1. DOROTHEA POYNTZ. Baptized 3 Jan 1631 at Benefield, Northamptonshire; died 2 Aug 1705 and was buried near her husband in Glooston Church, Leicestershire. She was married c1650 to Rev. JOHN OWSLEY. John Owsley was baptized 12 Dec 1630 at Shepton Beauchamp, Somersetshire and died 25 Dec 1687 at Glooston.

2. NEWDIGATE POYNTZ, of Benefield, Northamptonshire. Baptized 16 Nov 1608 at Reigate, co. Surrey; died 5 Aug 1643 at the siege of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, by forces of Oliver Cromwell, while serving as a Captain in the Royal Army. His will, dated 26 Mar 1639, was proved 27 Feb 1645 and therein he requested he be "buried in the School at Benefield, it being part of the Church, near my first wife and our two children." Married 1stly, c1627: (BLG18, 1: 581; FP: 185-187, 198; PCC Wills: 34 Rivers)

3. SARAH FOXLEY. Buried at Benefield, Northamptonshire on 31 May 1636.

4. JOHN POYNTZ, of Reigate, co. Surrey. Baptized 8 Dec 1577 at Reigate; died after 20 Oct 1617. In 1607, he was described as a marshal unto King James I. He sold all of his property at various times between 5 Nov 1615 and 20 Oct 1617. FP: 137 states "It is however not unlikely that he was the John Poñtes who was ' living in Virginia in James Town (city) and with the Corporation thereof,' whose name is given in the index as Poyntz in Hotten's list of Apprentices and Emigrants, &c." This possible reference, in fact, relates to one John Pountis, mentioned in early Virginia records as Poynts, Poynes, and Poyne, subsequently Vice Admiral of Virginia, who died in 1624 and whose will of 1618 makes it clear the two men were not identical. Married 27 July 1598: (BLG18, 1: 581; FP: 135-138, 156)

5. ANNE SYDENHAM. Living 1634. As a result of serious differences, Anne had obtained a divorce from her husband by 31 Oct 1613.

6. FRANCIS FOXLEY, of Harringworth, Northamptonshire. Died 7 Dec 1617. His will of 24 Nov 1617 was proved 19 June 1619. (BLG18, 1: 581; FP: 185; HNO, 1: 6, 2: 6, 31; PCC Wills: 53 Parker; VNO: 90)

7. MARY DRYDEN. Died before 24 Nov 1617, not being named in her husband's will of that date. She bore her husband 7 sons and 6 daughters. Francis and Mary Foxley were named in the 1584 will of Mary's father.

8. WILLIAM POYNTZ, of Reigate, co. Surrey. Born probably at Alderley, Gloucestershire; died in 1601, by 25 Apr, at Reigate. Founded the family of Poyntz of Reigate. Married 23 May 1569 at Reigate: (BLG18, 1: 581; FP: 134-135, 156)

9. ELIZABETH NEWDIGATE. Her will of 5 May 1601 was proved 17 June 1602. (PCC Wills: 58 Montague)

10. JOHN SYDENHAM, the younger, of Nympsfield, Gloucestershire. His will of 21 Nov 1590 was proved 5 Jan 1591. Married after 1581: (BLG18, 1: 581; FP: 96, 135, 269; HSF: 133, 134; PCC Wills: 1 Sainberbe)

11. MARY POYNTZ. Buried 7 Oct 1591 at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire. Her will of 4 Feb 1591 was proved 27 Nov 1591. (PCC Wills: 87 Sainberbe)

12. JOHN FOXLEY, of Foxley, Northamptonshire. Died 15 Mar 1562. (HNO, 2: 30; HP/1509: 2: 455; NEHGR, 71: 241; VNO: 90)

13. MARGARET JOCELYN (JOSSELIN). She and her husband were heirs to all of her father's property as per his will of 1553.

14. JOHN DRYDEN, of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire. Died 30 Sept 1584. His will of 15 Aug 1584 directed his burial in Ashby Church, "near unto the place where John Cope, knight, is buried," adding "And although I doe not allow of pomp in burials, yet for some reasonable considerations I will that the stone that I have already prepared shall be layede upon my grave, and my arms and my wyve's graven in brasse thereupon." Married 1551: (BP105: 838; FP: 185; HAN, 1: 224-225; HNO, 1: 5; PCC Wills: 24 Watson; VNO: 178) He was the grandfather of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643) of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York, and great-grandfather of the poet John Dryden (1631-1700).

15. ELIZABETH COPE. Living 15 Aug 1584 when her husband composed his will directing she and their eldest son, Erasmus, advise and counsel the younger children in their marriages when they come of age.

