sentences:  Through his mother's sister, Joan Bodley née Hone, Peryam was cousin to Sir Thomas Bodley.Like the Bodleys, the Peryams were early adherents of Protestantism and were also threatened in the time of Marian persecutions.Under Queen Elizabeth however, the family thrived, with William eventually achieving eminence in law and his younger brother John Peryam (1541 – c. 1618), MP, elected to Parliament four times (Barnstaple 1584, Bossiney 1586, Exeter 1589 and 1593) and becoming Mayor of Exeter.