MEWS, Peter (1672-1726), of Hinton Admiral, nr. Christchurch, Hants.

bap. 29 Aug. 1672, s. of Col. John Mews of St. Andrew Undershaft, London by Sarah, da. of John Mellish, Merchant Taylor, of Fenchurch Street, London, alderman of London 1667. educ. ?Winchester by 1680–8; St. John’s, Oxf. 1688; All Souls, Oxf. BCL 1695. m. 3 Sept. 1719, Lydia (d. 1751), da. and coh. of George Jarvis of London and Islington, Mdx., s.p. suc. uncle Peter Mews, bp. of Winchester 1706; Kntd. 13 July 1712. IGI, London; Westminster Abbey Reg. (Harl. Soc. x), 44; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch. Soc.), 114; Winchester Long Rolls, 1653–1721, pp. 37, 41, 44, 51, 54, 57–58; Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 465.