John Pointz

Sir John Pointz or Poyntz (died 1633) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1593.

Life

Pointz was the son of Sir Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton, Gloucestershire and his first wife Anne Verney. His grandfather Sir Nicholas Poynz was a courtier in the time of Henry VIII.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1591–92 and was J.P. in 1592. He was knighted before 1593, when he was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire. From 1602 he was Custos Rotulorum of the county. He was Lord of the Manor of Iron Acton.

Pointz died insolvent and intestate in 1633 and was buried at Iron Acton.

Family

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; thirdly Frances, daughter of John Newton; and fourthly Grissell, the daughter of Walter Roberts of Glassenbury, Kent and widow of Gregory Price of Hereford, Herefordshire, with whom he had another two sons and three daughters. His son Robert was later MP for Gloucestershire.