Christopher Peyton, Esq., Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire

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Christopher Peyton, Esq., Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire

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Birthplace: Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England
Death: June 26, 1507 (59-60)
Potton, Bedfordshire, England (alt death year: 1499)
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Thomas Peyton, Kt. and Margaret Peyton
Husband of Elizabeth Peyton
Brother of Rose Freville and Francis Peyton
Half brother of Thomas Garneys; Richard Garneys of Mendlesham; John Garneys, Esq.; Margaret Garneis; Grace Peyton and 2 others

Occupation: Esquire, High Sheriff
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About Christopher Peyton, Esq., Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Peyton_(died_1484)

Christopher Peyton (died 1499), whose monumental brass survives in Isleham Church. He was Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1496. He married a daughter of Leonard Hide of Hide Hall in Hertfordshire, but died without children.[7] An inscription on the wall-plate of the roof of Isleham Church states: "Pray for the good prosperite of Crystofor Peyton and Elizabeth his wife and for the soul of Thomas Peyton squire and Margaret his wife fader and moder of the said Crystofor Peyton and for the souls of all the Awncestre of the said Crystofor Peyton Qwych dyd mak this rofe in the year of our lord MCCCCLXXXXV being the tenth year of King Henry the Seventh". (1495)

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