Submitted by legacy on
Family and Education
yr. s. of Adam Peshale (d.1346), of Horsley, Staffs. by Joan, da. and h. of John Eyton of The Wildmoors, Salop; bro. of Sir Richard and Hamon. m. (1) c.1362, Elizabeth (d.c.1366), da. and coh. of Sir John Weston of Weston-under-Lizard, wid. of Sir John Whiston of Whiston in Penkridge, