Sir Robert Peyton (by 1498 – 1550) of

Isleham Isleham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Cambridgeshire. It is part of the Fens. It has three pubs. Geography Isleham is located in the Fens of south-east Cambridgeshire. The western parish boundary is formed by the Croo ...

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, was an English politician.

Family

He was born the eldest son of Sir Robert Peyton of Isleham. He married Frances, the daughter and heiress of Francis Haselden of Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire and Chesterford, Essex by Elizabeth Calthorpe, daughter of Sir William Calthorp KB, and with her had six sons, including the MP Robert Peyton, and 2 daughters.

Career

He was a

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(MP) of the

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for

in 1529. He was knighted sometime after 1529.

References

15th-century births 1550 deaths People from Isleham English MPs 1529–1536 High Sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire {{1529-England-MP-stub