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Baron Poynings is in Baronies of England Alphabetically.
Baron Poynings is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Succeeded Baronesses of England, Forfeit Baronies of England, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
20th November 1348. Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings created.
7th March 1369. Son Thomas Poynings 2nd Baron Poynings succeeded.
25th June 1375. Brother Richard Poynings 3rd Baron Poynings succeeded.
25th May 1387. Son Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings succeeded.
2nd October 1446. Granddaughter Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland succeeded.
21st September 1480. Son Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland succeeded.
28th April 1489. Son Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland succeeded. See Yorkshire Rebellion.
19th May 1527. Son Henry Percy 6th Earl of Northumberland succeeded.
2nd June 1537. Henry Percy 6th Earl of Northumberland forfeit.
1st May 1557. Nephew Thomas Percy 7th Earl of Northumberland restored.
22nd August 1572. Brother Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland succeeded. See Rising of the North.
21st June 1585. Son Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland succeeded.
5th November 1632. Son Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland succeeded.
13th October 1668. Son Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland succeeded.
31st May 1670. Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland extinct.
On 20th November 1348 Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings (age 30) was created 1st Baron Poynings. Joan Rokesley Baroness Poynings by marriage Baroness Poynings.
On 7th March 1369 Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings (age 51) died. His son Thomas (age 20) succeeded 2nd Baron Poynings.
Before 5th July 1372 Thomas Poynings 2nd Baron Poynings (age 23) and Blanche Mowbray Baroness Poynings were married. She by marriage Baroness Poynings.
Before 25th June 1375 Thomas Poynings 2nd Baron Poynings (age 26) died on campaign. His brother Richard (age 16) succeeded 3rd Baron Poynings. Isabel Grey Baroness Poynings by marriage Baroness Poynings.
On 25th May 1387 Richard Poynings 3rd Baron Poynings (age 28) died at Villalpando. His son Robert (age 4) succeeded 4th Baron Poynings.
Before 22nd October 1397 Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings (age 14) and Eleanor Grey Baroness Poynings (age 4) were married. She by marriage Baroness Poynings. They were half sixth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Around June 1434 Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings (age 51) and Margaret Squery Baroness Poynings were married. She by marriage Baroness Poynings.
On 2nd October 1446 Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings (age 63) died at Orléans. His granddaughter Eleanor (age 24) succeeded 5th Baroness Poynings
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 21st September 1480 Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland (age 58) died at Raby Castle, County Durham [Map]. Her son Henry (age 31) succeeded 6th Baron Poynings.
On 28th April 1489 Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland (age 40) was hanged at Cockledge or Blackmoor near York [Map] by the rebels when attempting to collect the tax. He was buried at Beverley Minster [Map].
Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland (age 11) succeeded 5th Earl of Northumberland, 8th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 16th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 7th Baron Poynings. He, Henry, 5th Earl, appears to have become a ward of King Henry VII since he was later married to King Henry's first cousin Katherine Spencer (age 12), daughter of Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde (age 57), probably as a means of ensuring Percy allegiance to the successors of the House of Lancaster i.e. Beaufort and Tudor.
The King then sent an army of 8000 north led by Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey (age 46). The rebels dispersed; their leader John à Chambre was hanged for treason. The rebels then chose John Percy (age 30) as their leader. His leadership proved less than reliable; he eventually fled to the court of Margaret of York Duchess of Burgundy (age 42) (sister of Edward IV and Richard III) who remained sympathetic to the Yorkist cause.
On 19th May 1527 Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland (age 49) died. His son Henry (age 25) succeeded 6th Earl of Northumberland, 9th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 17th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 8th Baron Poynings. Mary Talbot Countess Northumberland by marriage Countess of Northumberland.
On 2nd June 1537 Henry Percy 6th Earl of Northumberland (age 35) died. Richard Layton visited him on 29 June 1537 and says that he found him "languens in extremis, sight and speech failed, his stomach swollen so great as I never see none, and his whole body as yellow as saffron." Earl of Northumberland, Baron Percy of Alnwick, Baron Percy of Topcliffe, Baron Poynings forfeit. His brother Thomas Percy (age 33) should have succeeded but he had been attainted.
On 1st May 1557 Thomas Percy 7th Earl of Northumberland (age 29) was restored 7th Earl of Northumberland, 10th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 18th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 9th Baron Poynings.
On 22nd August 1572 Thomas Percy 7th Earl of Northumberland (age 44) was beheaded at The Pavement in York. He was buried at St Crux Church, York [Map]. His brother Henry (age 40) succeeded 8th Earl of Northumberland, 11th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 19th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick, 10th Baron Poynings.
On 21st June 1585 Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland (age 53) committed suicide at Tower of London [Map]. He was found dead in his bed in his cell, having been shot through the heart. A jury was at once summoned, and returned a verdict of suicide. He was buried in St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map]. His son Henry (age 21) succeeded 9th Earl of Northumberland, 12th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 20th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 3rd Baron Percy of Alnwick, 11th Baron Poynings. Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 21) by marriage Countess of Northumberland.
On 5th November 1632 Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland (age 68) died. His son Algernon (age 30) succeeded 10th Earl of Northumberland, 13th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 21st Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 4th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 12th Baron Poynings.
On 13th October 1668 Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland (age 66) died at Petworth. He was buried at Petworth. His son Josceline (age 24) succeeded 11th Earl of Northumberland, 14th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 22nd Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 5th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 13th Baron Poynings.
On 31st May 1670 Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland (age 25) died in Turin without male issue. Earl of Northumberland, Baron Percy of Alnwick and Baron Percy of Topcliffe, Baron Percy of Alnwick and Baron Poynings extinct. His daughter Elizabeth (age 3) was his sole heiress.
Baron Poynings is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
30th January 1545. Thomas Poynings 1st Baron Poynings created.
17th August 1545. Thomas Poynings 1st Baron Poynings extinct.
On 30th January 1545 Thomas Poynings 1st Baron Poynings (age 33) was created 1st Baron Poynings.
On 17th August 1545 Thomas Poynings 1st Baron Poynings (age 33) died at Boulogne sur Mer [Map]. Baron Poynings extinct.