Paynes related to or associated with those in Hutton/Criston
My last post identified some of the Hutton/Criston Paynes, but there are records that indicate these Paynes have been linked directly to other wealthy, manor-owning Paynes in Somerset and surrounding counties. I'll start first with some very interesting Paynes who were located about 20 miles away to the southwest in small towns and manors near Bridgwater and in Taunton in Somerset (specifically Chilton, Rhode, North Petherton, Goathurst, and West Monkton). The Visitation of Somerset and Bristol in 1672 (p.117) refers to this family as the Paynes of Chilton. Their arms (Gu. 3 crosses botony arg. and on a chief az. 2 escallops) are apparently on the brass of Thomas Payne (d. 1528) at Hutton and the arms without the chief are on the brass of John Payne (d. 1546) of Hutton, but how this family was related to the Hutton family was described as unknown or uncertain.
Basic information in that 1672 visitation on the Paynes of Chilton (pp. 117-118) appears below:
I. John Payne of Taunton in Com Somerset had issue
1. Philip of whom below (II)
2. John 2d son mar: Tacy dau of Nicholas Holway of Taunton, Gent.
II. Philip Payne of Taunton Gent. mar. Tomasen dau of Morse in Com Somerset and had issue:
III. John Payne of Chilton in Com Somerset mar: Jane dau. and heir of Edward Pawlett of Goatehurst in Com Somerset first wife by whom he had isse
1. Pawlett son and heir age 22 in 1672 mar: Millicent dau of Richard Bayley of Ducklington in Com Oxon
Second wife by whom he had issue
2. John age 6 in 1672
1. Ann 2. Millicent 3. Jane
British History Online on the manors of North Petherton describes the manor of Rhodes as follows:
Sir Amias Poulett settled Rhode on his son Henry for life (1538). After Henry died, his brother Sir Hugh Poulett was in possession. In 1600, Anthony Powlett was succeeded in possession by his brother George who probably settled it later on his son Edward. The inheritance of Rhodes was then divided between Edward Poulett's three daughters. Edward's grandson Paulett Payne (d. 1707) had settled the manor by 1701 on his son John who died in 1717. John's son Paulett (d. 1726) was succeeded by his sisters Mary and Elizabeth who married their step-brothers Edmund and John Jeane.
Precisely how the Paynes of Hutton/Criston were related to these Paynes in and near Taunton remains a mystery. George Payne of Hutton did buy 45 acres of land in Taunton (previously St. Andrew's Chantry) in 1549 according to British History Online and its description of the Durston Manors in Somerset, and a John Payne, merchant of Bridgwater appears several times around 1500 in land transactions involving the Paynes of Hutton (on the A2A site and its description of estates and land associated with the Smyths of Ashton Court).
Another group of Paynes located in the bordering county of Dorset can also be linked to the Paynes of Hutton/Criston, but there doesn't seem to be enough guidance in existing records that I've discovered to do more than mention some of these related Dorset Paynes. The book Motcombe -- Past and Present by Theodora Guest (p. 27) as well as Calendar of Close Rolls Preserved by the PRO, 1949, Vol. 6 (p. 64) seem to describe slightly differing relationships between a William Payne and his daughter Isabell of Motcombe, Dorset and the Paynes of Hutton. The latter book describes this William of Motcombe as the brother of John Payne (d. 1496) and son of Richard Payne (d. 1466) of Hutton, while the Guest book appears to refer to William Payne of Motcombe as a brother of Richard Payne (d. 1466) of Hutton. Stephen Payne of Payne's Place and Motcombe who married Sibella Twyniho and whose daughter Ann married Walter Tourney in 1515 seems closely related to this William Payne of Motcombe. The Publications of the Harliean Society, 1926, V. 77 (p. 207) list Stephen Payne's parents as Robte Payne and Elizabeth Longe and grandparents as a John and Beatrix Payne.
Several other wealthy Paynes in Somerset and this part of England who were doing business as merchants in Bristol and in London seem very likely also to be related to the Paynes of the Hutton/Criston and the Taunton areas, but I haven't been able yet to confirm these relationships. My next step in this effort, though, will be to try to show how involved these Somerset Paynes were with colonial traders and those who emigrated to America.
