Person:Hugh Poyntz (1)

of Curry-Mallet, Smoerset, Hoo, Kent, Sutton, Dorset, and Tockington, Gloucestershire. He fought in Wales 1277, 1282, 1283, and 1294, in Gascony in 1297, and in the Scottish expeditions from 1298 to 1303. He fought at the Battle of Falkirk 22 Jul 1298 and was present at the seige of Caerlaverock Castle in 1300. In 1281 the king granted him a Tuesday market and two anual fairs to be held at the manor of Tockington, Gloucstershire. He was summoned to a military councel to be held at Gloucester in 1287, and to another at Worcester in 1294 to serve against the Welsh. He was summoned to Parlaiment from 24 June 1295 by writs directed Hugoni Poyntz. He joined in the Barons' letter to the Pope in 1301 as D'n's de Corimalet. Sir Hugh Poyntz, 1st Lord Poyntz, died shortly before 4 Jan 1307/08.

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Hugh Poyntz and Margaret Paveley had two sons, both born in Tockington, and they may have been twins Hugh, b abt 1279 Nicholas, b abt 1279. Nicholas was also known as the Baron of Cory Malet. (His paternal Grandmother was from Curry Malet in Somersetshire)He held manors in Cory Malet, Somerset, Hoo St, Werbergh and Lullingstone in Kent, Dullingham in Cambridge and in Dorset

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2. ↑ Weis, Frederick Lewis; Walter Lee Sheppard; and David Faris. Ancestral roots of certain American colonists, who came to America before 1700: the lineage of Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and some of their descendants. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 7th Edition c1992)
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3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Richardson, Douglas, and Kimball G. Everingham. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2005)
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4.   Sir Hugh Poyntz, 1st Lord Poyntz, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.