Sir Richard Poynings

• Sir Richard de Poynings was the son of Robert de Poynings, 4th Lord Poynings and Margaret Squery.1,2 He married, firstly, Joan Seamer, daughter of Henry Seamer. There was a funerary brass for Joan, 1420, which was formerly in St Helen's church, Bishopsgate, London. It has been reproduced in various publications, listed on p. 310 of "List of Monumental Brasses". 3 He married, secondly, Eleanor Berkeley, daughter of Sir John Berkeley and Elizabeth Betteshorne, circa 1423.1 He died on 10 June 1429.4
• Sir Richard de Poynings was invested as a Knight before 1423.3 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Sussex in 1423.3

Child of Sir Richard de Poynings and Joan Seamer

• 1.Eleanor de Poynings, Baroness de Poynings+2 b. c 1422, d. c 1484

Links

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p1054.htm

Citations

1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 247. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

2.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003). Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

3.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 1666.

4.[S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 39. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.

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Richard de Poynings (b. Abt. 1392, d. 10 Jun 1429)

Richard de Poynings (son of Robert de Poynings, 5th Baron Poynings and Elizabeth (or Eleanor) de Grey of Ruthyn) was born Abt. 1392 in Yorkshire, England, and died 10 Jun 1429 in Vp, Orleans, France. He married Alianore Berkeley, Countess of Arundel on Aft. Apr 1421 in Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England, daughter of John de Berkeley and Elizabeth Betteshorne.

Notes for Richard de Poynings:

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Richard de Poynings was born circa 1402? In Yorkshire, England. He was the son of Robert, 5th Baron Poynings and Elizabeth (or Eleanor) de Grey of Ruthyn .1 He married Alianore Berkeley, Countess of Arundel, daughter of Sir John de Berkeley of Beverstone and Elizabeth Betteshorne, circa 1421 in Beverston, Gloucestershire, England; Her 2nd.2 He died in 1430. D.v.p.1

Child of Richard de Poynings and Alianore Berkeley, Countess of Arundel:

Alianore, Lady Poynings+ b. c 1426?, d. Feb 1482/83;only daughter and heir

Sources:

1. C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms Sir Bernard Burke, compiler, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996), pg. 444. Hereinafter cited as B:xP.

2. Tudor Place, online , Berkeley of Berkeley. Hereinafter cited as Tudor Place.

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cousin/html/p458.htm#i28022

More About Richard de Poynings:

Record Change: 21 Jan 2007

More About Richard de Poynings and Alianore Berkeley, Countess of Arundel:

Marriage: Aft. Apr 1421, Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England.

Children of Richard de Poynings and Alianore Berkeley, Countess of Arundel are:

+Lady Alianore Poynings, Countess of, b. Abt. 1422, d. Feb 1484.

• Richard Poynings

born about (before?) 1410 Yorkshire, England

died 10 June 1429 Orleans, France

father:

• Robert Poynings

born 3 December 1382 Okeford, Fitzpaine, Dorset, England

died 2 October 1446 Orleans, France

mother:

• Elizabeth (Eleanor) Grey

born about 1393 Okeford, Dorsetshire, England

siblings:

unknown

spouse:

• Eleanor (Alianore) Berkeley

born about 1385 Beverston, Gloucestershire, England

died August 1455

buried Arundel, Sussex, England

children:

• Eleanor Poynings

born 1422 England

died February 1484 England

biographical or anecdotal information:

source:

LDS

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