Hugh De Poynings 
Hugh was born in 1370 in Basing, Hampshire, England.1 Hugh's father was Thomas Poynings and his mother was Joan Le Strange. He was an only child. He died at the age of 56 in 1426 in Basing, Hampshire, England.1 General Notes
Hugh m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. and heir of Martin Ferrers, of Bere Ferrer
s; and 2ndly, Eleanor, dau. of John, Lord Welles; he d. v. p. in 1426, lea
ving Joane (by first wife), m. to Thomas Bonville, and had a son, John. Co
nstance (by 2nd wife), who m. 1st John Paulet, and was grandmother of S
ir William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester; 2ndly, Henry Greene, of Dra
yton, and had a dau. Constance, wife of John Stafford, Earl of Wiltshir
e. Alice, m. 1st, to John Orrell; and 2ndly, to Sir Thomas Kingeston. Lo
rd St. John d. about the 7th Henry VI [1429], when his grandchildren above
-mentioned became his heirs, and the Barony of St. John, of Basing, fell i
nto abeyance amongst them. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeite
d, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 444, Poyn
ings, Baron St. John, of Basing]
They had a daughter named Johanna.
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Children
Johanna Poynings
Johanna was born in 1396 in Basing, Hampshire, England.1 She died at the age of 32 in 1428.1
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