Sir John de Peyton, of Peyton Hall

Son of John de Peyton & Clemence.

the proved pedigree of Peyton begins with Sir John de Peyton of Peyton Hall, late in the reign of Henry III., whose brother Robert was called De Ufford from his manor of that name in Suffolk, and was made Justiciary (Viceroy) of Ireland in 1260. Robert died in 1297, and was the ancestor of the Earls of Suffolk of the name of Ufford.

Sir John De Peyton and his brother Sir Robert de Ufford were signed with the cross with Prince Edward, and on 10th May 1270 received the customary patents of protection from the King to Crusaders during their absence in the Holy Land. (6) Sir John died in 15 Edward I. (1287), when his widow Matilda recovered against Richard dc Spain her dower in Canewdon and Finchingfield in Essex. (7) She belonged to the family of Bures of Stoke Neyland, and her son John was a witness with Sir Robert de Bures to a local charter in 1312. (8)

Sir John de Peyton had issue

1. John, his son and heir,
2. 2. James,
3. 3. Egidia,
4. 4. Agnes, wife of Robert Gernon, and
5. 5. Reginald, Canon of St. Osyths.

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• Genealogical Memoirs of the Extinct Family of Chester of Chicheley ..., Volume 1 By Robert Edmond Chester Waters. Page 187
• PEYTON, of England and Virginia  By Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden. Page 463