My last post identified some of the Hutton/Criston Paynes, but there are records that indicate these Paynes have been linked directly to other wealthy, manor-owning Paynes in Somerset and surrounding counties. I'll start first with some very interesting Paynes who were located about 20 miles away to the southwest in small towns and manors near Bridgwater and in Taunton in Somerset (specifically Chilton, Rhode, North Petherton, Goathurst, and West Monkton). The Visitation of Somerset and Bristol in 1672 (p.117) refers to this family as the Paynes of Chilton. Their arms (Gu. 3 crosses botony arg. and on a chief az. 2 escallops) are apparently on the brass of Thomas Payne (d. 1528) at Hutton and the arms without the chief are on the brass of John Payne (d. 1546) of Hutton, but how this family was related to the Hutton family was described as unknown or uncertain.
Basic information in that 1672 visitation on the Paynes of Chilton (pp. 117-118) appears below:
I. John Payne of Taunton in Com Somerset had issue
1. Philip of whom below (II)
2. John 2d son mar: Tacy dau of Nicholas Holway of Taunton, Gent.
II. Philip Payne of Taunton Gent. mar. Tomasen dau of Morse in Com Somerset and had issue:
III. John Payne of Chilton in Com Somerset mar: Jane dau. and heir of Edward Pawlett of Goatehurst in Com Somerset first wife by whom he had isse
1. Pawlett son and heir age 22 in 1672 mar: Millicent dau of Richard Bayley of Ducklington in Com Oxon
Second wife by whom he had issue
2. John age 6 in 1672
1. Ann 2. Millicent 3. Jane
British History Online on the manors of North Petherton describes the manor of Rhodes as follows:
Sir Amias Poulett settled Rhode on his son Henry for life (1538). After Henry died, his brother Sir Hugh Poulett was in possession. In 1600, Anthony Powlett was succeeded in possession by his brother George who probably settled it later on his son Edward. The inheritance of Rhodes was then divided between Edward Poulett's three daughters. Edward's grandson Paulett Payne (d. 1707) had settled the manor by 1701 on his son John who died in 1717. John's son Paulett (d. 1726) was succeeded by his sisters Mary and Elizabeth who married their step-brothers Edmund and John Jeane.
Precisely how the Paynes of Hutton/Criston were related to these Paynes in and near Taunton remains a mystery. George Payne of Hutton did buy 45 acres of land in Taunton (previously St. Andrew's Chantry) in 1549 according to British History Online and its description of the Durston Manors in Somerset, and a John Payne, merchant of Bridgwater appears several times around 1500 in land transactions involving the Paynes of Hutton (on the A2A site and its description of estates and land associated with the Smyths of Ashton Court).
Another group of Paynes located in the bordering county of Dorset can also be linked to the Paynes of Hutton/Criston, but there doesn't seem to be enough guidance in existing records that I've discovered to do more than mention some of these related Dorset Paynes. The book Motcombe -- Past and Present by Theodora Guest (p. 27) as well as Calendar of Close Rolls Preserved by the PRO, 1949, Vol. 6 (p. 64) seem to describe slightly differing relationships between a William Payne and his daughter Isabell of Motcombe, Dorset and the Paynes of Hutton. The latter book describes this William of Motcombe as the brother of John Payne (d. 1496) and son of Richard Payne (d. 1466) of Hutton, while the Guest book appears to refer to William Payne of Motcombe as a brother of Richard Payne (d. 1466) of Hutton. Stephen Payne of Payne's Place and Motcombe who married Sibella Twyniho and whose daughter Ann married Walter Tourney in 1515 seems closely related to this William Payne of Motcombe. The Publications of the Harliean Society, 1926, V. 77 (p. 207) list Stephen Payne's parents as Robte Payne and Elizabeth Longe and grandparents as a John and Beatrix Payne.
Several other wealthy Paynes in Somerset and this part of England who were doing business as merchants in Bristol and in London seem very likely also to be related to the Paynes of the Hutton/Criston and the Taunton areas, but I haven't been able yet to confirm these relationships. My next step in this effort, though, will be to try to show how involved these Somerset Paynes were with colonial traders and those who emigrated to America.
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