Sir William Weston was the last Prior of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in England before the Dissolution of the Monasteries, during the reign of King Henry VIII. As such he ranked as Premier Baron in the roll of peers. He is characterised as one of the influential adherents of the papacy. His cadaver effigy survives in the crypt of the Priory Church of St John, Clerkenwell in Middlesex, the former headquarters of the Order.
Opening of Parliament by Henry VIII at Bridewell in 1523; a contemporary illustration from the Wriothesley Garter Book. Weston, as Prior of the Order of St John, Premier Baron, is the figure dressed in black sitting at the right end of the crossbench with the barons, facing the king
Richard Weston (treasurer)
Sir Richard Weston (1465–1542), KB, of Sutton Place in the parish of Guildford in Surrey, was a courtier and diplomat who served as Governor of Guernsey, Treasurer of Calais and Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer during the reign of King Henry VIII.
Sir Richard Weston at the deathbed of King Henry VII at Richmond Palace, 1509. He stands 5th at the King's left hand, his armorials above, quartering Camell of Shapwick, Dorset, with a crescent for difference of a second son
Monogram of Sir Richard Weston, 1520s terracotta moulding, Sutton Place
