 Edwardi Poynings aiva mwanakomana mumwechete waSir Robert Poynings c.14191461 naElizabeth Paston 1429?14878, mwanasikana mumwechete waWilliam Paston 13781444. Zvingangodaro kuti akaberekerwa kumba kwababa vake kuSouthwark, akazozvarirwa muimba yokudyira yeCrosskeys, uye muQueens Head. Baba vake vakanga vave muvezi nomutakuri webakatwa kuna Jack Cade, uye vakaurawa muHondo yechipiri yeSt Albansmusi waFebruary 17, 1461. Amai vake, avo vakaroora Robert Poynings muna December 1459, vakagara nhaka pfuma yomurume wavo muKent pasinei nokushorwa nomukoma womurume wake, Edward Poynings, tenzi weArundel College. Pamberi pa1472 akaroora murume wechipiri, Sir George Browne weBetchworth Castle, Surrey, waakabereka naye mwanakomana, Matthew, nemwanasikana. Akafa muna 1487, achigadza Edward kuti ave mutongi wake. Dzimwe dzetsamba dzake dzakabatanidzwa muPaston Letters. 