PEARD, George (1548-1621), of High Street, Barnstaple, Devon

bap. 3 Mar. 1548, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Peard of Barnstaple and Julian, da. of Nicholas Berry of Eastleigh, Devon, wid. of Richard Gay of Barnstaple.Barnstaple Par. Reg. ed. T. Wainwright, i. 5-6; iii. 3; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 392. educ. L. Inn 1573. LI Admiss. m. 24 Sept. 1576, Agnes (bur. 8 Nov. 1621), da. of John Jewel of East Down, Devon, 1s. d.v.p. Barnstaple Par. Reg. ii. 7; iii. 31, 43; Vivian, 505. HP Commons, 1558-1603, iii. 191 incorrectly states that Peard had a da., confusing him with a namesake: Vivian, 531; IGI. Ordained by 1572; G.D. Squibb, ‘Dorset Incumbents’, Procs. Dorset Nat. Hist. and Arch. Soc. lxxiii. 157. suc. fa. 1574. Barnstaple Par. Reg. iii. 14. d. 31 Jan. 1621. C142/766/77.