POYNTZ, Sir Robert (1588-1665), of Iron Acton, Glos.
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Family and Education
bap. 26 Oct. 1588,F. Brown, ‘Extracts From Par. Regs. No. v.: Iron Acton’ , Glos. N and Q, iii. 51. 1st s. of Sir John Poyntz† of Iron Acton and his 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Alexander Sydenham of Luxborough, Som.Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 135.educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1605.Al. Ox.m. (1) 14 June 1604, Frances (bur. 12 Mar. 1638), da. and coh. of Jervase Gibbons of Benenden, Kent, 2da.; (2) by 1645, Cicely (bur. 14 Sept. 1678), da. of one Smith of Iron Acton, 1s. Brown, 52, 54; J. Maclean, ‘Manor of Tockington, and the Roman Villa’ Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xii. 155; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 135.cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 163.suc. fa. 1633. bur. 10 Nov. 1665 10 Nov. 1665. Brown, 54.sig. Ro[bert] Poyntz
Offices Held
J.p. Glos. 1616 – 27, 1628 – at least41, 1660–d.; C231/4, ff. 14, 227, 261; C66/2659; C220/9/4, f. 32v; C193/12/3, f. 41v. commr. subsidy, Glos. 1621 – 22, 1624, 1629, C212/22/20–1, 23; J. Smyth, Berkeley Mss ed. J. Maclean, iii. 9. sewers 1625, Kent and Suss. 1629, C181/3, f. 72; C181/4, f. 32; C181/5, f. 13. Forced Loan, Glos. 1627, C192/12/2, f. 20v. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1632; Glos. RO, TBR A1/1, f. 80. member, Council in the Marches of Wales 1633–?42; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 7. sheriff, Glos. 1637–8;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 51. commr. disafforesting forest of Dean, Glos. 1639,Cal. of the Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 50. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. inquiry into rebels’ estates 1643, imprest 1643,Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 69, 117. dep. lt. 1642, 1660–d.LJ, v. 291; SP29/11/159, 29/60/141.