Poynings Barony

By 1323, the manor at Hockwold and several other properties in Norfolk were owned by Michael de Poynings. After the Battle of Crécy (1346), Michael was granted a knighthood and in 1348 he was summoned to Parliament to become the 1st Baron Poynings. Robert Poynings, 4th Baron, had three sons and by his second wife, a daughter, Eleanor. Eleanor married Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland.