Adrian Poynings
Sir Adrian Poynings | |
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Born | c. 1512 Ghent, Flanders |
Died | 15 February 1571 (aged 58–59) |
Spouse(s) | Mary West |
Issue | Elizabeth Poynings Mary Poynings Anne Poynings |
Father | Sir Edward Poynings |
Mother | Rose Whethill |
Sir Adrian Poynings (c. 1512 – 15 February 1571) was a military commander and administrator. The youngest of the illegitimate children of Sir Edward Poynings, he played a prominent role in the defence of the English garrison at Le Havre in 1562–63.
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Family
Adrian Poynings, born about 1512 in Ghent, Flanders, where his father was serving as ambassador to the Emperor Maximilian, was the youngest of seven illegitimate children of Sir Edward Poynings (1459–1521) of Westenhanger Castle, Kent, by several mistresses, one of whom, Rose Whethill, daughter of Adrian Whethill (1415-1503/04) of Calais and Margaret Worsley (d. 13 December 1505), is generally considered to have been Adrian Poynings' mother.[1][2]
He had two elder brothers,
By his father's marriage to Isabel or Elizabeth Scott (d. 15 August 1528), daughter of
Career
Poynings was enrolled at Gray's Inn in 1533.[3] His military service began during the Boulogne campaign of 1546. His brother, Edward, captain of the guard at Boulogne, was killed in action in January, and replaced by Thomas Wyatt, whose lieutenant Poynings became in February. In June 1546 he was appointed captain of the citadel at Boulogne, and a year later, captain of the town. His nephew, Lord Clinton, became governor of Boulogne in 1548, and Poynings continued to serve there until the town was returned to the French in 1550.[3][1][12]
In 1552, he was appointed lieutenant of the castle of
In late November 1562, Sir Hugh Paulet replaced Poynings at Newhaven, although he continued to serve on the military council. On 25 March 1563, he was directed to return to London to report to the Privy Council, and while he was there, the garrison at Newhaven under Warwick surrendered on 27 July. As a reward for his services he was granted denization in 1564.[3][14][12]
Poynings' wife, Mary West, was coheir to the barony of West after the death of her half-brother, Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr, and eventually sole heiress to her sister, Anne West. In 1567, Poynings unsuccessfully claimed the other title held by the West family, the barony of De La Warr, in right of his wife.[15][16][17][12]
Poynings' final years were spent as captain at Portsmouth, where he is said to have quarrelled with the mayor and burgesses, 'who accused him of high-handedness and violence'.[12][18]
Death
Poynings died 15 February 1571, and was buried at
Marriage and issue
Poynings married Mary West, daughter of Sir Owen West (d. 18 July 1551) of Wherwell, Hampshire,[3] eldest son of Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr, by his third wife, Eleanor Copley, by whom he had three daughters:[19][12]
- Elizabeth Poynings, who married Andrew Rogers.
- Mary Poynings, who married Sir Edward More (d. 1623) of Odiham, Hampshire. After her death, More married Frances Brooke (born 12 January 1562),[20] widow of John Stourton, 9th Baron Stourton (1553–1588),[21] and one of the twin daughters of William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham (1527–1597), by whom he had a daughter, Frances More (1598–1633), who married Sir William Stourton.[22][23][24]
- Anne Poynings, who married, as his first wife, Sir George More of Loseley Park, Surrey, by whom she was the mother of Anne More, who married the poet John Donne.
After Poynings' death his widow married Sir Richard Rogers (c.1527–c.1605) of Bryanston, Dorset, son and heir of Sir John Rogers of Bryanston by Katherine Weston, daughter of Sir Richard Weston, by whom she had one son.[15][16][17][25]
Notes
- ^ a b Richardson IV 2011, p. 4.
- ^ a b Rose Whetehill (1472 - on/after 1521), A Who's Who of Tudor Women: W-Wh, compiled by Kathy Lynn Emerson to update and correct Wives and Daughters: The Women of Sixteenth-Century England (1984) Archived 21 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b c d e f Stevens 2004.
- ^ Cokayne 1945, p. 669.
- ^ Robertson 2004.
- ^ Scott 1876, p. 149.
- ^ Smith 1861, p. 122.
- ^ Hasted 1800, p. 343.
- ^ Wilsford, Sir Thomas (c.1585–1646), of Ilding, Kingston, Kent, History of Parliament. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ Ellis 2004.
- ^ Isabel Scott (1459 – 15 August 1528) A Who's Who of Tudor Women: Sa-Sn, compiled by Kathy Lynn Emerson to update and correct Wives and Daughters: The Women of Sixteenth-Century England (1984) Archived 21 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Poynings, Adrian (c.1515–71), of Wherwell, Hampshire, History of Parliament Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ 'Elizabeth: September 1562, 26–30', Calendar of State Papers Foreign, Elizabeth, Volume 5: 1562 (1867), pp. 323–332 Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ Richardson IV 2011, pp. 4–5.
- ^ a b Cokayne 1916, pp. 156–8.
- ^ a b Cokayne 1959, p. 522.
- ^ a b Richardson II 2011, p. 5.
- ^ a b Richardson IV 2011, p. 5.
- ^ Richardson II 2011, pp. 4–5.
- ^ McKeen 1 1986, p. 151.
- ^ McKeen 2 1986, pp. 420–1.
- ^ McKeen 2 1986, pp. 700–2.
- ^ Collectanea Topographica & Genealogica, Vol. VIII (London: John Bowyer Nicolls, 1843), pp. 223–4 Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ More, Edward (c.1555–1623), of Crabbet, Worth, Sussex, Canon Row, Westminster, and Odiham, Hampshire, History of Parliament Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ Richardson IV 2011, p. 322.
References
- Cokayne, George Edward (1916). The Complete Peerage, edited by Vicary Gibbs. Vol. IV. London: St Catherine Press. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- Cokayne, George Edward (1945). The Complete Peerage, edited by H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White and Lord Howard de Walden. Vol. X. London: St Catherine Press. pp. 668–9.
- Cokayne, George Edward (1959). The Complete Peerage, edited by Geoffrey H. White. Vol. XII, Part II. London: St Catherine Press.
- Ellis, Steven G. (2004). "Poynings, Sir Edward (1459–1521)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22683. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Hasted, Edward (1800). The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Vol. IX (2nd ed.). Canterbury: W. Bristow. p. 343.
- McKeen, David (1986). A Memory of Honour; The Life of William Brooke, Lord Cobham. Vol. 1. Salzburg: Universitat Salzburg.
- McKeen, David (1986). A Memory of Honour; The Life of William Brooke, Lord Cobham. Vol. 2. Salzburg: Universitat Salzburg.
- Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. II (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 978-1449966386.)
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- Scott, James Renat (1876). Memorials of the Family of Scott, of Scot's-Hall, in the County of Kent. London: Simmonds & Botten.
- Smith, Herbert L. (1861). "Some Account of Brasses Formerly in the Church of Sevington". Archaeologia Cantiana. IV. London: Kent Archaeological Society: 117–22.
- Stevens, M.A. (2004). "Poynings, Sir Adrian (1512?–1571)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/65669. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
External links
- Armigerous Memorials in All Saints' Parish Church, Odiham Retrieved 17 September 2013
- Will of Sir Edward More of Odiham, Hampshire, proved 19 May 1623, PROB 11/141/530, National Archives Retrieved 17 September 2013