Poynings Heron (1548 - 1595) was an English soldier and commander during the Spanish Armada. [1]
He was born the eldest son of Sir Nicholas Heron in Addiscombe, Surrey. [2] He matriculated as a fellow-commoner of Queens' College, Cambridge in 1565. [3] Following the death of his father in 1568, he succeeded to his estates. He later joined the military, and served with distinction in wars in Ireland and the Netherlands. [3] In 1588, holding the rank of captain and in anticipation of the Spanish Armada, he commanded 300 trained and 75 untrained men of Surrey. He died in January 1595. [3]
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Gregory Lovell the cofferer to Elizabeth I, and had nine children. [3]
- ^ George Steinman Steinman, A History of Croydon, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1834, p.127
- ^ Robert Edmond Chester Waters, Parish Registers in England: Their History and Contents, with Suggestions for Securing Their Better Custody and Preservation, F.J. Roberts, 1883, p.45
- ^ a b c d Charles Henry Cooper, Athenae Cantabrigienses: 1586-1609, Deighton, Bell, 1861, p.202