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Sir John Poyntz
Sir John Pointz or Poyntz (died 1633) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons in 1593. He is perhaps best remembered as the maternal grandfather of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond. Life Pointz was the son of Nicholas Poyntz (MP died 1585), Sir Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton, Gloucestershire and his first wife Anne Verney. His grandfather Nicholas Poyntz, Sir Nicholas Poynz was a courtier in the time of Henry VIII. He was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1591–92 and was Justice of the Peace, J.P. in 1592. He was knighted before 1593, when he was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire (UK Parliament constituency), Gloucestershire. From 1602 he was Custos Rotulorum of Gloucestershire, Custos Rotulorum of the county. He was Lord of the Manor of Iron Acton. Pointz, who was notoriously improvident, and was imprisoned for debt several times, died insolvent and intestate in 1633. He was buried at Iro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Commons Of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain after the 1707 Act of Union was passed in both the English and Scottish parliaments at the time. In 1801, with the union of Great Britain and Republic of Ireland, Ireland, that house was in turn replaced by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Origins The Parliament of England developed from the Magnum Concilium that advised the English monarch in medieval times. This royal council, meeting for short periods, included ecclesiastics, noblemen, and representatives of the county, counties (known as "knights of the shire"). The chief duty of the council was to approve taxes proposed by the Crown. In many cases, however, the council demanded the redress of the people's grievances before proceeding to vote on taxation. Thus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
