PEYTON, Sir Samuel, 1st Bt. (c.1591-1623), of Knowlton, Kent

Family and Education

b. c. 1591, o.s. of Sir Thomas Peyton of Knowlton and Anne, da. of Sir Martin Calthorpe, Draper, of London. educ. Exeter Coll., Oxf. 1607, aged 16; travelled abroad 1608; G. Inn 1609.Al. Ox.; SO3/4, unfol. May 1608; GI Admiss. m. c.1610, Mary, da. and coh. of Sir Roger Aston* of Cranford, Mdx., master of the wardrobe 1603-11, 3s. 3da. Kntd. 15 May 1608; suc. fa. 1611; cr. bt. 29 June 1611. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 66-7; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 145; CB. d. 23 Sept. 1623. sig. Samuell Peyton.

Offices Held

Commr. and collector (jt), aid, Kent 1612; E163/16/21. j.p. Kent 1616–d.; C231/4, f. 29; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 144. commr. piracy, Cinque Ports 1616, C181/2, f. 246v. charitable uses, Kent 1616, C93/7/7. sewers 1620, C181/3, f. 3v. subsidy 1621–2; C212/22/20–1. bailiff, Dover, Kent by 1622. CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 332.

Parlimentarian

PEYTON, Sir Samuel, 1st Bt. (c.1591-1623), of Knowlton, Kent

Main residence: Knowlton, Kent.

Author

P.J.L.

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

PEYTON, Sir Samuel, 1st Bt. (c.1591-1623)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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