5th Baron St. John; Lord Poynings Thomas de Poynings, Lord St. John

1350 - 1429  (79 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 390 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Thomas de Poynings
  Title	5th Baron St. John; Lord Poynings
  Suffix	Lord St. John
  Birth	abt. 1350	of, Basing, Hampshire, England
  Gender	Male
  AFN	921R-RN
  Fact	6 Hen VI	Southampton, England, UK
  	Indented memorandum of divers goods and chattels on his manor of Warneford, sold by Thomas Ponyngges lord of St. John to William Nycoll of Hampton, Merchant. pg. 82 http://www.newforestgateway.org/Portals/0/Books/Corporations_Southampton_1887.pdf
  Fact	11 Oct 1391	Sussex, England, UK
  	Reference: C 241/184/136 Description: Debtor: Thomas de Poynings, knight, lord Saint John [held part of a fee in Birdham, Manwood Hundred, Sussex] and John Smale, esquire, of Sussex. Creditor: William More, citizen and vintner [merchant] of London. Amount: £500. Before whom: John Hadley, Mayor of the Staple of Westminster. When taken: 10/11/1391 First term: 10/05/1392 Last term: 10/05/1392 Writ to: Sheriff of [Sussex, Hants., Surrey, London, Kent] Sent by: Adam Carlisle, Mayor of the Staple of Westminster. Endorsement: Coram domino Rege in Cancellaria sua xv michaelis. Date: 1394 Jul 28 Held by: The National Archives, Kew Legal status: Public Record(s) Language: Latin Closure status: Open Document, Open Description http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9699498
  Fact	14 Feb 1394	Westminster, London, England, UK
  	Feb. 14. Westminster. Thomas Ponynges Seint Johan knight and Hugh his son to Richard de Seint Maure knight. Recognisance for 1,000l., to be levied etc. in the county of Suthampton. Richard de Seint Maure knight to Thomas Ponynges Seint Johan knight. Recognisance for 1,100 marks to be levied etc. in Somerset. Membrane 19d. https:/​/​www​.british-history​.ac​.uk/​cal-close-rolls/​ric2/​vol5/​pp255-275
  Name	Lord St. John and possibly incorrectly called John St. John.
  Name	Thomas Poynings  [1, 2]
  Death	7 Mar 1429
  Age at Death	79 years
  Person ID	I104783389	St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database | St. John Generation One - Raoul de Sancto Johanne
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	1st Baron Poynings of Basing Luke de Poynings,   b. 1322   d. 1376 (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Isabel de Port-St. John, 4th Baroness St. John; de Poynings; Lady St. John,   b. 29 Jun 1333   d. 16 Oct 1393 (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	10 Nov 1348
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years and 11 months - She : 15 years and 5 months.
  Family ID	F4425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Philippa Mortimer,   b. 21 Nov 1375, of, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d. 24 Sep 1401 (Age 25 years)
  Marriage fact	24 Nov 1399	Bergevenny, Wales, UK   [3]
  	Patent Rolls of Henry 4 1399-1401 1399 Nov 24 p265 W’minster. Licence for Thomas, arch of Canter..... to grant to William Beauchamp and Joan his wife for life two parts of the castle, town, land and lordship of Bergevenny in Wales, held in chief, and the reversion of the third part, likewise held in chief, which Thomas Ponyng alias de Sancto Johanne and Phillipa his wife hold in dower, on the death of the said Phillipa. By P.S.
  Family ID	F634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Joan le Strange,   b. of, Knockin, Shropshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1376
  	Notes (Log in)
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years - She : ??.
  Children	+ 1. Hugh Poynings-St. John, St. John,   b. abt. 1370  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. Thomas Poynings-St. John,   b. abt. 1380  [Father: Birth]
  Family ID	F12017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2017

  
  

  Family 3	Maud Mawley   d. 14 Jun 1453
  Marriage	Between 16 Apr 1415 and Jan 1419/1420
  	Notes (Log in)
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 65 years and 4 months - She : ??.
  Family ID	F15532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 15th Baron St. John; Lord Poynings Thomas de Poynings, Lord St. John(1350 – 1429) 21st Baron Poynings of Basing Luke de Poynings(1322 – 1376) 4Sir Thomas de Poynings, Knight( – 1339) 8Sir Michael de Poynings, Knight( – 1314) 9Margery( – Aft Feb 1333-1334) 5Agnes de Rokesley(Bef 1299 – Bef 1346) 10Sir Richard de Rokesley, Knight( – Yes, date unknown) 11Joan de Criol( – Yes, date unknown) 3Isabel de Port-St. John, 4th Baroness St. John; de Poynings; Lady St. John(1333 – 1393) 62nd Baron St. John of Basing Sir Hugh de Port-St. John(1310 – 1335) 12Sir John III de Port-St. John, of Prevet, Halnak, Sherborne, and Basing d. 1329(1272-1274 – 1329) 13Isabella Turner, de Port-St. John(1274 – 1323) 7Mirabel (Muriel) Wake, m. Hugh de Port-St. John m. Thomas Aspale(1310 – 1355) 14Hugh Wake(1272 – 1312) 15Joan Belauney, Wake(1274 – 1329)

  
  

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  Suzanne St. John. "5th Baron St. John; Lord Poynings Thomas de Poynings, Lord St. John". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://www.stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I104783389&tree=OSA0001 (accessed May 8, 2025).

  
  

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