John de Newburgh, Esq.

John Newburgh (b.c.1340 d. 6-4-1381 near Biddon Abbey, Dorsetshire Co., England) and Margaret Pontz (d. of Nicholas Pontz and Alianore Erliegh)

Children: John

JOHN NEWBURGH; ESQUIRE: was born about 1340, died 04 June 1381, and was buried Bindon Abbey, Dorsetshire, England. He married MARGARET POYNTZ in about 1370. John inherited the ancestral family estates of Dorsetshire, England and in 1369 he leased the manor of Winfrith for 16 years to Edith, widow of William Languenowe. By John's marriage to Margaret, considerable estates were added to the NEWBURGH family holdings. MARGARET POYNTZ, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Nicholas Poyntz, Knt., by Alianore his wife, daughter of Sir John Erleigh, Knt.; she brought considerable estates to the Newburgh family.