Henry Peyton, of Lincoln's Inn

Henry Peyton of Lincoln's Inn was awarded the right to use the PEYTON arms "with a difference"of a "bordure, ermine" by Sir Edward Peyton (1578-1656). Sir Edward was the Second Baroner of Isleham. This grant was confirmed on July 27, 1641 by Sir John Borough, the Garter King of Arms of his day. The PEYTON SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA described Henry Peyton as a likely descendant of the Bury Saint Edmunds' branch of PEYTONS that originated in Cambridge and Suffolk and moved westward with the wool trade of East Anglia. Others believe there to be a connection of Henry to the PEYTONs of Hinton-on-the-Green, Gloucesteshire, near the Worcestershire border. From book "Peytons Along the Aquia" page 6.

Henry Peyton went from Worcestershire to London as a "servant" or secretary, and under the partonage of Sir Thomas Overbury he was active with Sir Thomas in the latter's intrigues in the court of King James I, but after Sir Thomas fell out of favor and was imprisoned in the tower, he entered Gray's Inn and than Lincoln's Inn in preparation for a career in law. Meanwhile he became a Clerk of the High Court of Chancery as early as 1625. He became one of the six Chief Clerks in 1630 and a year later, one of two Examiners of this Court. Examiner of the High Court of Chancery was quite an honorable office. By the time of his death in 1656, Henry had amassed a considerable fortune and had a fine residence in Chancery Lane in London. He held a moiery of the Manor of Blaison in Gloucestershire. He and his sons sided with the Royalists in the Civil War, differing with Sir Edward, who espoused the Parliamentarian cause.

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• Updated from WikiTree Genealogy via son Henry Peyton II aka Payton by SmartCopy: May 6 2015, 23:45:21 UTC