PEYTON, Sir Thomas (1613-84), of Knowlton, Kent.

Family and Education

b. 18 Aug. 1613, 1st s. of Samuel Peyton†, 1st bt., of Knowlton, and Mary, da. of Sir Roger Aston of Cranford, Mdx.Vis. Kent 1619 (Harl. Soc. xlii), 66-7; Berry, Pedigrees of Kent, 213. educ. ?Oxf. univ.Add. 27999, f. 190. m. (1) 21 May 1636, Elizabeth (d. 10 Sept. 1642), da. of Sir Peter Osborne† of Chicksands Priory, Beds., 3da.; (2) lic. 18 Jan. 1648, Cecilia (d. 26 Oct. 1661), wid. of Sir William Swan of Hoopes, Southfleet, Kent, da. of Sir John Clerke of Ford Place, Wrotham, Kent, 1s (d.v.p.), 1da.; (3) 2 Mar. 1667, Jane (bur. 8 Feb. 1672), wid. of Francis Swift, of one Matthews, and of Sir Timothy Thornhill of Olantighe, Kent, da. of Sir William Monins, 1st bt. s.p. suc. fa. 27 Sept. 1623. d. 11 Feb. 1684.The Gen. n.s. viii. 102, 104, 150; CB; WARD7/68/8; Westminster Abbey Regs. 209.

Offices Held

Central: treasurer’s remembrancer, exch. (in reversion) 16 Apr. 1639, 13 Nov. 1661.Coventry Docquets, 209; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 144. Farm of duty on coals for 31 years, Jan. 1661.Eg. 2551, f. 15; CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 230; CTB i. 109; ii. 623.

Local: commr. sewers, Mersham and Sandwich, Kent 16 July 1639, 1 July 1659, 21 Sept. 1660;C181/5, f. 146v; C181/6, p. 366; C181/7, p. 56. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 4 Oct. 1660, 22 Mar. 1666;C181/7, pp. 60, 354. Kent 13 Nov. 1669, 28 Nov. 1671;C181/7, pp. 509, 605. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 May 1643, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;CJ iii. 91a; SR. array (roy.), 1642.Northants. RO, FH133. Dep. lt. Aug. 1642–3, July 1660–d.CJ ii. 724a; Dering Diaries and Pprs. 47; Twysden Lieutenancy Papers, ed. G. S. Thomson (Kent Recs. x), 13–14, 23, 37, 52–4, 64. J.p. July 1660–d.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673.C181/7, pp. 7, 639. Col. militia, Kent Oct. 1660–81.CSP Dom. 1680–1, p. 200. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, 1662;NMM, Southwell MS 17/15. corporations, 1662,Eg. 2985, f. 66. subsidy, 1663.SR. Sub-commr. of prizes, Dover 1665–7.CSP Dom. 1666–7, p. 246. Commr. recusants, Kent 1675.CTB iv. 788.

Civic: freeman, Sandwich 28 Oct. 1640–?, 24 July 1665.E. Kent RO, Sa/AC7, f. 377; Sa/AC8, f. 173.

Parlimentarian

PEYTON, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (1613-84), of Knowlton, Kent.

: Kent.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PEYTON, Sir Thomas (1613-84), of Knowlton, Kent.

Will

admon. granted to creditor, 14 May 1684.PROB6/59, f. 52v.

Estates

inherited property in Sandwich, and leased a house there from the corporation bef. 1636-aft. 1654.Oxinden Lttrs. ed. Gardiner, 115; E. Kent RO, Sa/AC8, f. 111v. In 1635 he sold manor of Shrinkling and 100 acres of marsh to Thomas Hales, and in 1636, 210 acres of meadow in Marcham, Berks. to Samuel Hales.Coventry Docquets, 683, 692. Owned a house in Chelsea from bef. 1639, and property in Tuttle Street, Westminster, from bef. 1642.Add. 27999, f. 294; E. Kent RO, Sa/C1, pp. 103-4. In Aug. 1644 the commissioners for compounding valued Peyton’s estate at £1,000 p.a.CCC 864. For purposes of decimation, valued at £532 p.a. in Dec. 1655.Add. Ch. 66169; Add. 44846, f. 70v; SP28/159, unfol. Granted rectory of Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, in 1661.CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 214; 1661-2, p. 52; 1664-5, p. 495; Al. Cant.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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