The Bayntons (sometimes spelled Benton) are of an ancient race. Baynton is a manor in the parish of Edington, Wiltshire, where there is still a hamlet by that name. It is probable that the Baynton family originated there.

Thomas de Benton, Lord of Falstone, inherited the manor of Fallardstone in the Parish of Bishopstone, County Wiltshire, about five miles southwest of Salisbury from his wife.