'Pauncefort1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Pauncefort of Crickhowell, Pauncefort of Hasfield, Pauncefort of Witham

                               
The family name is often identified as 'Pauncefoot' which (with Paunceffoot & Paunceffoote) is used by Visitation. We follow BP1934 & Commoners in using 'Pauncefort' throughout.
Sir Richard Pauncefort of Hasfield, Gloucestershire (a temp Henry III who r. 1216-1272)
m. Isabel Grimbaud (dau of Robert Grimbaud of Clopton)
1. Sir Grimbald Pauncefort of Hasfield
  m. Sybilla (dau/heir of the lord of Crickhowell)
  Visitation (Gloucestershire, 1623, Pauncefoot) shows their son Grimbald as ancestor of the later generations but Commoners reports that he dsp whilst BP1934 does not mention any son called Grimald.
  A. Sir Grimbald Pauncefort (dsp)
  m. _ Turberville mentioned by Visitation
B. Sir Emerick Pauncefort of Hasfield & Crickhowell (d 1330/3)
  i. Sir Grimbald Pauncefort (dsp 1376-7)
  m. Ellen Cherleton (dau of Sir Alan de Cherleton)
  ii. Sir Hugh Pauncefort of Hasfield, Crickhowell & Cowarne (d 1378-9)
  m. Katharine
  a. Sir John Pauncefort of Hasfield & Crickhowell, Sheriff of Gloucestershire then Herefordshire
  m1. (1415-6) Margaret Beauchamp (dau of Sir John Beauchamp of Holt)
  There is some confusion on the order of Sir John's marriages as some sources suggest that Sir John died before 1420 with Margaret marrying (twice) thereafter with no mention of a divorce.
  m2. Alice Herle (dau of Sir Andrew Herle)
  (1) Hugh Pauncefort of Hasfield & Crickhowell (dsp)
(2) Sir Thomas Pauncefort of Northall, Gloucestershire
  m1. Agatha Owgan (dau of Sir Henry Owgan)
  (A) Henry Pauncefort of Hasfield, etc.
  m. Katharine Guise (dau of Sir William Guise)
(i) John Pauncefort of Hasfield, etc. (d 31.03.1516)
  m1. Agnes St. Low (dau of Sir John St. Low)
  BP1934 identifies John's wife Bridget as dau/coheir of Sir John Tate, Lord Mayor of London, but Commoners identifies her as ...
  m2. Bridget Tate (dau/coheir of Sir Robert Tate)
  (a) Richard Pauncefort of Hasfield (d 1594)
  m. Dorothy Ashfield (dau of John Ashfield of Heythorpe)
((1)) John Pauncefort of Hasfield - continued below
  m. Dorothea Hickman (dau of W. Hickman of Woodford)
  ((2)) Jane Pauncefort probably of this generation
  m. John Guise of Elmore
  (b) John Pauncefort
  (c) Eleanor Pauncefort
  m. Bartholmew Tate of Delapre
  m2. Margaret Swinford (dau of Sir Thomas Swinford of Kettlethorpe)
  (B) Anne Pauncefort
  m1. Richard Mede mentioned by Visitation
  m2. Arthur Kemeys (d 21.10.1512)
(C) Jane Pauncefort
  m. George Beaumont of Stoughton (d 1531-2)
  m3. Eleanor Bruges (dau of Thomas Bruges or Bridges of Coberley)
  (D)+ other issue - Thomas, Giles, Anne
  (3) Margaret or Margery Pauncefort
  m. William Tracy of Toddington (a 1449)
  b. Katharine Pauncefort
  iii. Walter Pauncefort of Compton Pauncefort
  m. Thomasine Baumfilde (dau of John Baumfilde of Poltimore)
  a. Margaret Pauncefort
  m. Sir William Baumfilde of Poltimore (d by 1475)
  b.+ other issue
  iv. daughter
  m. Sir John Hubard

 

 

