TWYNE, John (1507/8-81), of Canterbury and Preston, nr. Wingham, Kent.

b. 1507 /8, 1st s. of William Twyne of Bullington, Hants. educ. Oxf. BCL 31 Jan. 1525. m. (1) 1525, Alice (d. 20 Oct. 1567), da. of William Peper of Canterbury, 4s. 3da.; (2) 14 Nov. 1568, Margaret Carpenter of Canterbury.He described himself as 58 in Sept. 1566, C. E. Woodruff and H. J. Cape, King’s School, Canterbury, 60, although in January 1576 he claimed to be over 74, Lansd. 21, f. 111. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 41; Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. 1501-40, pp. 582-3; Reg. St. Peter’s, Canterbury, ed. Cowper, 76; Canterbury Mar. Lic. ed. Cowper.