Thomas Peyton Bt MP (1613 - 1684)

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Osborne) Peyton — married 1636 in St Bride's, London, England

Descendants

Died 11 Feb 1684 at age 70 in London

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Biography

Thomas was born 18 August 1613, the son of Samuel Peyton and Mary Ashton. ^[1]

Sir Thomas died on 11 February 1684.

"Sr Thomas Peyton of ye County of Kent Barronet 11th of February 1683/4

Also here lyes Dame Katherine Longueville Relict of Sr Thomas Longueville of Wolverton in the County of Bucks Bart and second Daughter to Sr Thomas Peyton of Knowlton in the Kent Bart Dyed December the 30th 1715 Aged 70" ^[2]

SIR THOMAS PEYTON, son and heir of Sir Samuel by Mary Aston, was about nine years old when he succeeded to his father's title and estates in 1623. He married in London, at St. Bride's, Fleet-street, on 21st May 1636, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Peter Osborne Kt., of Chicksands, Bedfordshire, the Governor of Guernsey, by whom he had three daughters.

He married secondly by license, dated 18th Jan. 1647-8, Cecilia, widow of Sir Thomas Swan Kt., of Southfleet, Kent, by whom he had two children. Dame Cecilia Peyton was buried on 30th Oct. 1661, in Southfleet Church, when her funeral panegyric was preached by George Eves, Hector of Hartley, Kent.

Sir Thomas Peyton had by his second wife, Lady Swan, two children.

1. THOMAS PEYTON, son and heir apparent, died young in 1667.

2. ESTHER PEYTON married Thomas Sandys Esq., and was living in 1684.

He married thirdly by license, dated 28th Feb. 1666-7, Jane, daughter of Sir William Monins Bart., of Waldershare, and widow of Sir Timothy Thornhill Kt. ; but she died before him without issue, and was buried at St. Bride's, Fleet-street, 8th Feb. 1671-2.

Sir Thomas Peyton died on 11th Feb. 1683-4, and was buried in Westminster Abbey on 1 5th Feb. He died intestate, and letters of administration were granted to his unmarried daughter, Catherine Peyton, by his 1st wife Elizabeth Osborne on 14th May 1684, wherein he is described as late of Barham, Kent. The Baronetcy became extinct on his death,

Sir Thomas Peyton was a high Cavalier in the Civil Wars, and had to compound for his estate by a fine of 10001. to the Parliament, He was elected in 1661 one of the Knights of the Shire for Kent, and was afterwards rewarded for his loyalty and the losses which he had sustained in the Civil Wars by being appointed one of the Prize Commissioners, and by the grant of 2000/. per annum in the Coal Farm.

He left four daughters and coheirs, three of whom were by his first wife Elizabeth Osborne.

Sources

1. ↑ History of Parliament online [1]
2. ↑ Inscription copied from slab in floor of Westminster Abbey, London. Above tomb of Sir Thomas Peyton of Knowlton Court, Kent 1613-1683 (61st Baronet) and his, Katherine. (Added by Staley-560 on Aug.29,2014)

• Genealogical Memoirs of the Extinct Family of Chester of Chicheley Volume 1 By Robert Edmond Chester Waters

• History of Parliament online [2]

• Wilford, John. Memorials and Characters, Together With The Lives of Divers Eminent and Worthy Persons (London, 1741) Page 469. His wife Cecilia, died Oct 1661, and buried 30 Oct. 1661 at Southfleet, Kent.