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Michael de Poynings,
- Preferred Name: Michael de Poynings,[1] [2] [3]
- Alternate Name: Miles
- Gender: M
- Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Michael-de-Poynings/6000000006101397526?through=6000000006444081289
- Death: 24 JUN 1314 in Battle of Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland at LATI: N6.0833 LONG: E3.8833
- Birth: 1272 in Poynings, Sussex, England at LATI: N0.8939 LONG: E0.2104
- FSID: GM91-Z8J
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“MARGERY (or MARGARET) BARDOLF, married before 8 June 1298 MICHAEL DE POYNINGS (or PONYNGES), Knt., of Poynings, Crawley, Hangleton, Pyecombe, and Slaugham, Sussex, Wormingford and Tendring, Essex, Hockwold, Norfolk, Bures, Suffolk, etc., Knight of the Shire for Sussex, 1312/3, son and heir of Luke de Poynings, Knt., of Poynings, Crawley, Pyecombe, Slaugham, and Twineham, Sussex, Wormingford, Essex, etc., by his wife, Hawise, widow of Reynold de Vautort. They had two sons, Thomas, Knt., and Michael, and three daughters, Joan, Hawise, and Margery. He was summoned to attend the king on urgent matters in 1294. He had letters of protection granted to him in 1295, he then going to Scotland on the king's service. In 1296 he was enrolled for defence of the coast, as a non-resident knight of Sussex. In 1296 the king ordered an enquiry be made regarding the persons who, during the absence of Michael de Poynings in Scotland on the king's service, broke his park at Slaugham, Sussex, hunted therein, and carried away deer. In 1297 he was summoned for service overseas. In 1299 he was granted letters of protection, he then going with Henry de Percy beyond seas. In 1303 John, Earl of Warenne, requested that Chancellor of England grant him protection and exemption, he then going with the said earl in the Scottish war. He and his wife were summoned to attend the Coronation of King Edward II in 1308. He was granted letters of protection in 1308, he then going to France in the company of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey. SIR MICHAEL DE POYNINGS was probably killed at the Battle of Bannockburn 24 June 1314. His widow, Margery, presented to the church of Hockwold, Norfolk in 1329. In 1333 the king recovered the right of presentation to the church of Hokewold, Norfolk in the court of King's Bench against her. Margery was living 24 Feb. 1333/4.
Blomefield Essay towards a Top. Hist. of Norfolk 2 (1805): 186; 7 (1807): 495. Stapleton De Antiquis Legibus Liber: Cronica Maiorum et Vicecomitum Londoniarum (Camden Soc. 34) (1846): xciii-xciv, xcvi. C.P.R. 1292-1301 (1895): 217. Rye Cal. of Feet of Fines for Suffolk (1900): 122. Copinger Manors of Suffolk 1 (1905): 45-49. Feet of Fines for Essex 2 (1913-1928): 134. Sussex Notes & Queries 4 (1932): 97-98. VCH Sussex 7 (1940): 183, 189, 209, 212, 213n, 279; 9 (1937): 139, 153. C.P. 10 (1945): 659 (sub Poynings). Suffolk Rec. Office, Ipswich Branch: The Iveagh (Phillipps) Suffolk MSS, HD 1538/157/1 (feoffment dated 8 Oct. 1309 by and between John son of Thomas de Bassingboume and Sir Michael de Ponynges, Knt., and wife, Margery, regarding the manor of Bures, Suffolk for £500 of silver sterling, which the grantor had by feoffment of Dame Isabel, formerly wife of Sir Hugh Bardolph, in Bures); HD 1538/1 Vol.1/fol.54 (Isabel, widow of Sir Hugh Bardolf, quitclaims to Sir Michael de Ponyngges, Knt., and his wife Margery her manor in Bures, Suffolk with all its villeins and their families by deed dated 25 March 1313) (available at hap://www.a2a.org.uk/ search/ index.asp)
Children of Margery Bardolf, by Michael de Poynings, Knt.:
i. THOMAS DE POYNINGS, Knt. [see next].
ii. JOAN DE POYNINGS, married THOMAS DE TREGOZ, Knt., 2nd Lord Tregoz, son and heir of Henry de Tregoz, in Lord Tregoz. He was summoned to Parliament, 1318-35. They had one son, Henry, Knt. [3rd Lord Tregoz], and one daughter, Margaret. Banks Baronies in Fee 2 (1843): 146-148 (sub Tregoz). Top. & Gen. 2 (1853): 124-136. Elwes Hist. of the Castles, Mansions & Manors of Western Sussex (1876): 102 (Tregoz ped.). C.P. 12(2) (1959): 25-26 (sub Tregoz).
