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Culture, Lords of England, Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baron Poynings

Baron Poynings is in Baronies of England Alphabetically.

1489 Yorkshire Rebellion

1572 Rising of the North

Baron Poynings (1st Creation)

On 20 Nov 1348 Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings (age 30) was created 1st Baron Poynings. Joan Rokesley Baroness Poynings by marriage Baroness Poynings.

On 07 Mar 1369 Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings (age 51) died. His son Thomas Poynings 2nd Baron Poynings (age 20) succeeded 2nd Baron Poynings.

Before 05 Jul 1372 Thomas Poynings 2nd Baron Poynings (age 23) and Blanche Mowbray Baroness Poynings were married. She by marriage Baroness Poynings. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

Before 25 Jun 1375 Thomas Poynings 2nd Baron Poynings (age 26) died on campaign. His brother Richard Poynings 3rd Baron Poynings (age 16) succeeded 3rd Baron Poynings. Isabel Grey Baroness Poynings by marriage Baroness Poynings.

On 25 May 1387 Richard Poynings 3rd Baron Poynings (age 28) died at Villalpando. His son Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings (age 4) succeeded 4th Baron Poynings.

Before 22 Oct 1397 Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings (age 14) and Eleanor Grey Baroness Poynings (age 4) were married. She by marriage Baroness Poynings. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Around Jun 1434 Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings (age 51) and Margaret Squery Baroness Poynings were married. She by marriage Baroness Poynings.

On 02 Oct 1446 Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings (age 63) died at Orléans. His granddaughter Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland (age 24) succeeded 5th Baroness Poynings

On 21 Sep 1480 Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland (age 58) died at Raby Castle, County Durham [Map]. Her son Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland (age 31) succeeded 6th Baron Poynings.

On 28 Apr 1489 Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland (age 40) was hanged at York [Map] by the rebels when attempting to collect the tax.

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.

The King then sent an army of 8000 north led by Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (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 01 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 21 Jun 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 "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland (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 13 Oct 1668 Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland (age 66) died at Petworth. He was buried at Petworth. His son Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland (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 31 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 (2nd Creation)

On 30 Jan 1545 Thomas Poynings 1st Baron Poynings (age 33) was created 1st Baron Poynings.

On 17 Aug 1545 Thomas Poynings 1st Baron Poynings (age 33) died at Boulogne sur Mer [Map]. Baron Poynings extinct.