[3] He was left a considerable estate by his grandfather Sir Richard Weston (d. 1542), although because of his father's attainder his inheritance was not confirmed until he was restored in the blood in 1539.
[4] His grandfather had been Treasurer of Calais under Henry VIII and in 1557/8 Weston was himself part of the garrison defending the town during the siege, when it was retaken by the French.
[1] The following year he was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Elizabeth I[1] and married Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle and Catherine Howard's sister Margaret.
[1] He also inherited the borough of Petersfield, Hampshire from his grandfather, for which he sat as MP in every parliament between 1554 and 1584, except in 1571 when he was chosen as one of the knights of the shire for Surrey.
[1] By his wife Dorothy Arundell he was the father of Richard Weston (MP for Petersfield) and a daughter Elizabeth, who died unmarried.