PERSHALL, John (1672-1706), of Great Sugnall and Horsley, Staffs.

bap. 7 Oct. 1672, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Pershall, 3rd Bt., of Great Sugnall and Horsley by Anne Medcalfe, illegit. da. of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield. m. lic. 15 May 1690, ‘aged 21’, Charlotte (d. 1756), illegit. da. of Thomas, 2nd Baron Colepeper, 2s. d.v.p. 3da. (1 ). IGI, Staffs.; H. F. Parshall, Parshall Fam. 870–1913, pp. 136, 160–1; J. C. Wedgwood, Staffs. Parlty. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), ii. 189; P. and M. Spufford, Eccleshall, 39; Wm. Salt Lib. Stafford, Salt ms 304.