Anthony Poyntz
Sir Anthony Poyntz (1480? – 1532) was an English diplomat and naval commander.
Life
[edit]In 1507-1508, Poyntz served as High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.[1] He was knighted in 1513, when he commanded a ship in Thomas Howard's expedition against France.[2][better source needed] In September 1518 he was sent on an embassy to the French king, and was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in July 1520.[3] One of his daughters was a lady in waiting to Catherine of Aragon at the Field of the Cloth of Gold.[4][5][non-primary source needed]
Poyntz's father died in November, and he inherited Iron Acton, which his family had held since the mid-14th century.[6] In 1521, he was one of the jury at Bristol before whom Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham was indicted.[7][better source needed]
In 1522 Poyntz joined in the expedition to France of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk in command of the Santa Maria.[8] In the following year he became vice-admiral, and was employed in command of some twelve or fourteen sail in preventing the return of John Stewart, Duke of Albany to Scotland.[8] In 1522-1523 and 1527-1528, he again served as High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.[1][better source needed] In 1529 he was a witness in the proceedings for the divorce of Catherine of Aragon[7][better source needed] and in 1530 was on a commission to inquire into Thomas Wolsey's possessions.[8]
Poyntz died in late 1532.[9][non-primary source needed]
Family
[edit]Poyntz was the son of Robert Poyntz, and Margaret Woodville, an illegitimate daughter of Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers.[10][non-primary source needed]
Poyntz married by 1510 Elizabeth Huddesfield, daughter of William Huddesfield (d. 1499). Their children were:[11][better source needed]
- Nicholas Poyntz
- Margaret, who married John Newton of Barrs Court, Gloucestershire and East Harptree, Somerset[11][better source needed]
- Mary who married Edward Gorges of Wraxall, Somerset[11][better source needed]
After Elizabeth's death Poyntz married Joan, widow of Richard Guilford.[12]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Maclean 1886, p. 95.
- ^ Maclean, Sir John (1886). Historical and genealogical memoir of the family of Poyntz. Vol. 1. p. 67.
- ^ Maclean 1886, p. 66.
- ^ Rutland Papers (London: Camden, 1842), pp. 32, 38
- ^ John Gough Nichols, Chronicle of Calais (London: Camden Society, 1846), p. 25.
- ^ Rudder, Samuel (2006). A New History of Gloucestershire. Nonsuch. p. 214.
- ^ a b Maclean 1886, p. 68.
- ^ a b c Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "East Sussex Archive:SAS/G21/22". Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Maclean, Sir John & Heane, W.C., (Eds.), The Visitation of the County of Gloucester Taken in the Year 1623 by Henry Chitty and John Phillipot as Deputies to William Camden Clarenceux King of Arms, etc, London, 1885, p. 129, pedigree of Poyntz
- ^ a b c Maclean 1886, p. 69.
- ^ Alexandra Barratt, "Singing from the same hymn sheet", Design and Distribution of Late Medieval Manuscripts in England, 1 (Boydell, 2008), p. 51.