Rainald de Poynings

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ¹⁴¹
William (son of Rainald and Domesday Tenant*) was the tenant of William de Warenne in 1086 in Poynings, Pangdean, and elsewhere in Sussex, in Foulden, Norfolk, and in Wrentham and elsewhere in Suffolk.

[*Domesday Book, vol. i, ff. 27, 27b; vol. ii, ff 167b, 399b, 400b.]

~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2^nd Edition, Vol. X, p. 656

• Background Information. ¹²⁶²
The manor of Poynings was probably identical with 8 hides held in 1086 of William de Warenne by William son of Rainald, [V.C.H. Suss. i, 440. Cola held it of Earl Godwin] who may be identified with Rainald de Poynings son of Reiner. [Suss. Rec. Soc. xxxviii, 13; Farrer, Honors and Knights' Fees, iii, 327]

The overlordship descended with the rape, falling to Elizabeth, Lady Bergavenny, in 1439. [Suss. Rec. Soc. xxxiv, 190] By the middle of the 16th century the manor had ceased to be held of the barony of Lewes and was held directly of the king. [Cf. ibid. xx, 348, 360; xxxiv, 196] Adam de Poynings and his wife Beatrice were holding land at Poynings about 1140. [Ibid. xxxviii, 30] They had a son Adam. [Ibid. Cf. Suss. Arch. Coll. xv, 14 et seq.]

~A History of the County of Sussex, Volume VII, pp. 208-212