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Anthony Poyntz
 Sir Anthony Poyntz (1480? – 1532) was an English diplomat and naval commander. LifeIn 1507/8 he served as High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.[1] He was knighted in 1513, when he commanded a ship in Thomas Howard's expedition against France.[2] In September 1518 he was sent on an embassy to the French king, and was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in July 1520.[3] One of his daughters was a lady in waiting to Catherine of Aragon at the Field of the Cloth of Gold.[4] His father died in November and he inherited Iron Acton, which his family had held since mid-14th century.[5] In 1521 he was one of the jury at Bristol before whom Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham was indicted.[6] In 1522 he joined in the expedition to France of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk in command of the Santa Maria.[7] In the following year he became vice-admiral, and was employed in command of some twelve or fourteen sail in preventing the return of John Stewart, Duke of Albany to Scotland.[7] In 1522/3 and 1527/8 he again served as High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.[1] In 1529 he was a witness in the proceedings for the divorce of Catherine of Aragon[6] and in 1530 was on a commission to inquire into Thomas Wolsey's possessions.[7] He died in late 1532.[8] FamilyHe was the son of Sir Robert Poyntz, and Margaret Woodville, an illegitimate daughter of Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers.[9] He married by 1510 Elizabeth Huddesfield, daughter of Sir William Huddesfield (d.1499), of Shillingford St George, Devon, Attorney-General to King Edward IV and his wife Katherine, daughter of Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham Castle, Devon:[10]
After Elizabeth's death he married Joan, widow of Sir Richard Guilford.[1] Notes
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