It is likely that John Paynter of Horsmonden was a grandson of Alexander Paynter (Painter) of Horsmonden, who wrote his will on 25 Feb 1494/5 (proved 21 May 1495). As such, John's father would have been either William Paynter or John Paynter, sons of Alexander Paynter of Horsmonden, both named in his Will. William was already married by 1494 and had a young son Alexander who was probably the same individual as Alexander Paynter of Horsmonden who appears in a writ of the early 1520s with John Paynter also of Horsmonden. John Paynter of Horsmonden and his son Henry Paynter of Brenchley, taylor, entered into a bond with one John Roberthe of Goudhurst, husbandman, in 1518. John Paynter of Horsmonden who married Margery would have been a young man in the early 1520s, born, say, between 1495 and 1505. As such, he could not have been the same John Paynter of Horsmonden who, with his son Henry, entered into the abovementioned bond, given Henry would have been 'of age' by then. Henry's father, John, would have been the son of the elder Alexander, and died before 1558 (the earliest available year in the Horsmonden parish registers).
While subject to change should further information come to light, John Paynter who married Margery is shown in this tree as the brother of the above Henry and the son of John Paynter of Horsmonden who was living in 1518.
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Writ to Sheriff of Kent: 18 Oct 1524. 2
Description: Debtor: Alexander Painter {Paynter}, John Painter, and Thomas Baldock, of Horsmonden in Kent [Brenchley-&-Horsmonden Hundred], clothmen.
Creditor: William Dancey {Dauntsey}, a citizen and mercer of London.
Amount: £50.
Before whom: James Yarford, Mayor of the Staple of Westminster.
When taken: 26/08/1520
Endorsement: George Guildford, Sheriff, replies that Alexander Painter, John Painter, and Thomas Baldock were not found in his bailiwick; the execution of the rest of the writ appears in the schedule.
Note: Inquisition and return: Date to be returned to Chancery: 25/11/1524. Attached is the inquisition made at Maidstone on 08/11/1524. On the day of the inquisition Alexander Painter was seised in demesne and in fee, to his own use, of a messuage, a garden, and 20 acres of land in the Parish of Horsmonden [in Brenchley-&-Horsmonden Hundred, Kent], called Hawkins', worth 133s. 4d. after expenses; he also had divers goods and chattels, worth £6. John Painter was seised in demesne of 46 acres of land and meadow in the Parish of Horsmonden, which is worth 46s. after expenses; and of goods and chattels, worth £6. Thomas Baldock had on the day of the recognisance, and afterwards, no lands or tenements; but he had divers goods and chattels, worth £4.
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In June 1540 John Paynter was a witness to the Will of John Hope of Horsmonden.
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Grant: 6 Jun 1557. 3
John Paynter of Horsemonden, husbandman, to Robt. Clampard of Brenchley, clothier &c., John Bathurst of Horsmonden, clothier; Grant of a rent charge of "quadragint Solidor", issuing out of a Messuage & 6 pieces of land, called Kitchenfield, Benecroft, Wylcocks, Guncroft, & Le Acre.
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Lease: 2 Oct 1567. 4
John Paynter of Horsemonden, yeoman, to Henry Paynter, his son; Lease of a Messuage &c. at Baynden aforesaid.
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Feoffment: 12 Jun 1568. 5
Robert Paynter of Horsemonden, glover, one of the sons of John Paynter of the same, yeoman, to John Paynter, his father and Margery his wife; Feoffment of Messuage &c. and six pieces of land in Horsemonden &c. and two pieces &c. called Merden, the 3rd. Blackeland, the 4th. Cowfreresland, the 5th. the little Hedden, and the 6th. the Springett.
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14 Jun 1568: Bond. 6
Henry Paynter of Brenchley, taylor, to John Paynter of Horsemonden, yeoman, his father; Bond to perform Covenants. of Indentures of an even date.
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Certified Copy of Mortgage: 27 Jun 1572. 7
Henry Paynter of Horsemonden, son of John Paynter of Horsemonden, yeoman, to Stephen Sharpye of Cranbrook; Certified Copy of a Mortgage of a Messuage in Horsemonden on the den of Baynden.
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Covenant: 4 Jul 1572. 8
Stephen Sharpye aforsaid to John Paynter beforementioned; Covenant to preserve a right of fuel or fireboot, on lands alienated by Henry Paynter his son.
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Release: 4 Jul 1572. 9
John Paynter to Stephen Sharpye, aforesaid; Release of right in Messl &c. & lands in Horsemonden, on the den of Baynden, names as follows: Forestallcroft, Northfield, Grubreed, Fryefield, Bridgecroft, Fiveyards, Beancroft, Kitchenfield, Wilcocks, Guncroft, Garden, Wallcroft &c.
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John Paynter senior (burial record)
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