Johanna (Lancaster) Poyntz (abt. 1583 - 1641)

Born about 1583 in Bagborough, Somerset, England [uncertain]

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Died 19 Jun 1641 at about age 58 in Devon, England

Biography

• Jane was the daughter of John Lancaster and Dorothy Carew, she was born in Bagborough, Somerset, England circa 1583 and died 19 Jun 1641 in Devon, England,
• Joan (Jane) Lancaster (1583-1641) married first Arthur Bluett (d.1612), who was the eldest son of Richard Bluett and Mary Chichester.
  

Joan (Jane) (Lancaster ) Bluett (1583-1641) married secondly Philip Poyntz (d.1645).

A floor slab in the Bluett Chapel at Holcomb Rogus has the following inscription:
In memory of Joan Poyntz once the most beloved wife of Arthur Bluet, Esq., and recently of Philip Poyntz, gent. She died on the 19th day of June...of her age 58 and health 1641...Spare me...this my...to serve in the blood.
Also inscribed on the same slab is the following:
The remains of her younger son Coll. Francis Bluet & Joan his wife lye here interr'd also. He was kill'd before Lyme 1644.

Research Notes

• The original entry of birth location said " of, Old Milverton, Warwick, England" despite the biography saying Bagborough. This is probably a mis-transcription of Milverton, Somerset.

Sources

• See Profile of Arthur Bluett