2nd Lord Poynings Michael de Poynings

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Michael de Poynings, 2nd baron, summoned to parliament from 25 February, 1342, to 24 February, 1368. Upon the decease of the last lord, the king, by his letters patent dated the 14th of the same month, acknowledging his great valour and eminent merits and reciting that he was slain in his service, received the homage of the present baron though then under age; and in recompense of those, his father's, sufferings, not only granted him livery of his lands but the full benefit of his marriage, taking security for the payment of his relief. This Michael, Lord Poynings, participated in the glories of the reign of Edward III, and was amongst the heroes of Cressy. His lordship m. Joane, dau. of Sir Richard Rokesley, and widow of Sir John de Molyns, Knt., and d. in 1369; he was s. by his son, Thomas de Poynings, 3rd baron. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 444, Poynings, Barons Poynings]

Michael married Joan de Rokesley before 1348. Joan (daughter of Richard de Rokesley) was born about 1321 in Roxley, Kent, England; died on 16 Jun 1369 in Poynings, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Agnes de Poynings was born about 1349 in England; died on 12 Jun 1403 in Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London, England.
2. 4th Lord Poynings Richard de Poynings was born about 1355 in of Poynings, Sussex, England; died on 25 May 1387 in Villalpando, Zamora, Leon, Spain.
3. 3rd Lord Poynings Thomas de Poynings was born on 19 Apr 1349; died in 1375.
4. Elizabeth de Poynings was born about 1345 in Slaugham, Sussex, England; died before 20 Mar 1378/79.

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Thomas de Poynings was summoned to parliament as a Baron, 23 April, 1337. His lordship m. Agnes de Rokesley, one of the co-heirs of John, son of Bartholomew de Cryol, and was slain in the great sea fight with the French at Sluse in 1339. He was s. by his elder son, Michael de Poynings, 2nd baron. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 444, Poynings, Baron St. John, of Basing]

Thomas married Agnes de Rokesley in 1317. Agnes (daughter of Richard de Rokesley and Joan de Criol) was born in 1299 in Westwood, Preston, Kent, England; died before 22 Dec 1346 in Poynings, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Agnes was one of the co-heirs of John, son of Bartholomew de Cryol. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 444, Poynings, Baron St. John, of Basing]

Richard married Joan de Criol. Joan (daughter of Bertram de Criol and Eleanor de Crevequer) was born about 1270 in Westwood, Preston, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bertram married Eleanor de Crevequer. Eleanor (daughter of Hamon de Crevequer and Maud d'Avranches) was born in 1250 in Folkstone, Kent, England; died in 1301. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]