PEYTON, Sir John (c.1561-1616), of Peyton Hall, Isleham, Cambs.

Family and Education

b. c.1561,C142/228/76. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Robert Peyton II† of Isleham and Elizabeth, da. of Richard Rich†, 1st Bar. Rich of Rochford Hall and Leez Priory, Essex, lord chan. 1547-51. m. 29 June 1580, Alice (d.1626), da. of Sir Edward Osborne† of St. Dionis Backchurch, London, Clothworker, gov. of Levant Co. 1581-92 and ld. mayor of London 1583-4, 7s. (2 d.v.p.) 7da. (1 d.v.p.) Vis. Cambs. (Harl. Soc. xli), 4-5; R.E. Chester Waters, Geneal. Mems. of the Chesters of Chicheley, 219-24; St. Dionis Backchurch (Harl. Soc. Reg. iii), 9. suc. fa. 1590; Kntd. 1 Nov. 1596; Chester Waters, 220. cf. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 94, which merely gives the year. cr. bt. 22 May 1611. 47th DKR, 125. d. 19 Dec. 1616. sig. John Peyton.

Offices Held

J.p. I. of Ely, Cambs. c.1584-at least 1609, E163/14/8; C181/1, f. 98; 181/2, f. 96. Cambs. 1591–?d.; Hatfield House, ms 278; C66/1988. sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1593 – 94, 1604–5; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 14; C66/1649, m. 35. Hughes incorrectly records Peyton’s Christian name as Robert in the entry for 1604–5. commr. subsidy, Cambs. 1593, ?1608, Cambridge ?1608, Lansd. 74, f. 204; SP14/31/1. sewers, Gt. Fens 1594-at least 1609; Lansd. 76, ff. 129v-30; C181/1, f. 74v; 181/2, f. 83. dep. lt. Cambs. 1596 – at least98, 1602-at least 1605, C231/1, ff. 21, 140; CSP Dom. Addenda, 1580–1625, p. 149; Harl. 6599, ff. 122v, 126v. collector, Privy Seal loans 1597–8, E401/2583, ff. 51v-2. commr. musters, 1601, Harl. 6599, f. 87. inquiry, manorial boundaries, Cambs. and I. of Ely 1602, C181/1, f. 32. ?aid, Cambs. 1609, SP14/43/107. to find the lands and goods of Edward, Lord Vaux 1612. C193/6/242.

Parlimentarian

PEYTON, Sir John (c.1561-1616), of Peyton Hall, Isleham, Cambs.

Main residence: Peyton Hall, Isleham, Cambs.

Author

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

PEYTON, Sir John (c.1561-1616)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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