1482 Robert Payn was chosen to hold the office of King's Bailiff in Shaftesbury in 1482. [1]
Shaftesbury Charter 64. Walter Bakebere, Mayor, and John Botyler and Thos. Tourges, wardens of the Common Rent, release to Robt. Payn, gent., the office of Bailiff in the Borough. At Shaftesbury, 10th Sept., 22 Edw. IV.
1489/90 On February 23 William Twynho, Robert Payne, and others witnessed a confirmation made at Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire (about 4 miles east of Shaftesbury). [2]
Confirmation made at Donhead St. Andrew by John Brokway, son and heir of William Brokway, late of Shaftesbury, to Margaret Brokway, widow of the said William, of all his messuage and arable land etc., which Thomas Malpas now holds in Donhead St. Andrew, a close called Bremelcombe, a meadow called Weremede which John Wiltshire now holds, 2 closes called Whetehayes, a meadow called Sibilymede which John Jeffrayes senior holds, a close called Seerys, and a close which John Wilkyns holds, to hold for life as her jointure. John Heuxtrigge and John Wykes appointed his attorneys to give her delivery thereof. Witd.: William Twynyho, Peter Baunfield esqs., Robert Payne, Thomas Coker, John Heuxtrigge, William Fauner, John Ittery.
[1] Charles Herbert Mayo, The Municipal Records of the Borough of Shaftesbury (Sherborne: J. C. Sawtell, 1889), 80, [HathiTrust].
[2] The National Archives of the United Kingdom Catalog, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, 1728/57, [UKNationalArchives].