Child of Joan de Poynings, by Thomas de Tregoz:
a. MARGARET DE TREGOZ, married JOHN D'OYLEY, Knt., of Ronton, Staffordshire, Warnham, Sussex, Stoke Doyle, Northamptonshire, and Whatton, Leicestershire. They had one son, Thomas, and one daughter, Joan. Banks Baronies in Fee 2 (1843): 146-148 (sub Tregoz). Top. & Gen. 2 (1853): 124-136. Elwes Hist. of the Castles, Mansions & Manors of Western Sussex (1876): 102 (Tregoz ped). C.P. 12(2) (1959): 26, footnote k (sub Tregoz), 28, footnote i (sub Tregoz).
iii. HAWISE DE POYNINGS, married (1st) JOHN DE REYDON, of Overbury Hall, Suffolk [see HAVILAND 13]; (2nd) JOHN DE WYSHAM, Knt., of Clifton (in Clifton upon Teme), Worcestershire [see HAVILAND 13].
iv. MARGERY DE POYNINGS, married (1st) EDMUND BACON, Knt., of Oulton, Suffolk, Hatfield Peverel, Essex, etc. [see MOLEYNS 13]; (2nd) NICHOLAS DE LA BECHE, Knt., of Beaumys (in Swallowfield), Berkshire [see MOLEYNS 13]; (3nd) JOHN DE DALTON, Knt. [see MOLEYNS 13].”
=== SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.35, 44, 48; ENGLAND PUB AF NS VOL 23 P.341; ENGLAND PUBLICATION AE 5S VOL 9 P.85; (GS NUMBER 942 D22K) VOL 4; (GS NUMBER 942 B2GQM); (GS NUMBER 942 D22K); THE COMPLETE PEERAGE VOL 10;
=== !Pedigree Charts compiled by Michael Cal ===
!Pedigree Charts compiled by Michael Call film # 844,805 pg 230
=== Michael was summoned among a number of ===
Michael was summoned among a number of barons to a parley with the King on urgent matters. He was exempted from general summons for service in Gascony, but was summoned for it later. In 1295/7 he was preparing for service in Scotland, under Earl de Warrenne, and later in 1298, 1300-06-10-13. In 1296 he was enrolled for defense of the coast; in 1297, having lands and rents valued at œ20 and more a year in Sussex and Surrey, he had a double summons, both direct from the King and by the Sheriff, for service overseas. In 1299 he went abroad with Henry de Percy. He and his wife were summoned to the coronation of Edward II, 1307. He was member of Parliament for Sussex 1312-3. He married sometime before 8 June, 1298, Margery ..... He is probably to be identified with the ..... Paynings killed at the Battle of Bannockburn 24 June, 1314. His widow was living Feb. 1333/4. He had Thomas, his successor, Joan, and a younger son, who was killed on Good Friday, 1347, when his sister Margery was forcibly carried off from the manor of Beam, near Reading, by Sir John Dalton.
=== Sir Michael de Poynings, in the 17th Jo ===
Sir Michael de Poynings, in the 17th John [1216], adhered t o the rebellious barons, and was s. by his son, Thomas de P oynings. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited , and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883 , p. 443, Poynings, Barons Poynings] This file is as error-free as my sources. IF you should di scover an error, I would appreciate it if you would bring i t to my attention and provide me with the correct informati on and source for that information. Many thanks.
=== Sir Michael de Poynings, (presumably son ===
Sir Michael de Poynings, (presumably son and) heir, was summoned in 1294 to attend the King on urgent matters. In October 1295 and June 1297 he was preparing for service in Scotland, under Earl de Warenne. In 1296 he was enrolled for defence of the coast, as a non-resident knight of Sussex; in 1297, having lands and rents valued at £20 and more a year in Sussex and Surrey, he had a double summons, both direct and by the sheriff, for service overseas. In October 1299 he was going abroad with Henry de Percy. He and his wife were summoned to the Coronation of Edward II. MP for Sussex, 1312/3. He married some time before 8 June 1298, Margery (?). He is probably to be identified with the Miles [sic] de ponynges killed at Bannockburn, 24 June 1314. His widow was living in February 1333/4. [Complete Peerage X:659, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
In Mar 1315/6 his widow was holding dower in the Poynings' lands in Sussex and Suffolk. He has a younger sone Michael (Michael de Ponynges le Uncle), who was going to France in his nephew's compandy, June 1340, and was killed on Good Friday 1347, when his sister Margery was forcibly carried off from the manor of Beams, near Reading by Sir John de Dalton. The matrimonial history of this lady is very fully recoreded in the rolls of the King's Chancery.
