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NameSir Nicholas Poyntz 
[74, No 44, p.15], [54, His father, Antony Poyntz 's article], [56, Glos of 1623, pub 1885, p. 134], [56, Essex of 1612, pub Harleian 1878, Poyntz p. 270], [123, Vol II, pp. 235-6], [56, Lincolns peds, pub Harleian 1903, Heneage, p. 481], [55, Table III, p. 95]
[74, No 44, p.15], [54, His father, Antony Poyntz 's article], [56, Glos of 1623, pub 1885, p. 134], [56, Essex of 1612, pub Harleian 1878, Poyntz p. 270], [123, Vol II, pp. 235-6], [56, Lincolns peds, pub Harleian 1903, Heneage, p. 481], [55, Table III, p. 95]Birthbef 1511
Death28 Nov 1556
GeneralOf Iron Acton, Glos. Sheriff of Glos. Kt 1547.
FatherSir Antony Poyntz (ca1480-1535)
MotherElizabeth Huddesfield (ca1482-<1527)
Notes for Sir Nicholas Poyntz
Will proved 8 July 1557 (22 Wrastley) - so he must have died in 1557 or earlier not the 1558 previously recorded.
He and Jane had six sons and three daus.
He and Jane had six sons and three daus.
Will notes for Sir Nicholas Poyntz
His will was dated 26 Feb 1556 and proved at PCC (see TNA) on 8 Jul 1557.
DNB Main notes for Sir Nicholas Poyntz
From a note in DNB about his father, Sir Anthony:
His eldest son, Sir Nicholas, born in 1510, was a prominent courtier during the latter part of Henry VIII's reign, and died in 1557. A portrait of Sir Nicholas by Holbein belongs to the Marquis of Bristol, and two drawings, also attributed to Holbein, to King Edward VII (Cat. Tudor Exhib. 1890, Nos. 79, 493, 500). Another, which is anonymous, belonged in 1866 to the Marquis of Ormonde.
Sir Nicholas's great-grandson, Sir Robert Poyntz 1589?-1665 matriculated from Brasenose College, Oxford, on 15 March 1604-5, was M.P. for Gloucestershire in 1626, 1628-9, and was knighted on 2 Feb. 1626-7 at the coronation of Charles I; he sided with the king during the civil war, and wrote `A Vindication of Monarchy ¬,' 1661, 4to (Brit. Mus.); he was buried at Iron Acton on 10 Nov. 1665.
His eldest son, Sir Nicholas, born in 1510, was a prominent courtier during the latter part of Henry VIII's reign, and died in 1557. A portrait of Sir Nicholas by Holbein belongs to the Marquis of Bristol, and two drawings, also attributed to Holbein, to King Edward VII (Cat. Tudor Exhib. 1890, Nos. 79, 493, 500). Another, which is anonymous, belonged in 1866 to the Marquis of Ormonde.
Sir Nicholas's great-grandson, Sir Robert Poyntz 1589?-1665 matriculated from Brasenose College, Oxford, on 15 March 1604-5, was M.P. for Gloucestershire in 1626, 1628-9, and was knighted on 2 Feb. 1626-7 at the coronation of Charles I; he sided with the king during the civil war, and wrote `A Vindication of Monarchy ¬,' 1661, 4to (Brit. Mus.); he was buried at Iron Acton on 10 Nov. 1665.