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'''John Poyntz''' (ca. 1485{{spaced ndash}}1544) was an English courtier and politician, Member of Parliament for Devizes in 1529.<ref name="HistParl">{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/poyntz-john-1485-1544|title=POYNTZ, John (c.1485-1544), of Alderley, Glos. - History of Parliament Online|website=Historyofparliamentonline.org|accessdate=3 March 2019}}</ref> |
'''John Poyntz''' (ca. 1485{{spaced ndash}}1544) was an English courtier and politician, Member of Parliament for Devizes in 1529.<ref name="HistParl">{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/poyntz-john-1485-1544|title=POYNTZ, John (c.1485-1544), of Alderley, Glos. - History of Parliament Online|website=Historyofparliamentonline.org|accessdate=3 March 2019}}</ref> |
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Poyntz was the second son of Sir Robert Poyntz of [[Iron Acton]], Gloucestershire, by Margaret, an illegitimate daughter of [[Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers]], making Margaret a first cousin |
Poyntz was the second son of Sir Robert Poyntz of [[Iron Acton]], Gloucestershire, by Margaret, an illegitimate daughter of [[Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers]], making Margaret a first cousin, once removed, to [[King Henry VIII]]. Dame Margaret Poyntz was appointed to wait on [[Catherine of Aragon]] in October 1501.<ref>Philip Yorke, ''Miscellaneous State Papers'', vol. 1 (London, 1778), p. 2.</ref> |
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He was the brother of vice-admiral [[Anthony Poyntz]] and the uncle of [[Nicholas Poyntz]]. John Poyntz was [[Sewing|sewer]] to [[Queen Catherine of Aragon]] in 1520. He was friends with the poet [[Thomas Wyatt (poet)|Sir Thomas Wyatt]] who wrote a satire on ‘mine own John Poyntz’. A painting and a drawing of Poyntz by [[Hans Holbein the Younger|Holbein]] survive.<ref name="HistParl"/> |
He was the brother of vice-admiral [[Anthony Poyntz]] and the uncle of [[Nicholas Poyntz]]. John Poyntz was [[Sewing|sewer]] to [[Queen Catherine of Aragon]] in 1520. He was friends with the poet [[Thomas Wyatt (poet)|Sir Thomas Wyatt]] who wrote a satire on ‘mine own John Poyntz’. A painting and a drawing of Poyntz by [[Hans Holbein the Younger|Holbein]] survive.<ref name="HistParl"/> |
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Latest revision as of 15:45, 20 November 2024
John Poyntz (ca. 1485 – 1544) was an English courtier and politician, Member of Parliament for Devizes in 1529.[1]
Poyntz was the second son of Sir Robert Poyntz of Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, by Margaret, an illegitimate daughter of Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, making Margaret a first cousin, once removed, to King Henry VIII. Dame Margaret Poyntz was appointed to wait on Catherine of Aragon in October 1501.[2]
He was the brother of vice-admiral Anthony Poyntz and the uncle of Nicholas Poyntz. John Poyntz was sewer to Queen Catherine of Aragon in 1520. He was friends with the poet Sir Thomas Wyatt who wrote a satire on ‘mine own John Poyntz’. A painting and a drawing of Poyntz by Holbein survive.[1]
His family home was at Alderley, Gloucestershire. John Poyntz married, by 1528, Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Matthew Browne of Betchworth Castle, Surrey. He married, secondly, Margaret Saunders. His eldest son, Nicholas Poynts married Winifred Wylde[3]
John Poyntz died in 1544, after taking part in the first siege of Boulogne. His widow Margaret married James Skinner (MP).[4]
There was another contemporary courtier of this name, John Poyntz (died 1547) of North Ockendon, whose wife Anne Poyntz was "mother of the maids" in the household of Mary I of England.[5]
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- ^ a b "POYNTZ, John (c.1485-1544), of Alderley, Glos. - History of Parliament Online". Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ Philip Yorke, Miscellaneous State Papers, vol. 1 (London, 1778), p. 2.
- ^ Visitation of Gloucestershire (London, 1885), p. 134.
- ^ "SKINNER, James (by 1489-1558), of Reigate, Surr". historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ David Loades, Mary Tudor: A Life (Oxford, 1992), p. 355.
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