John Pointz or Poyntz may refer to:
John Howe may refer to:
Iron Acton is a village, civil parish and former manor in South Gloucestershire, England. The village is about 2 miles (3 km) west of Yate and about 9 miles (14 km) northeast of the centre of Bristol. The B4058 road used to pass through the village but now by-passes it just to the north.
Poyntz may refer to:
The constituency of Gloucestershire was a UK Parliamentary constituency. After it was abolished under the 1832 Electoral Reform Act, two new constituencies, West Gloucestershire and East Gloucestershire, were created.
William Stephen Poyntz was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1800 and 1837.
Sir Nicholas Poyntz was a prominent English courtier during the latter part of Henry VIII's reign. There is a portrait drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger in the Royal Collection and an oil portrait after the same artist based on the drawing in the National Portrait Gallery, London. One further portrait also exists after Holbein.
Henry Berkeley may refer to:
John Giffard may refer to:
Sir Robert Pointz or Poyntz (1588–1665) was an English landowner and politician. He sat in the House of Commons for Gloucestershire, between 1626 and 1629.
Robert Poyntz or Pointz may refer to:
Sir John Pointz or Poyntz was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1593. He is perhaps best remembered as the maternal grandfather of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond.
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1602–1678) was an English royalist soldier, politician and diplomat.
John Poyntz was an English courtier and politician, Member of Parliament for Devizes in 1529.
Elizabeth Poyntz, second daughter of Sir John Pointz of Iron Acton in Gloucestershire and his second wife Elizabeth Sydenham, became Lady Thurles in 1608 when she married Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles, son of Walter, 11th Earl of Ormond. Apparently, the marriage was against her father-in-law's wishes. This may have been less on her account than her father's: Sir John Pointz was notoriously improvident in matters of finance, and died penniless.
Pointz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Nicholas Poyntz was a courtier, MP for Gloucestershire, 1547 and Cricklade, 1555.
Sir Nicholas Poyntz was an English politician.
Hungerford is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The historic manor of Iron Acton was a manor centred on the village of Iron Acton in Gloucestershire, England, situated about 9 miles (14 km) north-east of the centre of the City of Bristol. The manor house, known as Acton Court is a Tudor building which survives today, situated at some distance from the village and parish church of St Michael. It was long the principal seat of the prominent Poyntz family, lords of the manor, whose manorial chapel is contained within the parish church.
Samuel Gorges (1635-1686) was an English-born barrister and judge in seventeenth-century Ireland. His career has been described as "short and tragic".