=== Sir Michael de Poynings received summon ===
Sir Michael de Poynings received summons 8 June, 1294 (22n d Edward I) to attend the king with other great men of th e time in order to advise touching the most important affai rs of the realm; and he had military summons immediately af ter to proceed in the expedition against France, which ha d been the result of that council. He was likewise activel y engaged in the Scottish wars both in the reign of Edwar d I and in that of Edward II. He was s. by his son, Thoma s de Poynings. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfe ited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London , 1883, p. 443, Poynings, Barons Poynings] This file is as error-free as my sources. IF you should di scover an error, I would appreciate it if you would bring i t to my attention and provide me with the correct informati on and source for that information. Many thanks. Sir Michael de Poynings received summons 8 June, 1294 (22n d Edward I) to attend the king with other great men of th e time in order to advise touching the most important affai rs of the realm; and he had military summons immediately af ter to proceed in the expedition against France, which ha d been the result of that council. He was likewise activel y engaged in the Scottish wars both in the reign of Edwar d I and in that of Edward II. He was s. by his son, Thoma s de Poynings. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfe ited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London , 1883, p. 443, Poynings, Barons Poynings] This file is as error-free as my sources. IF you should di scover an error, I would appreciate it if you would bring i t to my attention and provide me with the correct informati on and source for that information. Many thanks.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Luke de Poynings, b. SEP 1231 in Poynings, Sussex, England d. 8 JUN 1294 in Addington, Surrey, England
Mother: Hawise De Poynings, b. 1233 in Harberton, Devon, England d. 1299 in Poynings, Sussex, England
Family 2: Margery Bardolf, b. 1274 in Poynings, Sussex, England d. 24 FEB 1334 in England
- m. BEF 8 JUN 1298 in England
- Thomas de Poynings, b. 1294 in Poynings, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Sources:
- Title: Poynings in "Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom" (Cokayne 1945) see page in memories
Author: Cokayne, George Edward (1945) "Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom - Vol. X: Oakham to Richmond", 2nd edition. London: The St Catherine Press. pp. 656-665
Page: "SIR MICHAEL DE POYNINGS, (presumably s. and) h., was sum. in 1294 to attend the King on urgent matters. In Oct. 1295 and June 1297 he was preparing for service in Scotland, under Earl de Warenne. In 1296 he was enrolled for defence of the coast, as a non-resident knight of Sussex; in 1297, having lands and rents valued at £20 and more a year in Sussex and Surrey, he had a double sum., both direct and by the sheriff, for service overseas. In Oct. 1299 he was going abroad with Henry de Percy. He and his wife were sum. to the Coronation of Edward II. M.P. for Sussex, 13 I 2/3. He m., some time before 8 June 1298, Margery (-). He is probably to be identified with the Miles [sic] de Ponynges killed at Bannockburn, 24 June 1314. His widow was living in Feb. 1333/4."
- Title: Michael Poynings in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p536.htm#i16102;
Note: Sir Michael de Poynings
M, #16102, b. circa 1270, d. 24 June 1314
Father Sir Luke de Poynings, Lord Crawley b. c Sep 1231, d. b 8 Jun 1294
Mother Hawise b. c 1240
Sir Michael de Poynings was born circa 1270 at of Poynings, Crawley, Hangleton, Pyecombe, & Slaugham, Sussex, England; His mother was Hawise, widow of Reynold de Vautort, not Isabel d'Aguillon. The d'Aguillon connection is through Luke's mother. He married Margery Bardolf, daughter of Sir Hugh Bardolf, 1st Lord Bardolph and Isabel d' Aguillon, before 8 June 1298; They had 2 sons (Sir Thomas; & Michael) & 3 daughters (Joan, wife of Sir Thomas de Tregoz, 2nd Lord
Tregoz; Hawise, wife of John de Reydon, & of Sir John de Wysham; & Margery, wife of Sir Edmund Bacon, of Sir Nicholas de la Beche, & of Sir John de Dalton). Sir Michael de Poynings died on 24 June 1314 at Battle of Bannockburn, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Family Margery Bardolf d. a 24 Feb 1334
Children
Margery Poynings+ d. 20 Mar 1349
Joane Poynings+ d. a 24 Jun 1352
Hawise de Poynings+ b. c 1292, d. c 14 Apr 1359
Sir Thomas de Poynings, 1st Baron Poynings+ b. c 1294, d. 10 Oct 1339
Page: list of children
- Title: Poynings in "A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire" (Burke 1866)
Author: Burke, John Bernard (1866) Poynings - Baron Poynings in "A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire", London: Harrison. pp. 443-444
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/agenealogicalhi00burkgoog#page/n448/mode/2up;
Note: Michael summoned by king 8 June 1294 and was succeeded by his son, Thomas 12 April 1337 as baron
Page: Record of lineage
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