England
Poyntz of Cowdray and Midgham — Isabella Poyntz, heraldic heiress
- Family / house
- Poyntz
- Family / cadet branch
- Poyntz of Cowdray Park and Midgham House
- Armiger / bearer
- Isabella Poyntz, Marchioness of Exeter
- Entity type
- individual
- Social rank / class
- armigerous_gentry
- Heraldic authority
- Poyntz family armorial tradition; Surrey Heritage; Burghley House collection
- Record basis
- ancient_usage
- Issued / first recorded
- 1803
- Until / superseded
- 1879
- Historical period
- Georgian and Victorian periods
- Blazon
- Barry of eight Gules and Or.
- Plain-English description
- Eight horizontal alternating red and gold bands, the inherited Poyntz coat associated with the Cowdray and Midgham branch.
- Tinctures
- Gules; Or
- Exterior ornaments
- As a married woman and heraldic heiress, Isabella's paternal arms could appear on a lozenge or as an escutcheon of pretence in her husband's achievement.
- Difference / variant
- The undifferenced Poyntz coat is the maternal/heiress-derived source of the Poyntz component in the Exeter marital branch.
- Source reference
- Surrey Heritage, Surrey Coats of Arms I–Z
- Linked historical person
- Isabella Poyntz, Marchioness of Exeter
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
- Father
- William Stephen Poyntz
- Mother
- Elizabeth Mary Browne
- Spouse(s)
- Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter
- Children / next generation
- William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter; Colonel Lord Brownlow Thomas Montague Cecil; Lady Mary Frances Cecil, Countess of Harrowby; Commander Lord Edward Henry Cecil; Lord Henry Poyntz Cecil; Lord Adelbert Percy Cecil; Lady Victoria Cecil, Baroness Carbery
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
The coat is inherited rather than a new grant to Isabella. The accessible sources use both Poyntz and Pointz spellings in historical contexts; the registry should normalize the family name to Poyntz while retaining Pointz as a source variant.