John Peyton (1579–1635), of Wells, Norfolk, was an English politician.
He was the son of Sir John Peyton (1544–1630), Governor of Jersey and Lieutenant of the Tower of London.
[1] A Relation of the State of Polonia is a manuscript work (Royal British Library MS 18 B I) produced between 1598 and 1603 on Polish affairs.
In 2014 Sobecki identified the author as Peyton, and assigned the date of completion to 1603, the work being written for the coronation of James VI and I.
[2] Sobecki's identification is based on Peyton's letters about this work and the finding of a second copy (held at Univ.