Biography of Edward Poynings 1459-1521

On 17th February 1461 the Lancastrian army defeated the Yorkist army at Second Battle of St Albans and rescued King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 39]. The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter [aged 30] and included Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland [aged 39], John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 45], Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor [aged 26], Henry Roos and Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby [aged 33].

Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 33], William Tailboys 7th Baron Kyme [aged 46], John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 12] and Thomas Tresham [aged 41] were knighted.

The Yorkist army included Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 32], William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel [aged 43], John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock [aged 61] and Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex [aged 57]. John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu [aged 30] was captured. [his father] Robert Poynings [aged 42] and James Luttrell [aged 34] were killed.

John Grey [aged 29] was killed fighting for Lancaster. A death that was to have far reaching consequences; his widow Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 24] subsequently married King Edward IV of England [aged 18].

During the battle William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville [aged 68] and Thomas Kyriell [aged 65] were assigned to the protection of the King Henry VI. After the battle both were beheaded against all decent laws of battle.

William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville was beheaded. His great granddaughter Cecily succeeded 2nd Baroness Bonville.

Thomas Kyriell was beheaded.

William Cotton [aged 21] was killed.

In 1499 King Henry VII of England and Ireland [aged 41] created a number of Garter Knights..

243rd Edward Poynings [aged 40].

244th John King of Denmark Norway and Sweden [aged 43].

245th Gilbert Talbot [aged 47].

246th King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 7].

247th Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland [aged 20].

248th Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham [aged 20].

249th Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 39]. The date sometimes given as 1496?

250th Edmund Pole 3rd Duke of Suffolk [aged 28].

251st Henry Bourchier 2nd Earl Essex 3rd Count of Eu.

252nd Thomas Lovell.

253rd Richard Pole [aged 37].

1st January 1513. The following pieces of plate received from William Holland of London, goldsmith, 1 Jan. 4 Henry VIII.

[Given in three columns (1) name of a person (to whom the article has been presented); (2), description of the article; and (3), its weight.]

Bishop of Canterbury [aged 63], a cup with a gilt cover, 34 oz.

Lady Hastings [aged 30], the same, 30¾ oz.

Sir H. Marney [aged 66], the same, 23 oz.

Mr. Lupton [aged 57], the same, 23 oz.

Sir E. Ponyngs [aged 54], the same, 22¼ oz.

The Abbot of Abingdon, the same, 23¾ oz.

Sir Edward Haward, the same, 24 oz.

The old Lady Guylford [aged 50], a little pot gilt, 17 7/8 oz.

Lady Lucy, the same, 16 7/8 oz. [Possibly Catherine Hastings [aged 35] who married John Melton of Aston Yorkshire 10th Baron Lucy [aged 37] before 1506]

Lady Mountjoy, the same, 16 7/8 oz.

Lady Bulleyn [aged 33], the same, 16½ oz.

Lord Audeley [aged 30], a salt with a gilt cover, 15¾ oz.

The Queen's grace [aged 27], a pair of great pots gilt, 575 oz.

Mrs. Catesby, a proper bottle for rose water, 4 oz.

Mrs. Briget, the same, 3 7/8 oz.

Mrs. Lacy, the same, 4 oz. Which, at 5s. the oz., is £212 11s 10½d.

James Worsley, a proper pot, parcel gilt, 10 oz. Copynger, 8 spoons, part gilt, 9¾ oz., Amadas. Which is, at 4s. the oz., 76s. 6d.

In part payment, old plate to the value of £194 16s. 8d. has been delivered to him. The remainder paid by J. Heron [aged 43].

On the dorse [reverse]:-Holland beseeches the King to reward him for the workmanship of the Queen's great pots, "for he cannot live to make such curious work at the price within written"; and £6 13s. 4d. is added in another hand, making a total due of £28 5s. Signed by the King.