User talk:R R Dyer

Nicholas Poyntz
I have reverted your contributions of 7/10/11 to this article because I believe them to be erroneous. I think you have confused Nicholas Poyntz(d.1556/7), drawn by Holbein per the Royal Collection catalogue entry, who married Jane or Joan, daughter of Thomas 5th Baron Berkeley, with a Nicholas Poyntz who married Anne Berkeley, daughter of Sir Maurice Berkeley of Somerset, which Nicholas was his 1st cousin once removed, (the son of his 1st cousin Nicholas Poyntz who married Winifred Wyld) according to my interpretation of the Heraldic Visitation of Gloucestershire 1623. If you wish to make such bold edits and are really sure of your facts it is always best to provide a line ref. to a substantiating source, which you failed to do on this occasion. (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 18:37, 10 November 2011 (UTC)).....Here is a link to www.tudorplace.com Poyntz pedigree, which agrees to the 1623 Visitation but does not list the descendants of John Poyntz of Alderley, Glos. & his wife Catherine (per Visitation) Browne, whose grandson is Nicholas Poyntz who married Anne Berkeley daughter of Sir Maurice Berkeley of Somerset. (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 19:02, 10 November 2011 (UTC))

Nicholas Poyntz
This is my first shot at Wikipedia. You are clearly right, even if the 2 different Berkeley women each married to a Sir Nicholas Poyntz at similar dates is an odd coincidence, that may well lead others into error. I was planning to add all my references when I have completed editing Sir Edward Dyer, whose stepmother was the Anne Berkeley who was a friend of Elizabeth, to whom she complained about her husband Sir Thomas Dyer, who is a direct ancestor of mine. I was planning to add the references to the Poyntzes at the same time, using the references in books on the Dyers, without the slightest idea that the famous Sir Nicholas Poyntz and his equally famous son were nothing to do with Sir Thomas's second wife. Sorry about that. Your correction is very useful to me, and I will make sure to note the error in my Dyer entries, because all the Dyers I know who work on the genealogy make the same mistake. I am impressed that the system of correction works so fast. I will make sure in the future that I have all my facts and references correct and complete before I submit anything!! Thanks! I had better learn how to add footnotes and references before I submit anything.