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Sir Thomas
Penyston (or Penistone) was the eldest son of Thomas Penyston (or Penistone) and Mary Sommer. His parents had married in 1590 at St Bride's, Fleet Street. Thomas was a wealthy wool merchant living in Rochester, but with access to London. Mary belonged to a prominent Rochester family. They
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He died around 1644, when the title passed to his son Thomas. The second Thomas died in 1674 when the title passed to his son, a third Thomas. He died in 1679 and the title passed to his brother, Fairmeadow. The title became extinct in 1705 with the death of Sir
Fairmeadow. The family continued to
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Thomas; father died around 1601 when his intensely religious will was proved. Thomas inherited the residue of his father's estate. Thomas' mother, Mary received some money and also her jewels, including chains of gold and pearls together with a "greate dyamond" that had belonged to her father. She
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This manor had previously belonged to Thomas' grandfather. Sir
Alexander also helped Thomas in his claim for land in Wales. This had been owned by Richard Powell and subsequently passed to Richard's son John Powell who sold it to Thomas Penistone's grandfather. The position was complicated by the
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also received the various household effects that had previously belonged to her father. Thomas
Penistone senior asked to be buried in the Cathedral at Rochester. At one time, there was a memorial there to him, but it was apparently destroyed during the Civil War.
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the regicide) and a half-sister, but in 1607, his mother died. It is likely that she was buried in the cathedral at
Rochester since a later visitor noted a memorial to her, although this no longer remains. Following his mother's death, his stepfather moved to
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In the same year, Thomas received a baronetcy - perhaps paid for by his father-in-law who received his own baronetcy at the same date. Hester, the daughter of Sir Thomas and Martha
Penistone, was born the year after their marriage, but died shortly after.
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The restoration of Thomas' property may have been part of a marriage settlement since in the same year, Thomas
Penistone married Sir Alexander's niece (Martha) and would have needed some property to contribute. Martha was the daughter of
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Martha died of smallpox in
January 1620 and she was buried in the Temple's parish church at Stowe. Her father built a magnificent marble monument to her in Stowe church. This can still be seen in the "Penyston chapel" in Stowe church.
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fact that John Powell had been underage at the time of his father's death. Legally, he should have been made a ward of the Crown, but this does not seem to have happened. Alexander obtained a warrant from
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lived in the parish of St Margaret's in a house that his mother had inherited from her father. Thomas had a younger brother and two younger sisters.
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in Tottenham, leased from the Earl and they attended social functions hosted by the Earl. Around 1619, Martha became the Earl's
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to study the common law. In 1611, shortly after moving to Chadwell, Sir Alexander was able to recover the manor of Leigh (in
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