He had left Scotland during the reign of King Henry VIII (1509–1547) and settled in the city of Exeter.
Richard Napier (1559–1634), a noted astrologer and Rector of Linford, Buckinghamshire.
[1] The arms of Napier of Luton Hoo were: Argent, a saltire engrailed between four roses (cinquefoils) gules.
[2] He lived in Bishopsgate Street in the City of London, was a member of the Grocers' Company and was a Turkey Merchant, and through trade with Turkey amassed a fortune and purchased the estate of Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire.
He was knighted in 1611 during the progress from Scotland through England of King James I, who subsequently created him a baronet "of Luton Hoo" on 25 November 1612.