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Family and Education
b. 1597, only s. of John Peck of Winchelsea, and Elizabeth, da. of Robert Sheppard of Peasmarsh, Rye, and wid. of John Tufton (d. 1591) of Peasmarsh.Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 180-1; PROB11/100/346; PROB11/78/204. educ. ?Emmanuel, Camb. 6 July 1613; G. Inn, 1 Nov. 1616.Al. Cant; G. Inn Admiss. 144. m. 13 Sept. 1621, Martha, da. Sir Thomas Bludder of Flanchford, Surr. and Mile End, Stepney, Mdx., 7s. 3da. suc. fa. 11 Mar. 1602, ‘aged 4 years’.Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 85; IGI. d. betw. 1 Apr. 1675-21 Feb. 1676.PROB11/350/285.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Suss. 20 July 1641;C181/5, f. 206v. Mdx. and Westminster 31 Aug. 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 38, 628. assessment, Suss. 1642, 14 Apr. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; CJ iii. 45a; A. and O. Westminster 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, Suss. 14 Apr. 1643.CJ iii. 45a. Member, Suss. co. cttee. 18 July 1643.CJ iii. 173a. Commr. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; militia, Suss. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. Mdx., Westminster 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; CJ vii. 858b, 867b. poll tax, Westminster 1660.SR. J.p. Mdx. by May 1667-July 1669.Mdx Recs. iv. 1–6; C231/7, p. 350. Commr. hackney coaches, 18 Jan. 1667.C231/7, p. 373.

Military: commry.-gen. (parlian.) Suss. 24 June 1644–29 Sept. 1646.CJ vi. 11a; SP28/135, ff. 53–118, 247–93.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O; CJ iv. 562b.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, by 11 Apr. 1661–?CTB i. 236.

: Suss., later of Westminster.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

PECK, Henry (1597-?1675), of Winchelsea and Lewes, Suss., later of Westminster

Will
1 Apr. 1675, pr. 21 Feb. 1676.PROB11/350/285.
Estates
inherited land in Winchelsea and Icklesham;PROB11/100/346. Nov. 1644, assessed at £150.CCAM i. 489. June 1638, acquired from Sir Sackville Crowe† share in lease of iron works in Forest of Dean, Glos., notionally worth £800 p.a. for 9 years.Suss. manors, ii. 293; SP18/75, ff. 31-2; CJ vii. 336b-337a. Sept. 1645, inherited advowson and parsonage of Ifeild, Suss., and farms at Iwood and Butts in Newdigate, Surr., from bro.-in-law, Henry Bludder;PROB11/194/14. Sept. 1655, sold Ifield to Sir Thomas Bludder* for £150.CCC 1498; W. Suss. RO, Add. MS 41044. In 1649, acquired rectory of Shipley, Suss. from Richard Molyneux, 2nd Viscount Molyneux [I].Suss. manors, ii. 394.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Blackfriars, London, Nov. 1644;CCAM 489. St Margaret’s Westminster, bef. 1656-d.W. Suss. RO, Add. MS 41044; PROB4/17000.
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