PESHALL (PERSALL), John (1484/85-1564 or later), of Horsley, nr. Eccleshall, Staffs.

Family and Education

b. 1484 /85 1st s. of Humphrey Peshall of Horsley by Helen, da. of Humphrey Swynnerton of Swynnerton and Hilton. m. (1) by 1506, Catherine, da. of Thomas Harcourt of Ranton; (2) Ellen, 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 3 June 1489.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/5/26. Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. iii(2), 95; v(2), 240; C1/1047/27; Req.2/4/206; Staffs. Rec. Soc. (ser. 4), viii. 138.

Offices Held

Commr. oyer and terminer, Staffs. 1540; j.p. 1547, 1554.LP Hen. VIII, xv; CPR, 1547–8, p. 89; 1553–4, p. 24.

Parlimentarian

PESHALL (PERSALL), John (1484/85-1564 or later), of Horsley, nr. Eccleshall, Staffs.

Main residence: Horsley, nr. Eccleshall, Staffs.

Author

L.M.K.

A.D.K.H.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

PESHALL (PERSALL), John (1484/85-at least 1564)