16. JOHN POYNTZ, of Alderley, Gloucestershire. Born c1485; died 29 Nov 1544. His will of 1 June 1544, with a codicil added 7 June 1544, was proved 11 Dec 1544. Shortly after adding the codicil to his will, he left with the army for the invasion of France and may have perished in that expedition. Sewer to Queen Catherine of Aragon, 1520; Burgess to the House of Commons for the Borough of Devizes, Wiltshire, 1529; Justice of the Peace for Gloucestershire, 1529-1544. Married 2ndly: (BLG18, 1: 581; FP: 113-115, 131; HP/1509, 3: 147-148; PCC Wills: 19 Pynnyng)

17. MARGARET SAUNDERS (SANDER). Her will of 22 Sept 1563 was proved 4 July 1564 and therein named her children by John Poyntz. She remarried following the death of John Poyntz. (PCC Wills: 22 Stevenson)

18. THOMAS NEWDIGATE, of Wivelsfield, co. Sussex. Buried at Wivelsfield on 16 Oct 1559. His will of 4 Apr 1559 was proved 11 Dec 1559. (FP: 135, 156; PCC Wills: 22 Mellershe; VBU: 70; VCH, Sussex, 7: 123; VSU: 27)

19. KATHERINE HAMPDEN. Died c1563 holding a tithe to Wivelsfield Church.

20. Sir JOHN SYDENHAM, of Brimpton, Somersetshire. Born 1494, died 16 Apr 1557. His will of 8 Apr 1557 was proved 21 May 1557. Justice of the Peace for Somersetshire, 1543-1557; served in the French campaign of 1544; Sheriff of Somersetshire and Dorsetshire, 1546-1547 and 1554-1555; knighted 3 Nov 1549; Knight of the Shire for Somerset, 1554. (BEB: 516; FP: 269; HP/1509, 3: 414-415; HSF: 119-136; LI, 9: 124; MGH, 2(3): 327; PCC Wills: 15 Wrastley; PW, 2: 168)

21. URSULA BRIDGES (BRUGGE). Her will of 31 Oct 1575 was proved in Feb 1576. (PCC Wills: 55 Pyckering)

22. Sir NICHOLAS POYNTZ, of Iron Acton, Gloucestershire. Born c1528 (HP) or c1535 (FP); died 1 Sept 1585 at Iron Acton. His will of 22 June 1585 was proved 15 Feb 1587. Knight of the Bath, Jan 1559; Burgess to the House of Commons from the Borough of Totnes, Devonshire, 1559; Sheriff of Gloucestershire, 1569-1570, and Knight of the Shire for Gloucester, 1571. Married 1stly, 1555: (BEB: 545; BLG18, 1: 580; FP: 79-82, 96; HP/1509: 3: 243; LI, 9: 51; PCC Wills: 42 Brudenell; PW, 2: 115; VBU: 123)

23. ANNE VERNEY. Died before 1575.

24. THOMAS FOXLEY, of Foxley, Northamptonshire. Born 1496; buried 10 Feb 1561 at Blakesley, Northamptonshire. (BEB: 323; EBAR, 4: 91; GMCC, 1: 56; HNO, 2: 31; VNO: 90)

25. MARGARET LOVETT. Buried 8 Feb 1550 at Blakesley, Northamptonshire.

26. JOHN JOCELYN (JOSSELIN), of Thornborough, Buckinghamshire. Born c1490. His will of 18 Aug 1553 was proved 13 Nov 1554. Therein he stated he and his wife were ill and directed his burial in the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Buckingham. Serjeant of the Pantry, by 1532-1553; served in the French campaign of 1544; Knight of the Shire for Buckingham, 1545 and 1547. Married by 1532: (COL6, 2: 405-406; HP/1509, 2: 454-455; NEHGR, 71: 241; PCC Wills: 11 More; VE: 229; VNO: 90)

27. ANNE GRENVILLE. Died 18 Aug 1553/13 Nov 1554. A gentlewoman of the Queen's household in 1532.

28. DAVID DRYDEN, of Staffe Hill, co. Cumberland. (BP105: 838; HAN, 1: 224; VNO: 178)

29. ISABEL NICHOLSON.

30. Sir JOHN COPE, of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire. Died 22 Jan 1558. His will of 2 July 1557, was proved 20 May 1558. In 1538 he purchased Canons Ashby from Sir Francis Bryan and became a grazier and wool producer. Justice of the Peace for Northamptonshire, 1543-1558; served in the French campaign of 1544; Sheriff of Northamptonshire, 1545-1546; Knight of the Shire for Northampton, 1547; knighted May 1549/Mar 1550. Married 1stly: (HP/1509, 1: 693-694; LI, 9: 94; NEHGR, 145: 18-19; PCC Wills: 25 Noodes; VNO: 175; PW, 2: 77)

31. BRIDGET RALEIGH. Died before June 1542 by which time her husband was married to his third wife.

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