6/270, 3/6/39; PPC, vii. 250-1, 263, 276, 286, 288; APC, i. 5, 8-9; Req.2/16/18.
6. LP Hen. VIII, vii, xi, xviii, xix, xxi; APC, i. 250; Maclean, 71; HMC Hatfield, ix. 205.
7. HMC Bath, iv. 2; LP Hen. VIII, ix, xii, xiv, xv, xvii, xx, xxi; DKR, x. 256; Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. lxxiii. 150, 189-91.
8. Wriothesley's Chron. ii. (Cam. Soc. n.s. xx), 58; Hatfield 207; CJ, i. 22; HMC Bath, iv. 377.
9. Wilts. Arch. Mag. viii. 310; Strype, Cranmer, 913; Maclean, 72; Chron. Q. Jane and Q. Mary (Cam. Soc. xlviii), 51; LP Hen. VIII, xix; D. m. Loades, Two Tudor Conspiracies, 92n, 210-11; Wilts. N. and Q. iv. 158; Guildford mus. Loseley 1331/2.
10. Smyth, iii. 307; Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. xi. 213-14; PCC 22 Wrastley; C142/107/51; Holbein (The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace 1978-9), 92-93.
A prominent courtier during the latter part of Henry VIII's reign.See complete bio for the following extract)

Nicholas Poyntz came from a family which had been established in Gloucestershire for over 200 years. His grandfather, Sir Robert Poyntz, had been successively vice-chamberlain and chancellor to Catherine of Aragon, and his father, while making his reputation as a soldier and commander, also held office in the royal household.

Nicholas Poyntz's marriage (Joan Berkeley) into the Berkeley family involved him in frequent litigation with his wife's kinsmen over her claim to certain property.

Notes
1. Hatfield 207.
2. Date of birth estimated from first office. Cricklade, ed. Thomson, 139; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 128-9; J. Smyth. Berkeleys, ii. 235; iii. 225; E315/239/24; PCC 37 Horne.
3. J. Maclean, Mems. Poyntz Fam. 71; Stowe 571, ff. 56v-7; E315/239/24; Worcs. RO, 009:1 BA 2636/178 92517 ex inf. C. Dyer; Dugdale, Monasticon, v. 428; Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxviii. 313; LP Hen. VIII, v, vi, viii, xii, xiv, xvii, xviii, xx, xxi; CPR, 1553, p. 354; SC6/Edw. VI, 187, f. 12; HCA 14/2.
4. VCH Wilts. viii. 37; DNB (Poyntz, Sir Francis); LP Hen. VIII, i, vii.
5. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. xxi. 28; lxviii. 48; lxxix. 306; LP Hen. VIII, vi, xiii, xiv; Smyth, ii. 235, 262-5, 268-9; St.Ch.2/4/221-4, 6/270, 3/6/39; PPC, vii. 250-1, 263, 276, 286, 288; APC, i. 5, 8-9; Req.2/16/18.
6. LP Hen. VIII, vii, xi, xviii, xix, xxi; APC, i. 250; Maclean, 71; HMC Hatfield, ix. 205.
7. HMC Bath, iv. 2; LP Hen. VIII, ix, xii, xiv, xv, xvii, xx, xxi; DKR, x. 256; Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. lxxiii. 150, 189-91.
8. Wriothesley's Chron. ii. (Cam. Soc. n.s. xx), 58; Hatfield 207; CJ, i. 22; HMC Bath, iv. 377.
9. Wilts. Arch. Mag. viii. 310; Strype, Cranmer, 913; Maclean, 72; Chron. Q. Jane and Q. Mary (Cam. Soc. xlviii), 51; LP Hen. VIII, xix; D. m. Loades, Two Tudor Conspiracies, 92n, 210-11; Wilts. N. and Q. iv. 158; Guildford mus. Loseley 1331/2.
10. Smyth, iii. 307; Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. xi. 213-14; PCC 22 Wrastley; C142/107/51; Holbein (The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace 1978-9), 92-93.


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