John Pointz

For other people named John Pointz, see John Pointz (disambiguation).

Sir John Pointz or Poyntz (died 1633) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1593. He is perhaps best remembered as the maternal grandfather of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond.

Life

Pointz was the son of Sir Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton, Gloucestershire and his first wife Anne Verney.[1] His grandfather Sir Nicholas Poynz was a courtier in the time of Henry VIII. His father was widely suspected of being a Roman Catholic.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1591–92 and was J.P. in 1592. He was knighted before 1593, when he was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire. From 1602 he was Custos Rotulorum of the county.[2] He was Lord of the Manor of Iron Acton.[3]

Pointz, who was notoriously improvident, and was imprisoned for debt several times, died insolvent and intestate in 1633. In fairness to him, he had been embroiled for many years in a lawsuit about his father's will. was buried at Iron Acton.[3]

Church of St James the Less, Iron Acton

Family

He married four times.[1]

1. Ursula, daughter of Sir John Sydenham of Brympton, Somerset around 1578.

2. Elizabeth (d. 1595), daughter of Alexander Sydenham of Luxborough, Somerset around 1582

• Robert
• Dorothy married John Peny of East Coker Somerset
• Elizabeth

3. Frances (d. 1599), daughter of John Newton of Barrs Court, Gloucestershire

4. Grissell (d. 1647/8), the daughter of Walter Roberts of Glassenbury, Kent and widow of Gregory Price of Hereford, and of Gervase Gibbons of Kent in 1600

• Nicholas (d. 1651) married Eleanor, only daughter and heir of Rice Davis of Tickenham, Somerset and Mary Pitt
• Ann married Isaac Bromwich of Gloucester
• Mary married 1) John Walter and 2) Walter Bethell

References

1. Maclean, Sir John (1886). Historical and genealogical memoir of the family of Poyntz. Vol. 1. p. 96.
2. "POYNTZ, Sir John (c.1560-1633), of Iron Acton, Glos". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
3. Parliamentary History of Gloucestershire

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Thomas Throckmorton Edward Wynter	Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire 1593 With: Sir Henry Poole	Succeeded by Sir John Tracy Sir John Hungerford