John Pauncefort of Hasfield - continued above
Commoners suggests that John's Wife was "fifth daughter of Lord Windsor, of Bradenham" but BP1934 suggests that she was ...
m. Dorothea Hickman (dau of W. Hickman of Woodford)
1. Richard Pauncefort, last of Hasfield
  m. Anne Rudin (dau of Edmund Rudin or Rudion of Walhouse)
  BP1934 reports that Richard & Anne "had four sons, of whom the 3rd was" Grimbald. Commoners shows an intervening generation with "£inter alios" Walter as father of Grimbald. We presume (provisionally) that Walter was an elder brother of Grimald.
  A. Walter Pauncefort of Witham, Lincolnshire
  m. Anne Yelverton (dau of John Yelverton of Norfolk)
As mentioned above, Commoners shows Walter as father rather than elder brother of Grimbald. Commoners also shows 3 other children of Walter & Anne, Henry + Robert + Rachel.
  i. Henry Pauncefort
  m. Anne Henwick (dau of Edward Henwick of Worcestershire)
ii. Robert Pauncefort
  m. Sarah Nicholets (dau of John Nicholets of Herefordshire)
  a. Grimbald Pauncefort
  m. Gulielma Bridges (dau of Colonel _ Bridges)
  Commoners shows Rachel as sister rather than daughter of Robert but we presume to show her as his daughter because she is described in TCP (Kincardine) & TSP (Elgin & Kincardine) as daughter of Robert Pauncefort of Herefordshire.
b. Rachel Pauncefort (d 17.03.1753)
  m. (1699) Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Kincardine (b 19.03.1663, d 23.03.1740)
  B. Grimbald Pauncefort (d 12.1645, receiver for the Duchy of Lancaster, 3rd son ?)
  Commoners shows Grimbald's wife as daughter of Sir Paul Tracy, Bart of Stanway, but BP1934 identifies her as Sir Paul's niece.
  m. Anne Tracy (dau of Samuel Tracy of the Clifford Priory)
  i. Tracy Pauncefort of Witham
  m. Anne Billingsley (dau of George Billingsley of Middlesex)
  a. Tracy Pauncefort of (Kingston-upon-Thames &) Witham (d 08.1728)
  m. Jane Partridge (dau of John Partridge or Partherick of Lincolnshire)
(1) Tracy Pauncefort of Witham
  m. Anne Whitworth (sister of Lord Whitworth)
  (A) Edward Pauncefort of Witham (d 06.1759)
  m. (1737) Mary Dodd (dau/heir of William Dodd of Berkshire)
  (i) George Pauncefort of Witham (d 08.10.1786, Major)
  BP1934 (Pauncefort Duncombe) identifies George's wife Henrietta as dau of James of Red Hall, son of Simon of North Luffenham. However, BP1934 (Digby) identifies her as ...
  m. (12.01.1769) Henrietta Digby (dau of Simon Digby of North Luffenham, sister of James of Red Hall)
(a) Philip Duncombe Pauncefort of Witham, later Pauncefort-Duncombe of Great Brickhill, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (b 16.07.1784, d 15.03.1849, 3rd son) had issue
  Philip inherited Great Brickhill from the Duncombes through a matrilineal connection.
  m1. (05.01.1813) Alicia Lambart (d 03.04.1818, dau of Richard Lambart, 7th Earl of Cavan)
  m2. (21.08.1823) Sophia Frances Foulis (dau of Sir William Foulis, Bart)
  (b)+ other issue - George Edward (d infant), Henry Tracy (dvp?), Henrietta Cecil (d unm 1793)
  (B)+ 1 son (d unm) + 1 daughter (d unm)
  b. Edward Pauncefort (b after 1652, dsp 04.07.1726, MP)
  m. (24/27.04.1701) Rebecca Moyer (d 1719, dau of Sir Samuel Moyer of Pitsey Hall, Bart)
  ii.+ other issue (d unm) - Grimbald, Samuel
  C.+ other issue

Main source(s): Commoners (vol II, Pauncefort-Duncombe of Great Brickhill), BP1934 (Pauncefort Duncombe)
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