Michael 2nd Baron Poynings
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Sir Michael de Poynings, 2nd Baron Poynings, Knt.
(1317 – 15 March 1369), of Bures St. Mary
, Suffolk
. He was present at the Battle of Crécy
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Michael de Poynings was summoned to Parliament as a baron from 25 February 1342 to 24 February 1368. On account of the valiant conduct of his father, Thomas, who died in 1339 in battle at the storming of Hunycourt in Vermandois
, France, the King received Michael's homage, though under age, and granted him livery of his lands and full benefit of his marriage taking security for the payment of the relief.
Poynings gave a thousand marks to Queen Philippa of Hainault
in 1366 for the wardship and marriage of William son and heir of John Lord Bardolf to the end that he might take Agnes his daughter to wife, who by the name of "Agnes Bardolf" is mentioned as a legatee in the will of her mother, Joane Lady Poynings, dated 12 May 1369, and by that of' Lady Bardolf my sister' in the Will of Thomas Lord Poyings 28 October 1374.
Sir Michael de Poynings, 2nd Baron Poynings, married Joane (d. 11 May 1369), daughter of Sir Richard Rokesley, Knight, and widow of Sir John de Molyns, Knight. They were buried together in the parish church at Poynings
, Sussex. He was succeeded by his son Thomas de Poynings, 3rd Baron Poynings.
Knight
A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
(1317 – 15 March 1369), of Bures St. Mary
Bures St. Mary
Bures St Mary is a civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. In 2005 it had a population of 940.The parish covers the eastern part of the village of Bures, the western part being in the Bures Hamlet parish in Essex....
, Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
. He was present at the Battle of Crécy
Battle of Crécy
The Battle of Crécy took place on 26 August 1346 near Crécy in northern France, and was one of the most important battles of the Hundred Years' War...
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Michael de Poynings was summoned to Parliament as a baron from 25 February 1342 to 24 February 1368. On account of the valiant conduct of his father, Thomas, who died in 1339 in battle at the storming of Hunycourt in Vermandois
Vermandois
Vermandois was a French county, that appears in the Merovingian period. In the tenth century, it was organised around two castellan domains: St Quentin and Péronne . Pepin I of Vermandois, the earliest of its hereditary counts, was descended in direct male line from the emperor Charlemagne...
, France, the King received Michael's homage, though under age, and granted him livery of his lands and full benefit of his marriage taking security for the payment of the relief.
Poynings gave a thousand marks to Queen Philippa of Hainault
Philippa of Hainault
Philippa of Hainault, or, Philippe de Hainaut was the Queen consort of King Edward III of England. Edward, Duke of Guyenne, her future husband, promised in 1326 to marry her within the following two years...
in 1366 for the wardship and marriage of William son and heir of John Lord Bardolf to the end that he might take Agnes his daughter to wife, who by the name of "Agnes Bardolf" is mentioned as a legatee in the will of her mother, Joane Lady Poynings, dated 12 May 1369, and by that of' Lady Bardolf my sister' in the Will of Thomas Lord Poyings 28 October 1374.
Sir Michael de Poynings, 2nd Baron Poynings, married Joane (d. 11 May 1369), daughter of Sir Richard Rokesley, Knight, and widow of Sir John de Molyns, Knight. They were buried together in the parish church at Poynings
Poynings
Poynings is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It is located on the north side of the South Downs near Devil's Dyke, five miles north-west of Brighton...
, Sussex. He was succeeded by his son Thomas de Poynings, 3rd Baron Poynings.