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Birth:          ABT 1173 Peyton Hall, Boxford, Suffolk, England
Death:          AFT 1216 Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, England
Burial:         Church of Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, England

Notes
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The following is copied from "Some Account of Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk", by Charles 
Martin Torlesse, Vicar of Stoke Church, 1877, www.archive.org:

TENDRING HALL CHAPEL IN THE PARISH OF STOKE "JUXTA NEYLAND"

In the east window of the private chapel of Tendring Hall in the said parish of Stoke 
juxta Neyland...

At the upper end in the north side of this church, next the chancel, John de Peyton, 
the son of Reginald, lieth interred under a marble stone, about the verge whereof 
these few French words are only remaining:

Jena de Peytona . . . mercye I'ame Christ.

NOTE: The above words are repeated below, but without the description of where in 
the chapel John is buried. The text does not explain how Charles Torlesse, vicar of 
the church, knows that John son of Reginald is buried there.

PEYTON MANOR.

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 William de Peyton. John was Lord of Peyton Hall in Ramsholt, and Peyton Hall in 
Stoke. His lands were confirmed to him by King Stephen. His wife's name was Agnes, 
and he had at least four sons, John the elder, Peter, John the younger, and Walter, Of 
these sons Peter inherited the Lordship of Peyton Hall in Ramsholt, and lived in the 
reigns of Henry the 2nd and John. He had two sons, Robert and Henry. Henry held a 
fee in Ramsholt of his brother Robert, called Howards, and took the name of Howard 
from it. Collins suggests that the Dukes of Norfolk came of this stock. John de Peyton, 
junr. (stylng himself 'Ego saepe ' nominatus Johannes de Peitune, junr.'), sold his land 
at Boxford and Stoke, which his father and uncle William held of the Abbey of Bury, to 
his eldest brother John. It may be noticed here that the name of William de Tendring, 
son of John de Tendring, first occurs as a witness to a deed of this John.

John the elder was Lord of Peyton Hall in Boxford, part of his land being in Stoke, 
temp. Richard I and Henry III He married Maud, the daughter and heiress of Geoffry 
de Stamundeshey. He was buried in Stoke Church, under a marble stone having a 
French inscription, in Saxon characters, of which the following words alone remain:

Jena de Peytona . . . mercye I'ame Christ.

NOTE: At this point in the line, I believe that Vicar Charles Torlesse missed a 
generation (another John who m. Clemence) who had the two sons stated next.

He had two sons. Sir John de Peyton, the first knight of that name, and Robert. This 
Robert was Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in the 53rd of Henry III (A.D. 1268), and was 
Lord of the Manor of Ufiford in Suffolk, which name he assumed. He died in the 26th 
of Edward I., A.D. 1298. His son, Robert de Ufford, was created Earl of Suffolk 1336. 
Another son, John, was Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury, elect, but died 
before his institution, June 7th, 1348. He was buried in Canterbury Cathedral.

NOTE: The above text skips another generation (per CP): Robert de Ufford, b. <1235, 
d. 1298, leaving a son Robert 1st Lord de Ufford, b. 1279, d. 1316, who had Robert 
Earl of Suffolk, b. 1298, d. 1369.

Sir John Peyton, succeeded his father as Lord of Peyton Hall in Boxford. He is stated 
to have had great store of land in Cavendish, Waldingfield, Assington, Stoke Nayland, 
and other places, in the time of Henry III. He married Matilda de Bueris, heiress to her 
uncle (.-' brother) Simon de Notelo or Notelewell, who gave John de Peyton lands in 
Boxford. He lies buried by his father in Stoke Church in the rank of a knight, with the 
cross and a mullet, under a marble stone, with this French inscription round the edge:

Vous qe par ici passet 
Pur Fame sire Jehan de Peytona priet 
Le course de oi ici gist 
L'ame receyue I. H. U. Crist. Amen. 

This Sir John had by Matilda de Bueris, three sons, John, William, and James (James 
was the head of another branch of the Peytons. He was witness to deeds of his 
brother Sir John in 1304 and 1309), and two daughters, both named in the will of their 
brother Sir John, Agnes and Egidia.

Parents
DE PEYTON John (ABT 1135 - )
____ Agnes (ABT 1140 - )

Siblings
DE PEYTON John (Nigel) (ABT 1173 - AFT 1216)

Marriage To DE STAMUNDESHEY Maud (ABT 1175 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE STAMUNDESHEY Geoffrey (ABT 1148 - )
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Children by DE STAMUNDESHEY Maud ABT 1175 - 
DE PEYTON John (ABT 1203 - )

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