Peyton Ventris

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Sir Peyton Ventris (November 1645 – 6 April 1691) was an English judge and politician, the first surviving son of Edward Ventris (died 1649) of the manor of Granhams (now Granhams Close), Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, although he was born in Little Wenham, Suffolk.

Ventris entered Jesus College, Cambridge, on 4 July 1660,^[1] and like his father then moved to the Middle Temple on 3 February 1664. He was called to the bar on 2 June 1671, his chambers in Fleet Street being above Middle Temple. He was not a success as a pleader and turned to reporting. Ventris produced two volumes of reports which were published in 1696 after his death, they mainly concerned arguments in king's bench and common pleas.

Ventris married Margaret Whiting, daughter of Henry, a shipowner of

. When a new town charter was created in July 1684 he was not named and lost these civic offices.

In 1685 Ventris became a justice of the peace for Suffolk in 1685, and in 1687, he inherited extensive properties from his father-in-law.

He was elected as a

on 31 October 1689. He was living in parish of St Nicholas Ipswich in 1689.^[3]

After a long illness Ventris died on 6 April 1691 and was buried in the chancel of St Nicholas' Church, Ipswich, survived by his wife, his mother, five sons, and a daughter.

References

• "Ventris, Peyton".
  doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28197. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) The first edition of this text is available at Wikisource: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Ventris, Peyton" . Dictionary of National Biography
  . Vol. 58. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Notes

1. ^ "Ventris, Peyton (VNTS660P)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. ^ Paula Watson (1983). "Ipswich". In Henning, B. D. (ed.). The House of Commons 1660-1690. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
3. ^ Grimsey (1889). A Monograph on the Parish of St Nicholas, Ipswich. Ipswich. p. 34.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Parliament of England
Preceded by Nicholas Bacon and Sir John Barker	Member of Parliament for Ipswich 12 January 1689–May 1689 With: Sir John Barker	Succeeded by Sir Charles Blois and Sir John Barker