Hugh Poyntz 
Hugh was born on August 25th, 1252 in Tockington, Gloucestershire, England. Hugh's father was Nicholas III Poyntz and his mother was Elizabeth Dyall. His paternal grandparents were Hugh Poyntz and Helewisia Poyntz. He was an only child. He died at the age of 54 on January 4th, 1307 in Curry Mallet, Langport, Somerset, England.General Notes
held manors of Curry Malet, Somerset; Tockington,Gloucestershire; Hoo, St Werbergh, & Lullingstone, Kent;Dullingham, Cambridgeshire; Sutton, Dorsetshire.
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Hugh Poyntz, Knight, b. 25 Aug 1252, fought in Wales 1277-1294,1st Lord Poyntz 1295, d. bef. 4 Jan 1307/8; lord of Curry Malet,as were his father and grandfather. His wife may have been aPaveley--probably not. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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BARONY OF POYNTZ (I) 1295
HUGH POINTZ, son and heir, born 25 August 1252, was a knightbefore 1 May 1273. Having done homage, he had order for seisin 3March 1273/4. He was summoned for service in Wales, 1277, 1282,1283, 1287, and 1294. Among tenants of lands worth œ20 and moreyearly, he was summoned for foreign service in 1297; and, fromthat year till 1306, summoned regularly for service against theScots. He was summoned to the Assembly at Shrewsbury, 1283; andto Parliament from 24 June 1295 to 26 August 1307, by writsdirected Hugoni Poynz, whereby he is held to have become LORDPOYNTZ. In 1298 he was member of a commission to inquire intoorganised felonies in Somerset, Dorset and Devon. He married(----), and died shortly before 4 January 1307/8. [CompletePeerage X:673-4, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
Note: Both AR & MCS suggest a wife for Hugh. See notes under hispotential wife Margaret de Paveley.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1192 in Tockington, Gloucestershire, England d.04 Apr 1220
- b.1220 in Curry Mallet, Langport, Somerset, England d.07 Oct 1273 in Tockington, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1125 in Curry Mallet, Langport, Somersetshire, England d.1169 in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England
- b.1152 in Curry Malet, Somersetshire, England d.1194 in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England
- b.1134 in Wigmore, Ludlow, Herefordshire, England
- b.1176 in Shepton Malet, Somerset, England d.1217 in Curry Mallet, Langport, Somersetshire, England
- b.1154 in Milton, Kent, England
- b.1202 in Curry Mallet, Langport, Somerset, England d.04 May 1287 in Charlton Musgrove, Wincanton, Somerset, England
- b.1175 in England
- b.25 Aug 1252 in Tockington, Gloucestershire, England d.04 Jan 1307 in Curry Mallet, Langport, Somerset, England
- b.1224 in Tockington, Gloucestershire, England
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Details of Hugh's family with Margaret Poyntz
Sources/Citations
The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family, AFN:, Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650
The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family, AFN:, Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650
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