Henry Baynton Esq. MP (abt. 1536 - aft. 1589)

Born about 1536 in Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Cavendish) Baynton — married 1561 in England

Descendants

Died after 1589 after about age 53 in England

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Biography

Henry was the son of Edward Baynton and his second wife Isabel Leigh.^[1] He was said to be 9 in 1545, pointing to a birth date of about 1536.^[2][3]

Henry married Anne Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish and his first wife Margaret Bostock.^[2][3][4] The marriage settlement left his wife controlling the family home and in charge of their children, with Henry being provided with "sufficient meat and drink" for himself and six friends.^[5] They had three children:

• James^[2][3][6]
• Edward^[2][3][6]
• Ferdinando^[2][3][6]

The third son. Ferdinando, was baptised in 1566,^[7] suggesting that Henry and Anne may have married soon after 1561.

Lands

In 1573 Henry inherited the property of the former monastery at Edington, Wiltshire from his mother.^[8] He held other lands in Wiltshire and also had property at Chelsea, Middlesex.^[2][3]

Life

Henry was elected to Parliament at least four times, representing:^[5]

• Malmesbury in 1572
• Devizes in 1584 and 1586
• Old Sarum in 1589
• possibly Devizes again in 1593, though the Henry Baynton who was elected then may have been his nephew of the same name

In 1586 Henry was a Captain of the light-horsemen and demi-lances of Wiltshire.^[5][9]

In 1589 judgement was given against Henry and in favour of Henry Cavendish and William Cavendish over a debt of 400 marks included by 1574.^[2][3] Henry and William Cavendish were likely to have been the Henry and William who were half-brothers of his wife.

Death

Henry's death date is not known, but must have been 1589 or later, given that he was elected 1589 to represent Old Sarum in Parliament - and 1593 or later if he was the Henry Baynton elected as Member of Parliament for Devizes that year.^[5]

Research Notes

Wife

The Wikipedia entry for Henry's father-in-law William Cavendish states that his daughter Anne married a "Sir Henry Boynton".^[10]

Henry's entry in the History of Parliament Online suggests that Anne's father was either William Cavendish, as stated by Douglas Richardson, or Richard Cavendish of Nottinghamshire.^[5]

Augustine Vincent's Baronagium of 1625 states that Anne, daughter of William Cavendish and Margaret Bostock, married Henry Baynton of Wiltshire.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Walter C Metcalfe (ed.). The Visitation of Wiltshire 1565 by William Harvey together with Additional Wiltshire Pedigrees, William Pollard, 1897, p. 4, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} 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, p. 133, BAYNTON 14, Google Books
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} 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, pp. 275-276, BAYNTON 19
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Walter Goodwin Davis. The Ancestry of Abel Lunt 1769-1806, of Newbury, Massachusetts, The Anthoensen Press, 1963, p. 245, Familysearch, citing Baronagium by Augustine Vincent (1625): refers to William Cavendish and his first wife Margaret having a daughter "Anna uxor Hen Baynton de Com. Wilts."
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} History of Parliament Online, entry for 'BAYNTON, Henry I, of Woodford, Wilts'
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} George W Marshall (ed.). The Visitation of Wiltshire 1623, George Bell & Sons, 1882, p. 8, Internet Archive
7. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5T6-PYK : 18 September 2020), Ferdinande Baynton, 1566
8. ↑ A P Baggs, Elizabeth Crittall, Jane Freeman and Janet H Stevenson, 'Parishes: Bishopstone', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 11, Downton Hundred; Elstub and Everleigh Hundred, ed. D A Crowley (London, 1980), pp. 3-19, British History Online, accessed 26 June 2021
9. ↑ 'Queen Elizabeth - Volume 193: September 1586', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, 1581-90, ed. Robert Lemon (London, 1865), pp. 349-358, British History Online, accessed 26 June 2021
10. ↑ Wikipedia: William Cavendish (courtier)

• 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.
• History of Parliament Online, entry for Henry Baynton
• Marlyn Lewis.
• Weiss, Frederick Lewis, "Ancestral Roots of Certain Colonists Who Came to America before 1700", Eighth Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, Line 248:39

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This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 26 June 2021 and approved by Thiessen-117 on 28 June 2021.

Henry Baynton Esq. MP is descendant of Magna Carta Surety Barons Roger le Bigod and Geoffrey de Say in Richardson-documented trails to Gateway Ancestor Anne Baynton (Magna Carta Ancestry, vol. I, pages 128-134 BAYNTON and vol. II, pages 78-83 DIGGES). The trail to Roger Bigod was badged by the Magna Carta Project on 5 July 2021 and the trail to Say was badged on 16 July 2021. See the Magna Carta Trails section on Ferdinando Baynton's profile to view these trails.

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".