Silvester Poyntz (bef. 1557 - bef. 1616)

Born before 24 Aug 1557 in Alderley, Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Norris — married 19 May 1579 in Alderley, Gloucestershire, England

Wife of Christopher Kingscote — married 19 Feb 1588 in Alderley, Gloucestershire, England

Descendants

Died before 21 Jun 1616 at about age 58 in Kingscote, Gloucestershire

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Biography

Silvester was baptized Alderley, Gloucestershire 24 August 1557, daughter of Matthew Poyntz and Winifred Wilde.^[1][2] From, F. S. Hockaday, "Abstracts of ecclesiastical records relating to the Dioceses of Worcester and Gloucester," "Aug. 24. [1557] Sylvestris, dau. of Mr Matthew Payntz," baptized.^[3]

Silvester Poyntz was a descendant of King Edward I^[4] and also of Richard Woodville, father in law of King Edward IV and great grandfather of King Henry VIII.

She married at Alderley, 19 May 1579. Edward Norris.^[5][6]

Her husband Edward, then "vicare of the parish church of Tedburie w[i]thin the Countye & diocesse of Glouc[ester] clercke being sicke in bodie" wrote his will 21 May 1583^[7] Silvester and her father Matthew Poyntz were named in Edward's will.^[8] Their son Edward was named in the 1605 will of Matthew Poyntz. ^[9]

Edward probably died shortly after writing the will. On 11 August 1583, "M^ris Norice" baptized her son Edward, at Alderly,^[10] and as "M^rs Norice," she buried son Matthew there on 17 August 1583.^[11] Her husband was succeeded as the vicar of Tetbury on 19 October 1583 by Henry Walmsley.^[12][13]

At Alderley, on 19 February 1587[/8], "M^r Xp[ist]ofer Kingskot & M^ris Norice" were married.^[14][15] They are "'Christopher Kingescott' married to 'Silvester d[aughter] to Mathew Points of Aderley'" in the Visitation of Gloucestershire.^[16][17]

Her father-in-law Richard Norris died Tetbury, before 21 December 1588, for on that date, "Sylvester Kingscott otherwise Norris," entered a caveat, "not to grant administration of the goods of 'Richard Norris, deceased,' late of Tetbury, until [she] be first called, &c."^[18]

The Kingscote family were an ancient family of gentry in possession of Kingscote Manor, 6 milies SE of Coaley, since the 1200s.

She is incorrectly identified as Anne in the Visitation of Gloucester^[19] and on some online trees, but named as Silvestre in her husband's will and other pedigrees.

The burial of "Silvester Kingscote the wife of Christopher Kingscote Esquiour deceased" took place 21 June 1616 in Kingscote (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/4732/images/43137_636897_2337-00017?backlabel=ReturnSearchResults&queryId=b9dbf33cfdb9a16366c205ae0f73790c&pId=13988993)

Sources

1. ↑ John C. Brandon and Leslie Mahler, "The Parentage of Rev. Edward¹ Norris, of Salem, Massachusetts ..." The American Genealogist, 84 (2010):200-11, in particular, 209, 208; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
2. ↑ Sylvestris Poyntz 1557 baptism in "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"; database, FamilySearch.
3. ↑ Sylvestris Payntz 1557 baptismal entry, F. S. Hockaday, "Abstracts of ecclesiastical records relating to the Dioceses of Worcester and Gloucester" [Alderley]; digital image, FamilySearch (image 210 of 812); "A Transcript of the old Regester of Alderly."
4. ↑ John C. Brandon and Leslie Mahler, "The Parentage of Rev. Edward¹ Norris, of Salem, Massachusetts ..." The American Genealogist, 84 (2010):200-11, in particular, 209, 208; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
5. ↑ John C. Brandon and Leslie Mahler, "The Parentage of Rev. Edward¹ Norris, of Salem, Massachusetts ..." The American Genealogist, 84 (2010):200-11, in particular, 209; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813 . Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P52 IN 1/1 Ancestry Record 4732 #5476101
7. ↑ Citing "Consistory Court of Gloucester, original wills [FHL film #91,382] ...," John C. Brandon and Leslie Mahler, "The Parentage of Rev. Edward¹ Norris, of Salem, Massachusetts ..." The American Genealogist, 84 (2010):200-11, in particular, 209; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, authors note, "The summary of this will in Keith G. Harrison, The Ancestry of Nathan Lewis Harrison Revisited Nineteen Years Later [Holt, Mich., 2008], 259, states that Edward's wife was Pilaster, an error which has been widely copied on the Internet. The author also erroneously states that Edward¹ Norris of Salem was the father of John¹ Norris of Roxbury."
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 . Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Ancestry Record 4294 #44927
9. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 . Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers;PROB 11106 Ancestry Record 5111 #914237
10. ↑ Edward Norice 1583 baptism, F. S. Hockaday, "Abstracts of ecclesiastical records relating to the Dioceses of Worcester and Gloucester" ("Hockaday Abstracts") [Alderley]; digital image, FamilySearch (image 220 of 812); he is "son of _____ Norice."
11. ↑ John C. Brandon and Leslie Mahler, "The Parentage of Rev. Edward¹ Norris, of Salem, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 84 (2010):200-11, in particular, 209; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
12. ↑ Citing "Hockaday, 'Abstracts of Eccles. Rec. of Worcester & Gloucester (Tetbury)' [FHL film #423,314]," John C. Brandon and Leslie Mahler, "The Parentage of Rev. Edward¹ Norris, of Salem, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 84 (2010):200-11, in particular, 209; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
13. ↑ Matthew Norice 1583 burial, F. S. Hockaday, "Abstracts of ecclesiastical records relating to the Dioceses of Worcester and Gloucester" ("Hockaday Abstracts") [Alderley]; digital image, FamilySearch (image 313 of 812); he is "son of Mrs Norice."
14. ↑ John C. Brandon and Leslie Mahler, "The Parentage of Rev. Edward¹ Norris, of Salem, Massachusetts ..." The American Genealogist, 84 (2010):200-11, in particular, 209; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
15. ↑ Kingskot-Norice 1587[/8] marriage, F. S. Hockaday, "Abstracts of ecclesiastical records relating to the Dioceses of Worcester and Gloucester" ("Hockaday Abstracts") [Alderley]; digital image, FamilySearch (image 291 of 812); Mr. Xhofer Kingskot & Mrs Norice.
16. ↑ Citing "Maclean and Heane, Visitation of Gloucester, Harleian Soc. Pubs., 21(1885):100," John C. Brandon and Leslie Mahler, "The Parentage of Rev. Edward¹ Norris, of Salem, Massachusetts ..." The American Genealogist, 84 (2010):200-11, in particular, 209; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
17. ↑ John Maclean, The Visitation of Gloucester ... (London, 1885), 21:100; digital images, Hathi Trust.
18. ↑ Citing "G.C.C. [Gloucester Consistory Court], act book 2, p. 495," F. S. Hockaday, "Abstracts of Ecclesiastical records relating to the Dioceses of Worcester and Gloucester" ("Hockaday Abstracts") [Tetbury]; digital image, FamilySearch (image 261 of 532).
19. ↑ John Maclean, The Visitation of Gloucester ... (London, 1885), 21:134-35; digital images, Hathi Trust.

• Sir John Maclean, Historical and Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Poyntz ... (Exeter: privately printed for the subscribers by William Pollard & Co., 1886), in two parts, (2) 131-32 (Poyntz of Alderey); digital images, Hathi Trust.