Henry Peyton (abt. 1540)

Born about 1540 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Pickering) Peyton — married 5 Jul 1581 in London, England

Descendants

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Biography

Henry is the 3rd son of Christopher Payton of Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, England, and his wife Jone (daughter of Thomas Mildmay of Essex). He had 2 older siblings Thomas (The Heir) and Christopher and 7 younger siblings. Francis, Anne, Elizabeth, Rose, Mary, Margaret and Martha. ^{[1] [2]}

His older brother Thomas married in 1561 and his birth is estimated as 1536, since Henry was born after him, it could be estimated as between 1537-1550.

Henry became a Mercer that is a silk/textile merchant in London. London was the major trade centre in England for silk during the Middle Ages, and the trade had enjoyed a special position in the economy amongst the wealthy since the 12th Century, unfortunately the trade started falling off in the late 16th Century, which may explain why his son Walter decided to follow in his Uncle Henry's footsteps and became an adventurer, making his fortune as a privateer with the Dutch East India Company. ^{[2] [3]}

Marriage

1581 - 5 July, Henry Peaton [sic] and Mary Pickering, of Tottenham, spinster daughter of William Pickering of London were married on the 5th July this mighty year of the Regent Elizabeth. ^{[2] [4] [5]}

1582 - 8 July, a few days after their 1st wedding Anniversary their first daughter was Christened, she was named Mirable Peyton. ^[6]

That year also Henry is included in the Tudor Subsidy Roll for All Hallows the Lesse, London, this was a form of Tax targeting the householders of middling and higher status. ^[7] Henry had to pay (£20). We can gauge from the amount that he had quite a large premises or status. ^[8]

1583 - 28 June, Their son Richard Peyton was Christened at All Hallows the Less, London, England. ^[9]

1584 - 19 July, Their son Walter Peyton was Christened at All Hallows the Less, London, England. ^[10]

1585 - 26 Dec, Their daughter, Martha Peyton was Christened at All Hallows the Less, London, England. ^[11]

Henry's child Jone was baptised on 6 August 1587 in All Hallows the Great and All Hallows the Less, London, England. ^[12]

1588 - His firstborn son Richard Peyton died, age 5.

1590 - 7 April, Henry's son and namesake Henry Peyton was Christened at All Hallows the Less, London England. ^[13]
1592 - 25 September, young Henry passed away, aged around 2 years. He was buried in the Churchyard of All Hallows the Less, London, England. ^{[14] [15]}

1593 - 1 April, Their daughter, Mary Peyton, named for her mother, was Christened at All Hallows the Less, London, England. ^[16]

1594 - Mary gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth Peyton, she was Christened on 22 Sept, at All Hallows the Less, London, England. ^[17]

1596 - Mary gave birth to a daughter, Margaret Peyton she was Christened on 4 April at All Hallows the Less, London, England. ^[18]

1599 - 28 March, a daughter Hester Peyton was Christened at All Hallows the Less, London, England. ^[19]

1600 - 26 Dec, a daughter Anne Peyton was Christened at All Hallows the Less, London, England. ^[20]

1604 - 26 August, another son was Christened Henry Peyton at All Hallows the Less, London England. ^[21]

1666 - The Church and subsequently the parish of All Hallows the Less, where all his children were Christened was destroyed in the Great Fire of London. ^[22]

Research Notes

A Henry Payton (not Peyton) died in London in 1609 and another in 1629 not sure if which if any of these are this Henry Peyton.

