Wilmot (Poyntz) Hext (bef. 1487 - 1558)

Born before 1487 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Hext Esq. — married about 1503 in Devon, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 15 Apr 1558 after age 71 in Georgeham, Devon, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Wilmot Poyntz was the daughter and co-heiress of William Poyntz (abt.1460-bef.1515).^[1] She married (1) --- Hyllinge, by whom she had a son William; and she married (2) Thomas Hext, by whom she had children George, Hugh, John, Margery, and Katherine. She died 15 Apr. 1558.^[2]

In the period between January 1504 and 1516, Elizabeth Poyntz and Wilmot Poyntz sued their uncle Nicholas Poyntz in Chancery for recovery of the manors of Anstey and Rackenford.^[3][4][5] The petitioners recited that their father, William Poyntz, was seized of the manors of Anstey and Rackenford, and of lands and tenements in the said parishes, and being so seized died seized, leaving his said two daughters, Elizabeth and Wilmot, his heirs.

The manors of East Anstey and Rackenford are easily traced for many centuries, primarily in the family of Cruwys of Cruwys Morchard. A share of these manors passed to Wilmot's grandfather Humphrey Poynyz on his marriage to Elizabeth Pollard, a daughter of Thomasine Cruwys. Many suits were filed involving the inheritance of the Cruwys family, which help prove the ancestry of Wilmot Poyntz for several generations.

Birth

Marriages and Children

Married: 1st - Unknown Hyllinge. They had one son William Hyllinge who was her heir in her IPM.

Married: 2nd - Thomas Hext.

Child of Unknown Hyllinge and Wilmot Poyntz:

1. William Hyllinge. Heir to his mother in 1558.

Children of Thomas Hext and Wilmot Poyntz:

1. George Hext.
2. Hugh Hext.
3. John, Hext.
4. Margery Hext.
5. Katherine Hext.

Death

Died: 15 April 1558.

Research Notes

Grant to William Sawlle of the wardship and marriage of Thomas Hyllinge, heir of Wilmot Hext, widow, to wit, the son of William her son, which Wilmot held of William Compton, the Queen's ward ; with an annuity of 33/. 4d. from 15 April, 4 & 5 when Wilmot [m. 25] died. Yearly value of the inheritance 4/. 1;s.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry. (2013): vol. IV page 292.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed. (2011), vol. 2, p. 364.
3. ↑ Great Britain. Lists and Indexes, issue 20, volume 3. List of Early Chancery Proceedings. (Public Record Office, 1906): page 256. Elizabeth and Wilmote Poyntiz v. Nicholas Poyntiz regarding Detention of deeds relating to the manors of Cruys Ansty and Rackenford, and lands there.
4. ↑ Discovery: The National Archives. C 1/153/16. "Poyntiz v Poyntiz: Elizabeth and Wilmote Poyntiz, daughters and heirs of William Poyntiz vs. Nicholas Poyntiz."
5. ↑ The Chancery pleadings are addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury as Lord Chancellor (John Morton 1486-1493 or William Warham 1504-1515). This fixes the date of the suit to between 1504 and 1516.
6. ↑ GB PRO. Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I 1563-1566, volume 1. (London, 1960): page 302.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

Wilmot (Poyntz) Hext appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Agnes Harris to Magna Carta Surety Baron William Malet (vol. II, pages 363-365 HARRIS). The trail was badged by the Magna Carta Project in November 2014 by April Dauenhauer and needs re-review to bring it up to current project standards. The trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of Elizabeth Collamore's profile.

• Needs Re-review: This profile needs re-review against the project's checklist to bring it up to current project standards. ~ Thiessen-117 19:30, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

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