John Peyton Bt
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John Peyton Bt (abt. 1560 - bef. 1616)

Sir John "1st Baronet Peyton of Isleham" Peyton Bt
Born about in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, Englandmap
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Son of and
Brother of and
Husband of — married 29 Jun 1580 in London, Englandmap
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Father of , , , , , and
Died before before about age 56 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Birth and Parents

This profile is part of the Peyton Name Study.

John was the son of Robert Peyton of Isleham, Cambridgeshire and Elizabeth Rich.[1][2][3][4][5] He was born in about 1560.[6] He was his parents' second son, but his older brother Robert died in 1577, leaving John their heir.[7]

Marriage and Children

On 29 June 1580 John married Alice Osborne (daughter of Edward Osborne[2][3] and his first wife Anne Hewett) at St Dionis Backchurch, London.[4][5][6] (The Harleian Society edition of the 1619 Warwickshire Visitation names her father as Robert.[1]) They had the following children:

  • Edward[1][2][3][4][5][6]
  • John,[1][2][4][5] buried at Isleham, Cambridgeshire on 25 January 1611/2[7]
  • Robert,[1][2] baptised at Isleham, Cambridgeshire on 18 March 1588/9,[8][9] who became a priest[4][5] (Waters' book on the Chester family of Chicheley gives the baptism date as 24 March 1588/9 but this appears to be incorrect[7])
  • Roger,[1][2][4][5] baptised at Isleham, Cambridgeshire on 10 February 1593/4[7][10][11]
  • William[1][2][4][5]
  • Thomas,[1][2][4][5] baptised at Isleham, Cambridgeshire on 21 June 1599[12]
  • Nicholas,[4][5] baptised at Isleham, Cambridgeshire on 19 October 1600,[13][14] and buried there on 26 November 1600[15]
  • Anne,[1] who married Roger Bacon[4][5] in 1598[7]
  • Alice,[1] who married John Peyton[2][4][5] in 1602[7]
  • Elizabeth,[1] who married Anthony Irby in 1603[7] and George le Hunte[2][4][5] in 1614[7]
  • Mary,[1] baptised at Isleham, Cambridgeshire on 4 May 1590,[16][17] who married Roger Meeres[2][4][5] in 1609[7]
  • another Mary,[4][5] baptised at Isleham, Cambridgeshire on 4 August 1592[18][19] and buried there on 6 August 1592 (the parish register describes her as a "young infant")[20] (Waters' book on the Chester family of Chicheley gives the baptism date as 3 August 1592 but this appears to be incorrect[7])
  • Frances,[2] baptised at Isleham on 16 April 1595,[21][22] who married Philip Bedingfield[4][5] in 1615 and Miles Hobart[7]
  • Susan,[2] baptised at Isleham, Cambridgeshire on 11 July 1596,[23][24] who married John Brews[4][5] (Waters' book on the Chester family of Chicheley gives the baptism date as 16 July 1596 but this appears to be incorrect[7])

Life

John was a justice of the peace from about 1584, initially in the Isle of Ely, and from 1590 for Cambridgeshire. He held a number of positions of local responsibility.[25]

John was elected to represent Cambridgeshire in Parliament in 1593 and 1604.[25][26] In Parliament he interested himself in matters relating to the drainage of the fens, and in ecclesiastical matters, on which he showed support for some measures favoured by Puritans.[25]

John was Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1593-4.[27]

John was knighted on 1 November 1596.[6][28]

John was in the first group of baronets created by James I on 22 May 1611.[6]

Death, Burial and Will

John was buried at Isleham, Cambridgeshire on 19 December 1616.[4][5][6][29][30] There is a memorial in the church.[31]

His wife survived him: her will, dated 29 January 1625/6, was proved on 6 December 1626.[4][5][6]

His will, dated 21 November 1615, was proved on 14 May 1617.[4][5][6] In it he:[7]

  • requested burial in the parish church of Isleham, Cambridgeshire
  • named:
    • his wife Alice
    • his eldest son Edward
    • his three daughters Mary, Frances and Susan and Frances's prospective husband Philip Bedingfield
    • his son Roger and his under-21 sons William and Thomas
  • limited the wearing of black to his immediate family and household servants as he could not afford to pay for black clothing for others[25]

Research Notes

1619 Warwickshire Visitation

The Harleian Society edition of the 1619 Warwickshire Visitation has a number of mis-transcriptions of the names of children's spouses.[1]

Registers of Soham, Cambridgeshire

The parish registers of Soham, Cambridgeshire have entries for

  • the baptism of a John Peyton on 19 October 1561[32][33]
  • the burial of a John Peyton on 6 November 1561[34]

There is nothing in the available transcriptions to indicate family connections.

