Biography

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Silvester was baptized Alderley, Gloucestershire 24 August 1557, daughter of Matthew Poyntz and Winifred Wilde.[1][2] From, F. S. Hockaday, "Abstracts of ecclesiastical records relating to the Dioceses of Worcester and Gloucester," "Aug. 24. [1557] Sylvestris, dau. of Mr Matthew Payntz," baptized.[3]

Silvester Poyntz was a descendant of King Edward I[4] and also of Richard Woodville, father in law of King Edward IV and great grandfather of King Henry VIII.

She married at Alderley, 19 May 1579. Edward Norris.[5][6]

Her husband Edward, then "vicare of the parish church of Tedburie w[i]thin the Countye & diocesse of Glouc[ester] clercke being sicke in bodie" wrote his will 21 May 1583[7] Silvester and her father Matthew Poyntz were named in Edward's will.[8] Their son Edward was named in the 1605 will of Matthew Poyntz. [9]

Edward probably died shortly after writing the will. On 11 August 1583, "Mris Norice" baptized her son Edward, at Alderly,[10] and as "Mrs Norice," she buried son Matthew there on 17 August 1583.[11] Her husband was succeeded as the vicar of Tetbury on 19 October 1583 by Henry Walmsley.[12][13]

At Alderley, on 19 February 1587[/8], "Mr Xp[ist]ofer Kingskot & Mris Norice" were married.[14][15] They are "'Christopher Kingescott' married to 'Silvester d[aughter] to Mathew Points of Aderley'" in the Visitation of Gloucestershire.[16][17]

Her father-in-law Richard Norris died Tetbury, before 21 December 1588, for on that date, "Sylvester Kingscott otherwise Norris," entered a caveat, "not to grant administration of the goods of 'Richard Norris, deceased,' late of Tetbury, until [she] be first called, &c."[18]

The Kingscote family were an ancient family of gentry in possession of Kingscote Manor, 6 milies SE of Coaley, since the 1200s.

She is incorrectly identified as Anne in the Visitation of Gloucester[19] and on some online trees, but named as Silvestre in her husband's will and other pedigrees.

The burial of "Silvester Kingscote the wife of Christopher Kingscote Esquiour deceased" took place 21 June 1616 in Kingscote < Ancestry.uk >

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Christopher Kingscote was born about 1550 in Kingscote, the eldest son and heir of William Kingscote and Elizabeth Servington.

The Kingscote family were an ancient family of gentry in possession of Kingscote Manor, 6 milies SE of Coaley, since the 1200s. Christopher Kingscote married (1) Elizabeth Daunt, dau of Thomas Daunt of Owlpen, and had a son William and a daughter Elizabeth, both who died younf. He married (2) Silvester Poyntz, the daughter of Matthew Poyntz of Alderley, a descendant of King Edward I and also of Richard Woodville, father in law of King Edward IV and great grandfather of King Henry VIII.

With his second wife, he had his heir Anthony (b c 1585 d 1654), Thomas (b c 1590) probably later of Stinchcombe, and daughters Mary, Elizabeth, Rachel, Silvester and Winnefridd (bap 1597). He probably had a third son Abraham, who died in 1640 without issue, but named other relatives in his will.

Baptism Record

1557, August 24, Alderley, Gloucestershire, England
Sylvestris daughter of Mr Matthew Poyntz

Notes

“It is interesting to note that Edward Norris spelled his name "Norris" while having spelled his father's name "Norice". This changing of the spelling was still common even into the nineteenth century in America. The wife of Edward Norrice I was Pilaster -. Their son was Edward II.”

References

1. John C. Brandon and Leslie Mahler, "The Parentage of Rev. Edward1 Norris, of Salem, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 84 (2010):200-11; digital images by subscription,AmericanAncestors >
2. "Visitation of the County of Gloucester 1623" Harleian Society v XXI 1885 p. 99-100; will of Christopher Kingscote of Kingscote (Dated 9/4/1607 pr 10/3/1607/8 Gloucester)