Robert Poyntz 1450-1520

Paternal Family Tree: Poyntz

Around 1450 Robert Poyntz was born to John Poyntz and Alice Cox at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire [Map].

Around 1450 [his father] John Poyntz and [his mother] Alice Cox were married at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire [Map].

Around 1466 [his father] John Poyntz died at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire [Map].

In 1469 Robert Poyntz [aged 19] was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.

On 12th September 1479 Robert Poyntz [aged 29] and Margaret Woodville [aged 18] were married. She the illegitmate daughter of Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers [aged 39] and Gwenllian Stradling [aged 37].

In 1480 Robert Poyntz [aged 30] was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.

In 1480 [his son] Anthony Poyntz was born to Robert Poyntz [aged 30] and [his wife] Margaret Woodville [aged 19]. He married 1. before 6th September 1533 Joan Vaux "Mother Guildford" 2. before 6th September 1533 Elizabeth Huddersfield and had issue.

In 1483 Robert Poyntz [aged 33] was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.

In 1484 Robert Poyntz [aged 34] was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.

In 1484 [his son] John Poyntz was born to Robert Poyntz [aged 34] and [his wife] Margaret Woodville [aged 23]. He married 1. 1526 Elizabeth Browne 2. in or before 1542 Margaret Saunders and had issue.

In or after 1485 [his son] Francis Poyntz was born to Robert Poyntz [aged 35] and [his wife] Margaret Woodville [aged 24].

On 22nd August 1485 King Richard III of England [aged 32] was killed during the Battle of Bosworth. His second cousin once removed Henry Tudor [aged 28] succeeded VII King of England.

Humphrey Cotes [aged 35] died. It isn't clear on which side he was fighting.

Those supporting Henry Tudor included:

John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy [aged 35].

John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne [aged 43].

Richard Guildford [aged 35].

Walter Hungerford [aged 21].

Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby [aged 50].

John Wingfield.

Edward Woodville Lord Scales [aged 29].

Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon [aged 26].

Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth [aged 36].

Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford [aged 53].

William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont [aged 47].

Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney [aged 34].

William Stanley [aged 50].

Roger Kynaston of Myddle and Hordley [aged 52].

Henry Marney 1st Baron Marney [aged 38].

William Brandon [aged 29] was killed.

James Harrington [aged 55] was killed.

John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk [aged 60] was killed and attainted. He was buried firstly at Thetford Priory, Norfolk [Map] and therafter at Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham [Map]. Duke Norfolk, Baron Mowbray, Baron Segrave, Baron Howard forfeit.

John Sacheverell [aged 85] was killed.

Philibert Chandee 1st Earl Bath

William Norreys [aged 44], Gilbert Talbot [aged 33], John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford [aged 42] and John Savage [aged 41] commanded,.

Robert Poyntz [aged 35] was knighted.

Those who fought for Richard III included:

John Bourchier 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 47].

John Conyers [aged 74].

Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 17].

William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley [aged 59].

Richard Fitzhugh 6th Baron Fitzhugh [aged 28].

John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 48].

Thomas Scrope 6th Baron Scrope of Masham [aged 26].

Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor [aged 50].

Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent [aged 68].

Ralph Neville 3rd Earl of Westmoreland [aged 29].

John de la Pole Earl Lincoln 1st [aged 23].

Humphrey Stafford [aged 59].

George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 17].

Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 42] was wounded, captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London [Map] for three years. He was attainted; Earl Surrey forfeit.

Francis Lovell 1st Viscount Lovell [aged 29] fought and escaped.

John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth [aged 26] was captured.

John Babington [aged 62], William Alington [aged 65], Robert Mortimer [aged 43], Robert Brackenbury, Richard Ratclyffe [aged 55] and Richard Bagot [aged 73] were killed

Walter Devereux Baron Ferrers of Chartley [aged 53] was killed.

William Catesby [aged 35] was executed at Leicester, Leicestershire [Map] after the battle.

George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster [aged 25] held as a hostage by Richard III before the Battle of Bosworth.

Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland [aged 36] betrayed King Richard III of England by not committing his forces at the Battle of Bosworth.

John Iwardby [aged 35] was killed.

In 1494 Robert Poyntz [aged 44] was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.

In 1500 Robert Poyntz [aged 50] was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.

On 29th October 1507 [his mother] Alice Cox died.

On 4th November 1520 Robert Poyntz [aged 70] died at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire [Map].

Before 5th November 1520 [his former wife] Margaret Woodville [aged 59] died.

Royal Descendants of Robert Poyntz 1450-1520
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [5]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [7]

Ancestors of Robert Poyntz 1450-1520

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Poyntz

Grandfather: Nicholas Poyntz

Father: John Poyntz

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Mill

Grandmother: Elizabeth Mill

Robert Poyntz

Grandfather: John Cox

Mother: Alice Cox