Robert Baynton (1439 - bef. 1472)

Born 1439 in England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 6 Oct 1472 before age 33 in Wiltshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

Robert was the son of John Baynton and Joan, said by some to be the daughter of William Echingham of Sussex.^[1][2] (For a discussion of Joan's origins, see her profile.) He was said to be age 26 and more in the 1465 IPM of his father,^[3] pointing to a birth date of about 1439. His birth place is uncertain: his father held lands in Wiltshire, Dorset, Oxfordshire, Sussex and elsewhere.^[1][2] Robert was his father's main heir.^[3]

Robert married Elizabeth Haute, daughter of William Haute and his second wife Joan Wydeville (she was a first cousin of Elizabeth Wydeville/Woodville, wife of Edward IV).^[1][2] They had two children:

• John^[1][2][4][5]
• Elizabeth^[1][2]

During the Wars of the Roses, Robert fought on 4 May 1471 on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of Tewkesbury, where he was taken prisoner.^[1][2] He was then attainted for high treason.^[1][2][3] The attainder was revoked in 1504.^[5]

Robert died a little before 6 October 1472^[1][2] as evidenced in a formal complaint brought by his widow in 1476 seeking restitution of some of her husband's lands.^[6]

Research Notes

The 1565 Visitation of Wiltshire names Robert's wife as Ann, daughter and co-heir of John Roche of Bromham.^[4] This is an error. A record of 21 May 1476 records a complaint by his widow Elizabeth relating to land in Wiltshire and Oxfordshire.^[7] A Joan Roche/Roches, daughter of John Roches, was Robert's paternal great-grandmother.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} 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. I, pp. 130-131, BAYNTON 11, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. I, p. 273, BAYNTON 16
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Weaver, Frederick William and Charles Herbert Mayo (eds.0. Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset, Vol. IX, printed at Sherborne, Dorset, 1905, pp. 198-200, Internet Archive
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Walter C Metcalfe. The Visitation of Wiltshire 1565 together with Additional Pedigrees from various Harleian Mss, William Pollard, 1897, p. 4, Internet Archive
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} A F Pollard. The Reign of Henry VII from Contemporary Sources, Vol. II, Longmans, Green & Co, 1814, pp. 17-19, Internet Archive
6. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, Edward IV, Henry VI, 1476-1477, HMSO, 1900, pp. 584-585, Internet Archive
7. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, Edward IV, Henry VI, 1476-1477, HMSO, 1900, pp. 584-585, Internet Archive
8. ↑ Edward Kite. The Monumental Brasses of Wiltshire, John Henry & James Parker, 1860, pp. 45-47, Internet Archive

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree’s source page for Royal Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree’s source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.

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Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 2 July 2021 and reviewed/approved the same day by Thiessen-117

Robert Baynton is descendant of Magna Carta Surety Baron Roger le Bigod in a Richardson-documented trail to Gateway Ancestor Anne Baynton (Magna Carta Ancestry, vol. I, pages 128-134 BAYNTON). This trail was badged 5 July 2021 by the Magna Carta Project. See the Magna Carta Trails section on Ferdinando Baynton's profile to view this trail.

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".