  • These may relate to a John Peyton who died at a few weeks.
  • The John baptised in October 1561 may well be from a different family from the John of this profile.
  • With Soham being close to Isleham, Cambridgeshire, the baptism record may conceivably relate to the John of this profile, and the burial to a different John.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 John Fetherston (ed.). The Visitation of the County of Warwick in the year 1619, Harleian Society, 1877, p. 381, Internet Archive
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 John W Clay. The The visitation of Cambridge made in a (1575) : continued and enlarged with the vissitation of the same county made by Henery St. George, Richmond herald, marshall and deputy to Willm. Camdem, Clarenceulx, in a 1619, with many other descents added therto, Harleian Society, 1897, pp. 4-5, Internet Archive
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Robert Hovenden (ed.). The Visitation of Kent taken in the years 1619-1621, Harleian Society, 1898, p. 66, Internet Archive
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. III, p. 356, PEYTON 14, Google Books
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. IV, p. 371, PEYTON 13
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 G E Cokayne. Complete Baronetage, Vol. I, William Pollard, 1900, p. 15, Internet Archive
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 Robert Edmond Chester Waters. Genealogical memoirs of the extinct family of Chester of Chicheley., Vol. I, Robson and Sons, 1878, pp. 218-225, Internet Archive
  8. ↑ Cambridgeshire Baptisms, transcript by Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, FindMyPast
  9. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3VT-74Z : 4 February 2023), Robert Peyton, 1588: gives year as just 1588
  10. ↑ Cambridgeshire Baptisms, transcription by Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, FindMyPast: gives year as just 1593
  11. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7WP-7G9 : 4 February 2023), Roger Peyton, 1593: gives year as just 1593
  12. ↑ Cambridgeshire Baptisms, transcription by Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, FindMyPast
  13. ↑ Cambridgeshire Baptisms, transcription by Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, FindMyPast
  14. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7WP-C98 : 4 February 2023), Nicholas Peyton, 1600
  15. ↑ Cambridgeshire burials, transcription by Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, FindMyPast
  16. ↑ Cambridgeshire Baptisms, transcription by Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, FindMyPast
  17. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NR33-YJZ : 4 February 2023), Mary Peyton, 1590
  18. ↑ Cambridgeshire Baptisms, transcription by Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, FindMyPast
  19. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7WP-79D : 4 February 2023), Mary Peyton, 1592
  20. ↑ Cambridgeshire burials, transcription by Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, [1]
  21. ↑ Cambridgeshire Baptisms, transcription by Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, FindMyPast
  22. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7WP-4BS : 4 February 2023), Frances Peyton, 1595
  23. ↑ Cambridgeshire Baptisms, transcription by Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, FindMyPast
  24. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB8B-ZQS : 4 February 2023), Susan Peyton, 1596
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 History of Parliament Online (1604-1629), entry for 'PEYTON, Sir John (c.1561-1616), of Peyton Hall, Isleham, Cambs.'
  26. ↑ History of Parliament Online (1558-1603), entry for 'PEYTON, John II (c.1561-1616), of Isleham, Cambs.'
  27. ↑ List of Sheriff's for England and Wales, Public Record Office Lists and Indexes Vol. IX, HMSO 1898 (Kraus Reprint Corporation 1963), p. 14, Internet Archive
  28. ↑ W A Shaw. The Knights of England, Vol. II, Sherratt and Hughes, 1906, p. 94, Internet Archive
  29. ↑ Image of tomb in Our Founding Fathers: Homes and Churches in Virginia, by Samuel McDonough, 2008, Google Books
  30. ↑ Cambridgeshire Burials, transcription by Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, FindMyPast
  31. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #105681150
  32. ↑ Cambridgeshire Baptisms, transcription by Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, FindMyPast
  33. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMR9-GBC : 3 February 2023), John. Peyton, 1561
  34. ↑ Cambridgeshire Burials, transcription by Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, FindMyPast

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 16 October 2023.
John Peyton Bt appears in trails badged by the Magna Carta project (reviewed in August 2015) from Gateway Ancestor Robert Peyton, through his father, to Magna Carta Surety Barons William d'Aubigné and Robert de Ros and was later identified in badged trails to surety barons Richard de Clare, Gilbert de Clare, John de Lacy, and Saher de Quincy. All of these trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.
See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".




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Brandon Lucas
Peyton-2356 and Peyton-119 appear to represent the same person because: See all sources.
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Cayley-55 Michael Cayley
Thanks, Brandon. I have completed the merge, and added a research note about the records in the parish registers of Soham, Cambridgeshire.
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I plan to do some work soon on this profile for the Magna Carta Project.
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I have now finished the main work I currently intend on this profile. If anyone spots any typos etc, please either correct them or message me. Thanks!
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