Sources

1. ↑ VIsitation of Suffolk 1561 Page 56: Payton of Bury St Edmunds (accessed 1 May 2022)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Visitation of Warwickshire: "Warwickshire, England Visitations, 1619 "
   Fetherston, John, ed. The Publications of the Harleian Society Volume 12, pg 379: The Visitation of the County of Warwick in the Year 1619. London, England: Mitchell and Hughes, 1877. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 399 #6347 (accessed 3 May 2022)
   Henricus Peiton de London, Mercator & filius in family tree as son of Christopherus Peyton de St Edmunds Berie and Jana fil. Tho. Mildmay soror Tho. Mildmay militis.
3. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Mercery," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mercery&oldid=1087319937 (accessed May 16, 2022).
4. ↑ Joseph Foster, Joseph Lemuel Chester, John Ward Dean. London marriage licences 1521-1869. Boston, Dalcassian Publishing Company, pg 1051.
5. ↑ Marriage: "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
   London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: DRO/015/A/01/001
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1624 #4065365 (accessed 2 May 2022)
   Henry Peaton marriage to Mary Rickeryn on 10 Jul 1581 in All Hallows, Tottenham, Haringey, Middlesex, England.
6. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYNM-FZF : 19 September 2020), Peyton in entry for Mirable Peyton, 1582.
7. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Subsidy roll," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Subsidy_roll&oldid=1084992692 (accessed May 2, 2022).
8. ↑ "1582 London Subsidy Roll: Dowgate Ward," in Two Tudor Subsidy Rolls for the City of London, 1541 and 1582, ed. R G Lang (London: London Record Society, 1993), 219-224. British History Online, accessed May 2, 2022, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-record-soc/vol29/pp219-224.
9. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JW7X-X8F : 19 September 2020), Henry Peyton or Payton in entry for Richard Peyton or Payton, 1583.
10. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3MV-988 : 19 September 2020), Henry Peyton in entry for Walter Peyton, 1584.
11. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL2Y-LJ3 : 19 September 2020), Henry Peyton in entry for Martha Peyton, 1585.
12. ↑ Child Baptism: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
    FamilySearch Record: JMW3-VJZ (accessed 13 May 2022)
    Henry Peyton's child Jone Peyton baptism on 6 Aug 1587 in All Hallows the Great and All Hallows the Less, London, England, United Kingdom.
13. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL2Y-JYJ : 19 September 2020), Henry Peyton in entry for Henry Peyton, 1590.
14. ↑ Death: "England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
    Ancestry Record 9840 #17752491 (accessed 2 May 2022)
    Henry Payton death.
15. ↑ Burial: "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
    London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69/ALH8/A/001/MS05160/001
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1624 #4870733 (accessed 2 May 2022)
    Henry Peyton burial (died in Abt 1592) on 25 Sep 1592 in All Hallows the Less, City of London, London, England.
16. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYNM-XN5 : 19 September 2020), Henry Peyton in entry for Mary Peyton, 1593.
17. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JW7X-6MS : 19 September 2020), Henry Peyton in entry for Elizabeth Peyton, 1594.
18. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYNM-JMS : 19 September 2020), Henry Peyton in entry for Margaret Peyton, 1596.
19. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYNM-FV6 : 19 September 2020), Henry Peyton in entry for Hester Peyton, 1599.
20. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3MV-9MT : 19 September 2020), Henry Peyton in entry for Anne Peyton, 1600.
21. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL2Y-JYK : 19 September 2020), Henry Peyton in entry for Henry Peyton, 1604.
22. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "All-Hallows-the-Less," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All-Hallows-the-Less&oldid=1081968000 (accessed May 2, 2022).

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of Dickinson Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.

Peyton Name Study

VIsitation of Suffolk 1561 Page 56: Payton of Bury St Edmunds Son of Christopher Peyton of Bury St Edmunds and his wife Jone (daughter of Thomas Mildmay of Essex). Genealogy stated line goes back to Joh'es Peiton of Peiton Hall buried in Stoke Neyland.

Henry Peyton's lineage traces further back to King Edward I "Longshanks, King of England" Plantagenet. Having discovered a footnote in 'A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland by Burke, Bernard, Sir, 1814-1892; Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles, 1871-1928' I enquired with the [wikitreemagnacarta] project the one questionable link and discovered that his line does indeed trace back to King Edward I traceable here on Wikitree.

Henry is the son of Christopher Peyton, who is the son of Francis Peyton and his wife ELIZABETH (BROOKE) PEYTON who is the daughter of Reginald Brooke and his wife Joan "5th Baroness Cobham" Brooke formerly Braybrooke daughter and heir of SIR REGINALD BRAY- BROOKE, Knt., and JOAN "Baroness Cobham" Harpeden, his wife, who is daughter. and heir of SIR JOHN DELAPOOLE, Knt., and JOAN (Cobham) de la Pole, his wife, who is daughter and heir of JOHN DE COBHAM, Baron de Cobham, and MARGARET (Courtenay) Cobham his wife, who is the daughter of HUGH DE COURTENAY, 2nd Earl of Devon, and MARGARET (Bohun) de Courtenay, "Countess of Devonshire", his wife, who is the daughter of HUMPHREY DE BOHUN, Earl of Hereford , and ELIZABETH (Plantagenet) de Bohun. "Countess of Hereford", his wife, who was the 7th daughter. of KING EDWARD I of England, by ELEANOR of Castile, Queen of England, his ist wife, daughter. of KING FERDINAND III, King of Castile and Leon.

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