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[18] Sir Thomas Boynton's will is undated, but was proved at York 30th March, 1587. He desires to be buried with his ancestors in the Church of Barmston without any costly or sumptuous funerals. He was buried at Barmston, 5th January, 1581.

SIR FRANCIS BOYNTON, KT. [1581-1617], son of Sir Thomas Boynton, Kt. (XVII), was High Sheriff of Yorkshire, 38 Eliz. (1596), and mentioned the following year as leasing the "twenty-foot bank" at Barmston, where in 1598 he built the middle part of the late mansion, in the hall of which were his arms impaling those of Place, and another shield supported by two goats. He was one of the King's Council in the North in 1602, and was knighted at York 17th April, 1603, when King James passed through that city on his way from Scotland to the throne. There is a tradition that King James spent a night at Burton Agnes, and that the arms on the gateway commemorate this event. In 1591 Francis Boynton became possessed of the "Rectory and Church of Byrlington" with all its rights, etc.

About 1601 he bought sundry property of Anthony Foster, "proctor" to the incumbent of Roxby, this property formed part of the glebe in Roxby belonging to the parish of Hinderwell.