Thomas Peyton (1442 - 1484)

Born 1442 in Isleham, Suffolk, England

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Died 1484 at about age 42 in St Giles without Cripplegate, London, England

Biography

County: Northamptonshire. Place: Westminster. Date: One week from the Purification of the Blessed Mary, 2 Richard III [9 February 1485].

Parties: William Catesby, esquire, for the body of the lord king, and John Catesby of Olthorp', esquire, querents, and William Malyuerer, esquire, and Joan, his wife, mother of Thomas Peyton', late the wife of Thomas Peyton', esquire, son and heir of Thomas Peyton', late of Esilham in the county of Cambridge, and of Margaret, his wife, daughter and heir of Ellen, daughter and heir of John Malore and of Joan, his wife, deforciants.

Property: The manor of Welton' and 350 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow, 300 acres of pasture and 7 pounds, 4 shillings and 5 pence of rent in Welton'.

Action: Plea of covenant. Agreement: William Malyuerer and Joan have acknowledged the manor and tenements to be the right of William Catesby, and have remised and quitclaimed them from themselves and the heirs of Joan to William Catesby and John and the heirs of William for ever. Warranty: Warranty. For this: William Catesby and John have given them 100 pounds sterling. Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.) Persons: William Catesby, John Catesby, William Mauleverer, Thomas Peyton, Joan Peyton, Margaret Peyton, John Malory, Ellen Malory, Joan Malory Places: Althorp, Isleham (in Cambridgeshire), Welton

Of Thomas's wife Jane or Joan Calthorpe I have found the followin

from Copingers Suffolk Manors Vol 1

Barnham One of the other manors in Barnham was known as Calthorpes or Calthrop Hall and was so named after William Calethorpe who held it of the honour of Georges in the time of Henry III and it continued in the same family for many generations. William Calethorpe had free warren here in 1271 and another William Calthorp in 1449. Shortly after the manor passed to the Peyton family and in the time of Henry VII the manor then said to be worth £6 13s 4d and the avowedson of the church belonging to the manor, were settled on Thomas Peyton in tail male. He died the 1st of August 1490 Robert aged 22 his brother being his heir. Sir Robert Peyton married Elizabeth daughter of Sir Robert Clere of Norfol ..... etc. .. end quote ..

The William Calthorpe referred to would be Sir William Calthorpe of Burnham Throrpe in Norfolk who was born 1409 and died 1494, he was married twice first to Elizabeth Grey who died in 1437 and secondly to Elizabeth Stapleton - however the second marriage must have take place after 1460, so if Joan the wife of Thomas Peyton was his daughter she must be of the first marriage, the problem being I cannot find in the Calthorpe pedegrees a mention of Joan (or any of the earlier daughters) of Sir William Calthorpe marrying a Peyton!

I notice there is a large gap 13+ years between these two marriages !

William Calthorpe left a will at his death in 1494 naming various sons, sons-in-law and daughters, there is no mention of any Peytons however neither is there any mention of his daughter Elizabeth who married Richard Welby - they were both dead by then but they left children, so it is possible that as Thomas & Joan were also deceased there is no mention of the family. We do know that the Joan Calthorpe who married Thomas cannot have been an 'heiress' in the true sense of the word (though she did bring property as her marriage settlement) as the Calthorpe arms do not play a part in the larger arms of later generations of this family as they would do if she was.

Sources

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), page 89
• https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00695996&tree=LEO

https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_genealogical_and_heraldic_history_of_t/K1kBAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=peyton+knowlton&pg=PA411&printsec=frontcover Burke, p. 409