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PRESTALL, Thomas (by 1503-51), of Poling, Houghton, Suss. and London.
Family and Education
b. by 1503, s. of Ellis Prestall of Poling by Jane, da. of Richard Brocas, wid. of Thomas Purvocke. educ. I. Temple. m. c.1534, Margaret (?Ingler), 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1524/27.Date of birth estimated from education. C1/436/26, 530/27, 1313/72; PCC 35 Bucke.
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Servant of William Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel; bailiff, Arundel rape, Suss. by 1528; receiver-gen. Arundel coll. by Dec. 1529.
Main residences: Poling; Houghton, Suss.; London.
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POYNTZ, Sir Nicholas (by 1510-56), of Iron Acton, Glos. of London.
Family and Education
b. by 1510, 1st s. of Sir Anthony Poyntz of Iron Acton by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir William Huddesfield of Shillingford, Devon. m. 24 June 1527, Joan, da. of Thomas, de jure 5th Lord Berkeley, 5 or 6s. inc. Sir Nicholas 3da. suc. fa. Sept. 1532/Feb. 1533. Kntd. Apr. 1535.Date of birth estimated from first office. Cricklade, ed. Thomson, 139; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 128-9; J. Smyth. Berkeleys, ii. 235; iii. 225; E315/239/24; PCC 37 Horne.
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Keeper, Kingswood forest, Glos., Flywood forest, Som. 1531 – d., New Park, Berkeley, Glos. 1531 – 35, Michaelwood chase, Whitcliff park, Glos. 1533; steward, bp. of Worcester’s lands, Glos. 1533 – 40, manors of Kingswood abbey, Glos. 1537; j.p. Glos. 1537 – 39; commr. for surrender of Kingswood abbey 1538, musters, Glos. 1542, 1546, of Admiralty in Nov. 1547, relief 1550; groom, the bedchamber 1539; sheriff, Glos. 1539 – 40, 1545 – 46; capt. Gret Calais 1544; v.-adm. of the western seas 1544; bailiff, the seven hundreds of Cirencester, Glos. by 1547.
Main residences: Iron Acton, Glos.; London.
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POYNTZ, Sir Nicholas (by 1510-56)
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POYNTZ, John (c.1485-1544), of Alderley, Glos.
Family and Education
b. c.1485, 2nd s. of Sir Robert Poyntz of Iron Acton by Margaret, illegit. da. of Anthony Wydevill, 2nd Earl Rivers. m. (1) by 1528, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Matthew Browne of Betchworth Castle, Surr., 4s. inc. Matthew 3da.; (2) settlement 1 May 1544, Margaret, da. of Nicholas Saunders of Charlwood, Surr.Date of birth estimated from those of elder and younger brother, DNB (Poyntz, Sir Francis). Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 129; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 270; PCC 19 Pynnyng; C142/70/27.
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Sewer to Queen Catherine of Aragon in 1520; commr. for surrender of Kingswood abbey, Glos. in 1538, musters, Glos. 1542; j.p. 1539–d.
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Main residence: Alderley, Glos.
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POYNINGS, Sir Edward (1459-1521), of Westenhanger, Kent.
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b. autumn 1459, o. s. of Robert Poynings of Maidstone by Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Paston of Paston, Norf.; half-bro. of Sir Matthew Browne. m. by 1485, Elizabeth or Isabel (d.1528), da. of Sir John Scott of Scot’s Hall, Smeath, Kent, 1s. d.v.p. ; 3s. 4da. illegit. suc. fa. 17 Feb. 1461. Kntd. 7 Aug. 1485, KG 1493, banneret Aug. 1513.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., quoted Paston Letters, ed. Gairdner, ii. 329. DNB; Suss. Arch. Colls. xv. 16; Arch. Cant. xxxvii. 116; Mill Stephenson, Mon. Brasses, 212; H.H. Leonard, ‘Knights and knighthood in Tudor Eng.’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1970), 220n.
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Councillor 1485; j.p. Kent 1485; knight of the body by 1488; dep. lt. Calais 1493; dep. [I] 1494 – 96; lt. Dover castle by 1496, constable 1504 – d.; dep. warden, Cinque Ports 1505 – 09, warden 1509 – d.; comptroller, the Household by 1509–19 or later, treasurer 1519 – d.; commr. subsidy, Kent 1512, 1514, 1515, royal household 1515; other commissions, London and Kent 1489 – d.; lt. Tournai Sept. 1513-Jan. 1515.
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Main residence: Westenhanger, Kent.
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POYNINGS, Sir Edward (1459-1521)
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POWTRELL, Thomas (by 1514-57), of West Hallam, Derbys.
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b. by 1514, 1st s. of John Powtrell of West Hallam, and bro. of Nicholas. educ. G. Inn, adm. 1528. m. (1) Dorothy, da. and coh. of William Bassett of Muskham, Notts., 2da.; (2) by June 1544, Elizabeth, da. of Walter Rodney of Stoke Rodney, Som., 2s. 1da. suc. fa. Nov. 1543.Date of birth estimated from education. The Gen. n.s. viii. 68; Wards 7/1/118; E150/765/1.
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J.p. Derbys. 1537 – d.; commr. musters Derbys. 1539, benevolence 1544/45, array 1546, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; escheator, Notts. and Derbys. 1549–50.
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Main residence: West Hallam, Derbys.
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POWTRELL, Thomas (by 1514-57)
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POWTRELL, Nicholas (by 1517-79), of Egmanton, Notts.
Family and Education
b. by 1517, 2nd s. of John Powtrell of West Hallam, Derbys. by Margaret, da. and coh. of John Strelley of Strelley, Notts.; bro. of Thomas. educ. G. Inn, adm. 1531. m. (1) or (2) Anne, da. of Walter Rodney of Stoke Rodney, Som.Date of birth estimated from education. The Gen. n.s. viii. 68; Trans. Thoroton Soc. vi. 80; Thoroton, Notts. ed. Throsby i. 30.
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Commr. chantries Derbys., Notts. 1546, array, Derbys. 1546, relief, Notts. 1550; recorder, Nottingham 1546 – 55; j.p.q. Notts. 1554 – d., Yorks. and border counties 1562 – 64; serjeant-at-law 1558; justice itinerant and of assize, Durham and Sedbergh 1559; 2nd justice at Lancaster, duchy of Lancaster 1559 – 62, chief justice 1562–d.
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Main residence: Egmanton, Notts.
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POWTRELL, Nicholas (by 1517-79)
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