Family and Education

b. by 1510, 1st s. of Sir Anthony Poyntz of Iron Acton by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir William Huddesfield of Shillingford, Devon. m. 24 June 1527, Joan, da. of Thomas, de jure 5th Lord Berkeley, 5 or 6s. inc. Sir Nicholas† 3da. suc. fa. Sept. 1532/Feb. 1533. Kntd. Apr. 1535/Oct. 1536. d. 27 or 28 Nov. 1556.

Children of Sir Nicholas Poyntz and Joan Berkeley

• 1.Francis Poyntz3
• 2.Anthony Poyntz3
• 3.Edmund Poyntz3 d. 1568
• 4.John Poyntz3
• 5.William Poyntz3 d. c Feb 1607/8
• 6.Jane Poyntz3
• 7.Frances Poyntz3 d. Aug 1576
• 8.Anne Poyntz3 d. 30 Nov 1592
• 9.Sir Nicholas Poyntz+3 b. c 1535, d. 1 Sep 1585

Biography

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A prominent courtier during the latter part of Henry VIII's reign.
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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.