PEYTO, Sir John (d.1396), of Chesterton, Warws.

Commr. of array, Warws. Feb. 1371; to collect parochial subsidies June 1371; put down rebellion Dec. 1481; of inquiry, Glos. Mar. 1387 (felonies), to take custody of Richard Faversham’s heir, Kent Mar. 1389; of sewers, Isle of Axholme, Lincs. and betwen Bikersdyke, Notts. and river Don, Yorks. Nov. 1490; oyer and terminer, Worcs. May 1391; to determine appeals in the admiral’s ct. Dec. 1391, May 1395.

Chief steward of the estates of Ralph, earl of Stafford, bef. June 1372.

Lt. of Dover castle c.1388.W. Dugdale, Warws. 474, quoting from Gascon roll 11 Ric. II (C61/100), where, however, no reference to Peyto has been found.

Lt. to the Earl Marshal, Thomas Mowbray, earl of Nottingham, bef. June 1389-Oct. 1391.Nottingham Med. Studies, vii. 77. He continued to be active at the Marshalsea until Mar. 1392: Cal. Letter Bk. London H, 376.