John Peyton Esquire (1392 - 1416)

Born 1392 in Peyton Hall Wicken, Cambridgeshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Grace (Burgoyne) Baynard — married 1415 in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire, England

Descendants

Died 6 Oct 1416 at about age 24 in Boxford, Suffolk, England

Biography

From The on-line indexes to record at the PRO:

This is the index reference for the Inquisition P.M. for John Peyton who died in 1440 without offspring, declaring his brother Thomas to be his heir, these are the two sons of this John Peyton as listed above.

Reference:C 139/97/16 Description: Peyton, Thomas de, brother and heir of John, son of John, son of John, esq. Proof of age: Cambs Date: 18 Hen VI Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Some printed pedegrees give Ann Peyton who married Geffrey Lockton as a daughter of John & Grace, however the dates don't work out, Robert Lockton the eldest son of this marriage was born in 1502 being aged 10 at the death of his father he was made ward of Robert Peyton (b 1468), it is far more likely that Ann was the daughter of Thomas Peyton & Jane Calthorpe.

Sources

• 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.