England
Poyntz of Midgham and Cowdray — William Stephen Poyntz, father of Isabella
- Family / house
- Poyntz
- Family / cadet branch
- Poyntz of Midgham; Cowdray Park through the Browne/Montagu heiress marriage
- Armiger / bearer
- William Stephen Poyntz of Midgham and Cowdray
- Entity type
- individual
- Social rank / class
- armigerous_gentry
- Heraldic authority
- Parliamentary and peerage biographies; Cowdray and Midgham historical sources
- Record basis
- ancient_usage
- Issued / first recorded
- 1770
- Until / superseded
- 1840
- Historical period
- Georgian period
- Blazon
- Barry of eight Gules and Or.
- Plain-English description
- Eight horizontal red-and-gold bars, the principal Poyntz coat associated with the Midgham and Cowdray family.
- Tinctures
- Gules; Or
- Exterior ornaments
- As a gentleman and Member of Parliament, normally displayed without peerage coronet or supporters; his estate and heiress connections are more important here than an achievement form.
- Difference / variant
- The paternal Poyntz coat transmitted to Isabella. His wife brought the Browne/Montagu heiress connection, but the accessible evidence does not establish that those arms were incorporated into his ordinary paternal shield.
- Source reference
- William Stephen Poyntz biography
- Linked historical person
- William Stephen Poyntz of Midgham and Cowdray
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
- Father
- William Poyntz of Midgham
- Mother
- Isabella Courtenay, daughter and co-heiress of Kelland Courtenay of Painsford
- Spouse(s)
- Elizabeth Mary Browne, daughter of Anthony Joseph Browne, 7th Viscount Montagu
- Children / next generation
- Frances Selina Isabella Poyntz, later Baroness Clinton and Lady Seymour; Elizabeth Georgina Poyntz, later Countess Spencer; Isabella Poyntz, later Marchioness of Exeter
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
William Stephen Poyntz is the immediate documented armorial ancestor through whom the Poyntz coat entered the Exeter marriage. The Browne/Montagu inheritance is genealogically important and should be researched as a separate maternal heiress armorial connection.