Corrections to "Plantagenet Ancestry" , Paulet pg 570

Corrections to "Plantagenet Ancestry" , Paulet pg 570 This page edited and hosted by Will Johnson, Professional Genealogist

Paulet, page 570
10.Thomas Poynings (or Saint John) he married (1) before 1376 Joan Le Strange (2) Philippe Mortimer (3) Maud Mauley

CP Volume X Page 667 makes the first wife a plain Joan, without surname or parents and no marriage date.

on page 571 this starts with:
11. Hugh Poynings (or Saint John) born about 1381 (of age in January 1401/2) He married Elizabeth Ferrers and Eleanor Welles.

CP Volume X Page 668 starts with the same Hugh Poynings, but "was presumably of age in February 1393/4 footnote (a)

(a) When he joined his father in recognizance (Cal.Close Rolls, 1392-96 page 255)

Richardson applied apparently "a rule of thumb" as he was of age in 1401/2 he must have been born about 1381. However, if he was already of age in 1393/4, according to the same rule he would have been born 1373/4. This makes the date for the first marriage well and truly _before_ 1376, probably by two or three years. Did Richardson find information not known to CP to give the date of birth so very different from CP?

Contribution of Leo van de Pas 9/15/05