Sir Nicholas Poyntz
(1510-1556), Courtier and Sheriff of GloucestershireSitter in 1 portrait
As a prominent landowner and courtier, Poyntz was Sheriff of Gloucestershire and elected twice to Parliament. He accompanied Anne of Cleves to England in 1539. A supporter of the dissolution of the monasteries, he promoted religious change under Henry VIII, for which he may have received his knighthood.
after Hans Holbein the Younger
oil on paper, mounted onto panel, circa 1530-1599
NPG 5583
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