Sir
Michael
Poynings
Born in Sussex, England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Poynings
and Agnes (Rokesley) Poynings
Brother of
Lucas (Poynings) de Poynings
Husband of
Joan (Unknown) Poynings
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 52
in Poynings, Sussex, England
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Feb 2011
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Sir Michael Poynings was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
Biography
Also known as Miles de Poynings. Like his father, he was a retainer of the Warenne Earls of Surrey, and later of their heirs, the FitzAlan Earls of Arundel. In consideration of the merits of his father, who died in the attack on Hunnycourt, Vermandois in France. , Sir Michael was allowed to inherit his estates while still a minor. He accompanied his uncle, another Sir Michael de Poynings on the Crécy-Calais expedition of 1346-47. He was the first of his family to be summoned to Parliament. He made his will in Sep 1368, leaving 200 marks for the rebuilding of the church at Poynings. At the time of his death he held the manors of Poynings, Pangden, Perching, Hangleton, West Dean, Twineham, Waldron, Crawley, and Slaugham (Sussex); Terlingham, Newington, Bertram, Westwood, Eastwell, and Horsmonden (Kent); Wrentham (Suffolk); Wilton (Norfolk); and La Lee and La Gore, by Lavington (Wiltshire). He was guardian of William Bardolf his future son-in-law.
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From Douglas Richardson PG. 103-- https://books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=michael+poynings+joan+rokesley+genealogy&source=bl&ots=kxnEPTGS8a&sig=ACfU3U3jhkW5BgYW7N88FANAT-x8D88X2g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwioucbkrY36AhUWKFkFHeRbCLQ4KBDoAXoECA8QAw#v=onepage&q=michael%20poynings%20joan%20rokesley%20genealogy&f=false
From the above on PG. 104- 'Misidentifies Joan wife of John Moleyns & Michael Poynings 1st Lord Poynings as daughter of Sir Richard Rokesley'.
So Michael Poynings wife was Joan Unknown.
See sources and explanation for confusion over his wife's identity on her page:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rokesley-2
Bio is incorrect that he was the first to be summoned to parliament. Both his grandfather and his father had previously:
I suggest we conform NOT to Wikipedia (which says he was 1st Baron) but the earlier dictionary of national biography, as the century-old logic there seems irrefutable:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poynings,_Michael_de_(DNB00)
"Michael's grandfather, Michael de Poynings (d. 1316), received a summons to parliament on 8 June 1294; but it was not renewed, and it does not appear that it can be regarded as constituting a regular summons to parliament (Nicolas, Historic Peerage, pp. 11718, 389). His son Thomas was, however, summoned on 23 April 1337."
That makes this Michael's father Thomas the first Baron Poynings-- which goes a long way to explaining how he rose so high, i.e. it took three generations.
Also, explicitly: "Michael de Poynings was twenty-two years of age when he succeeded his father as second baron in 1339."
Source: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 46 'Poynings, Michael de' by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford