Background
Payne was the son of Robert Payne of Midloe, Huntingtonshire and his wife Maria Watertown, daughter of Sir Robert Watertown of Waterton, Yorkshire.
Payne was the son of Robert Payne of Midloe, Huntingtonshire and his wife Maria Watertown, daughter of Sir Robert Watertown of Waterton, Yorkshire.
In 1603 he inherited the estate of Midloe on the death of his father. He was knighted at Greenwich on 22 May 1605. In 1607 he was High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.
He was a subscriber of the Virginia Company of London in 1609.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire in 1621. In 1626 he was elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire again.
He was re-elected in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. Payne died at the age of aged 58.
Addled Parliament; 2nd Parliament of King Charles I]
In 1614, Payne was elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire.