Cecilia (Bouchier) Peyton (abt. 1541)

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Peyton — married 17 Jul 1561 in Flempton, Suffolk, England

Descendants

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Cecilia Bouchier was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Cecilia Bouchier was the da. of John Bouchier, 2nd Earl of Bath and Eleanor Manners. She married Thomas Peyton, customer of London.^[1]

Son Henry

Their son, Sir Henry Payton "of London, Knight", was a member of the Virginia Company. Henry's will (signed Peyton), dated April 18, 1618 and proved February 20, 1623/4, named his "wife Lady Mary" and his brother Thomas Peyton. "Administration to Sir John Peyton junior, Knight, creditor and next of kin, the brother Thomas Peyton [named executor] having died before proof of will and Sir Henry Peyton having died over seas, and grant issued on oath of Sir John Peyton, senior Knight."^[1]

Sir Henry had married the widow of Andrew Rogers, Mary, the daughter of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset. She died without issue in 1620.^[1] Henry was born sometime after "1561: Thomas Peyton, Gentleman, and Lady Cicely Bourchier, were married 17 July."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Virginia Gleanings in England," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Apr., 1911), pp. 186-192 (Published by: Virginia Historical Society). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243130
2. ↑ Gage

• Gage, John. The History and Antiquities of Hengrave, in Suffolk (James Carpenter, London, 1822)

Page 76: "1561. Thomas Peyton, Gentleman, and Lady Cicely Bourchier, were married 17 July."

• http://thepeerage.com/p40923.htm#i409224
• Visitation of Suffolk 1561 Page 56: Payton of Bury St Edmunds