Colonel General Sydnam Poyntz, also Sydenham Poynts, (bap. 3 November 1607) was an English soldier who served in the Thirty Years' War and the English...
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Nicholas Poyntz (died 1633) son of above Sir Robert Pointz or Poyntz (1588–1665) Sarah Poyntz (1926–2020), Irish journalist and author Sydnam Poyntz, 17th-century...
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1645 during the English Civil War. The Parliamentarians, commanded by Sydnam Poyntz, inflicted a significant defeat on the Royalists under the personal...
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consolidated into two regional armies, the Northern Association under Sydnam Poyntz and Western Association under Edward Massey. Parliament authorised an...
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finally replaced as commander in the north by the Presbyterian mercenary Sydnam Poyntz. Lambert transferred to the New Model, although shortage of troops meant...
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through Yorkshire, they were pursued by a Parliamentarian force under Sydnam Poyntz. Poyntz was unaware of the Royalists' position, and the Royalists took the...
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Rowton Heath (23 September 1645), but were totally defeated by General Sydnam Poyntz. Gerard was carried from the field desperately wounded. The King then...
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1 to 3 November 1645. The Parliamentarian force of Colonel-General Sydnam Poyntz attacked the Royalist outpost of Shelford House, which was one of a...
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Both Kingdoms at that time instructed Sydnam Poyntz to pursue and contain the King. Following his orders, Poyntz set out with a mounted force of some 3...
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November 1645 by forces led by Colonel John Hutchinson and Colonel-General Sydnam Poyntz. The summons to surrender was rejected by Philip Stanhope. Lucy Hutchinson...
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occupied by a Parliamentarian regiment led by Sydnam Poyntz. In the same year, partially as a result of Poyntz inviting local people to dismantle Newark's...
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commanded by Lord Chaworth surrendered to troops under Major-General Sydnam Poyntz. Poyntz had taken Shelford Priory by storm on the previous day. He went...
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do local duties, for minor armies were still maintained — General Sydnam Poyntz's in the north Midlands; General Edward Massey's in the Severn valley;...
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