Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Matar Poynings, Katherine, ta gaji ƙasa a yammacin ƙasar kuma Poynings ya fara samun ƙarin ƙasa a Wiltshire, Cornwall da Somerset, tare da musayar Westenhanger don ba da kyautar ƙasa ta sufi a Dorset (gami da Bindon Abbey). A cikin 1540s, ya yi wa Sarki Henry VIII hidima a matsayin Marshal na Calais da mai kula da gidan a Guînes, sannan ya taka rawar gani a mamaye Faransa a 1544, musamman a Montreuil da
kewaye da Boulogne.