Spye Park, Wiltshire - Owners of The Estate Since The Restoration - Bayntun Family

Bayntun Family

The house was owned by Bayntuns since the 15th century. Sir Edward Bayntun (1517–1597) built the new house circa 1654, and married a Howard relative Agnes Ryce (d. 1574), formerly the mistress of a nobleman Lord Stourton (d. 1548). Their descendants inherited the house and estate until 1864 when both passed out of the family. Sir Edward was a Member of Parliament for Wiltshire County in 1562-1563 and again in 1570; M.P. for Devizes in 1571; M.P. for Calne in 1572 and M.P. for Chippenham Borough in 1588-1589 and High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1570.

• 1654-1679: Sir Edward Bayntun (1618–1679), KB, Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1664. He married aged 43 the 18-year-old Stuarta Thynne (d. 1680), daughter of Sir Thomas Thynne, and sister of the Tom Thynne murdered at the connivance of Carl Johan Konigsmarck. They were estranged by 1670.
• 1679-1691: Henry Bayntun (1664–1691) married 1685 Lady Anne Wilmot (d. 1703 as Lady Anne Greville), daughter of the late Earl of Rochester (d. 1680 aged 33), famous Restoration poet-libertine.
• 1691-1716: John Bayntun (1688–1716), who died issueless.

At his death, the Bayntun male line failed. His sister Ann inherited, but by terms of an entail in 1716 and custom, her second son Edward inherited from his uncle.