PEPPER, Cuthbert (d.1608), of East Cowton, near Richmond, Yorks.

J.p. Yorks (N. Riding) from c. 1582; Summer reader, G. Inn 1595, treasurer 1604; recorder, Richmond 1596 – 1603; attorney in the north 1598 – 1603; member, council in the north 1599; member, high commission, province of York 1599, 1603; surveyor of court of wards 1600 – 07, attorney from 1607; judge in the northern court from 1603.Lansd. 53, f. 195; G. Inn Pens. Bk. i. 109, 500; Clarkson, Richmond, app. xlvii; CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 5; Add. 1580–1625, p. 428; 1603–10, pp. 363, 380; Reid, Council of the North, 245; J. Hurstfield, Queen’s Wards, 224; HMC Hatfield, ix. 396; x. 369; xv. 394.