Sir John Pointz or Poyntz (died 1633) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1593. He is perhaps best remembered as the maternal grandfather of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond.
Pointz, who was notoriously improvident, and was imprisoned for debt several times, died insolvent and intestate in 1633. In fairness to him, he had been embroiled for many years in a lawsuit about his father's will. was buried at Iron Acton.[2]
Church of St James the Less, Iron Acton
FamilyEdit
Pointz married four times: firstly Ursula Sydenham of Brampton, Somerset; secondly Elizabeth Sydenham, daughter of Alexander Sydenham with whom he had four sons and three daughters, including Robert and Elizabeth; thirdly Frances, daughter of John Newton; and fourthly Grissell (died 1648), the daughter of Walter Roberts of Glassenbury, Kent and widow of Gregory Price of Hereford, and of Gervase Gibbons of Kent, with whom he had another two sons and three daughters. His son Robert was later MP for Gloucestershire.[2] His daughter Elizabeth, Lady Thurles, was the mother of the leading Irish statesman, James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond.
ReferencesEdit
^"POYNTZ, Sir John (c.1560-1633), of Iron Acton, Glos". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
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