Reginald de Peyton

Reginald De PEYTON7,516 was born about 1100 in Peyton Hall, Ramshold, Suffolk, England. The first of the family on record by the name of Peyton was Reginald de Peyton, second son of Walter, Lord of Sibton, younger brother of Mallet, sheriff of Yorkshire. This Reginald held the lordships of Peyton Hall, in Ramshold, and Boxford, in Suffolk, of Hugh de Bigod; he was stewerd to Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, and gave lands to the monks of Thetford, to pray for the soul of Hugh Bigod . He had two sons, William, who held certain lands in Boxford, of the fee of the abbey of St. Edmundsbury, as appears by charter of his nephew John, and John de Peyton. [John Burke & John Bernard Burke, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland, Second Edition, Scott, Webster, & Geary, London, 1841, p. 408, Peyton, of Isleham]

Note: Domesday book lists Suain (Swein) of Essex as holder of Peyton. Parents: Lord Of Sibton Walter DE Caen.

Children were: John De PEYTON.

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Reginald was the first to adopt the surname Peyton, who, during the reign of Henry I (1100-1135) followed the custom of the time, taking it from family property. It is not entirely clear which property was the original source of the family name. Although there is evidence of an inhabited place at the Boxford site that dates to pre-Christian times, the documentation of Peyton Hall at Ramsholt in 1087 suggests that the latter was the source.

The ancient and knightly family of Peyton derived their name from the Manor of Peyton, in the parish of Boxford in Suffolk, which belonged to Reginald do Peyton in the reign of Henry I. (1) He was Sewer to Hugh Bigod, the King's steward, and was a great benefactor in 1135 to the Priory founded by Roger Bigod at Thetford. (2) His liberality to the monks was quickly followed by his death, for in 1136 King Stephen addressed a writ* from Eye to the Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, commanding that 'John, son of Reginald de Peyton, have his whole land of Peyton, with sac and soke and all liberties, as his ancestors held it.'(i) The Heralds assume that Reginald de Peyton was a younger son of Walter of Caen, who was cnfeoffed in the Barony of Horsford by Robert Malet of Eye, and that Walter of Caen was the son of William Malet, 'the gossip of King Harold,' but I am unable to discover a particle of evidence for either of these assumptions. Nothing is really known about the origin of the Peytons, except that John de Peyton was related to the Norman family of De Quesnay, who were Barons of Horsford and hereditary Sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk. This appears from a. Deed, by which William Fitz-Robert

• Printed in a footnote to the early pedigree of Peyton at p. 244.

Baron of Horsford granted, in the reign of King Stephen, the services of Robert de Ramsholt in Boxford to his cousin (coynato suo) John Fitz-Reginald de Peyton, (i)

From Some Account of Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk ...  (Google eBook) Harrison, 1877 - Stoke by Nayland (England) - 118 pages. "Peyton Manor"

“The monuments of the earliest date, which are now left in Stoke Church, are “ those of the Peytons. _

“This family was descended from William Malet, a Norman Baron, Sheriff of “ Yorkshire in the 3rd year ofWilliam the Conqueror, from whom he received the grants “ of many lordships and manors; among others those of Sibton and Peyton Hall in “ Suffolk, at the time of the general survey.

“ The first of this family of the name of Peyton was Reginald (or Nigellus) de Peyton, second son of Walter Malet, Lord of Sibton in Suffolk, and grandson of the above William Malet. This Reginald was Lord of Peyton Hall in Ramsholt, and of “ Peyton Hall in Boxford and Stoke Nayland. He held the office of (°) Sewer Dapifer “ to Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk. This Reginald was living in 1138, and had two sons, “ John de Peyton and W'illiam de Peyton. ..

“ The office of Sewer was to place in order the dishes at a Feast. In ‘ Leland’s Collectanea,’ we have accounts “ of the Feasts given at the respective enthronizations of Archbishop Neville and Archbishop Warham. Among “ the different officers employed the Sewer stands conspicuous. It appears that he at different times was to go to “ the dresser, and there take ‘ say’ or ‘ assay ' of every dish. The manner of doing so is described, and it appears “ to have been a very important business, similar to that of Cupbearer in tasting or assaying the drink. At the Feast “ given by Warham to Henry VIII. and Charles the V. on their way through Canterbury from Dover, the Duke of “ Buckingham as Sewer rode upon a white hobby before the banqueting dishes, and after some ceremony he rode “ to the table, when he delivered his hobby and sword, kneeling at the table where the Emperor was.”

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• Genealogical Memoirs of the Extinct Family of Chester of Chicheley ..., Volume 1 By Robert Edmond Chester Waters
• http://www.nkclifton.com/peyton/Peyton1-ccg.html "Reginald FitzWalter de Peyton3,4 of "Peyton Hall," in Boxford and Stoke Neyland, temp. Henry I, was the first person of record with the Peyton name.  He married unknown and had two sons, William de Peyton and John de Peyton. Peyton Hall belonged at the time of the Norman Survey to William Malet and passed to his younger brother Walter Lord of Sibton. He was succeeded by Reginald FitzWalter his  son, who was living in 1135 and appears to have assumed the name of Peyton. He held both Peyton Hall in Boxford and Peyton Hall in Ramsholt of Hugh de Bigod and was dapifer1 or server to Hugh Bigod and Roger Bigod Earl of Suffolk. He  died in 1136."