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Birth:          ABT 1323 Poynings, Sussex, England
Death:          7 Mar 1369 Slaugham, Sussex, England
Burial:         Poynings, Sussex, England

Notes
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I12283
Michael, Lord Poynings, and Joan, daughter of Sir Richard Rokesley. [Magna Charta 
Sureties]

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BARONY OF POYNINGS (I)

SIR MICHAEL DE POYNINGS, son and heir, took part in the expedition to Flanders, 
1338-39, and had order for seisin, being then still abroad, 8 February 1339/40. In 
June following he was again setting out with the King. He was summoned, December 
1341, against the Scots; and to councils in February 1341/2, July 1352, July 1353 and 
June 1358. He sailed with the King to Brittany in October 1342, as a banneret. Again 
in 1345 he sailed with the King, and fought at Crécy and Calais in his retinue, with 45 
men under his command. He was summoned to Parliament, by writs directed Michaeli 
de Ponynges, from 20 November 1348 to 24 February 1367/8, whereby he is held to 
have become ;ORD POYNINGS. He was on the commissions of the peace in Sussex, 
1351, 1354, 1361, 1362, 1364 and 1368; and in June 1354 one of the justices to 
enforce the Statute of Labourers there. In July 1355 he was abroad in the King's 
service; and he commanded his own company in the King's campaign in France, 1359
-60. He was a commissioner in Sussex, in July 1360, to check the return of the 
unspent residue of a special 10th and 15th granted for the emergency of the war.

He married, in or before 1348, Joan, widow of John, son and heir apparent of Sir John 
(DE MOLEYNS), LORD MOLEYNS; and died 7 March 1368/9. His widow died 16 May 
1369. [Complete Peerage X:660-1, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Parents
DE POYNINGS Thomas (ABT 1300 - 10 Oct 1339)
DE ROKESLEY Agnes (BEF 1299 - BEF 22 Dec 1346)

Siblings
DE POYNINGS Michael (ABT 1323 - 7 Mar 1369)

Marriage To DE ROKESLEY Joan (ABT 1321 - 16 May 1369)
    m.  

Notes


Children by DE ROKESLEY Joan ABT 1321 - 16 May 1369
DE POYNINGS Richard (ABT 1355 - 25 May 1387)

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