Sir Andrew Baynton (c. 1516–1564) was an English scholar. Baynton was son and heir of Sir Edward Baynton, of Bromham, Wiltshire, a favourite courtier of

Henry VIII Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...

, vice-chamberlain to three of his queens, and a friend and patron of

Hugh Latimer Hugh Latimer ( – 16 October 1555) was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and Bishop of Worcester during the Reformation, and later Church of England chaplain to King Edward VI. In 1555 under the Catholic Queen Mary I he was burned at the s ...

, some of the correspondence between them (ca. 1530) being printed in ''

Foxe's Book of Martyrs The ''Actes and Monuments'' (full title: ''Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church''), popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, is a work of Protestant history and martyrology by Protestant Engli ...

.'' Baynton, born in 1515–6, was placed by his father to study French under

John Palsgrave John Palsgrave (c. 1485 – 1554) was a priest of Henry VIII of England's court. He is known as a tutor in the royal household, and as a textbook author. Life It is believed that John Palsgrave, who spelled his name in a variety of ways inclu ...

, the court tutor, and wrote a prefatory letter to his master's book, ''L'esclaircissement de la langue francaise'' (1530). About the same time he attended

Knyvett Knyvett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Carey Frederick Knyvett (1885–1967), second Bishop of Selby *Charles Knyvett (1752–1822), English musician *Thomas Knyvett (died 1512), young English nobleman who was a close assoc ...

on his embassy from Henry to the emperor. Succeeding his father (ca. 1544), he was returned to Parliament for

Marlborough Marlborough may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Marlborough, Wiltshire, England ** Marlborough College, public school * Marlborough School, Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England * The Marlborough Science Academy in Hertfordshire, England Austral ...

in 1545,

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in 1547, Westbury in Oct 1553, Marlborough again in 1555, and

Calne Calne () is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, southwestern England,OS Explorer Map 156, Chippenham and Bradford-on-Avon Scale: 1:25 000.Publisher: Ordnance Survey A2 edition (2007). at the northwestern extremity of the North Wessex Downs h ...

in 1558–9. Bayton married, first, Phillipa Brulet; after annulment in 1562, he married Frances Lee and they had one daughter, Anne. She did not inherit because Andrew had entailed the Baynton estates to his brother

Edward Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...

(1517–1593).

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