Per "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Other Historical Individuals" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall, publ. 2004 by Genealogical Publishing Company, his parentage is 'under dispute'.
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And his grandfather Sir John de Peyton also fought in the crusades as a knight. Perhaps Knight Templar Yoxall Staffs England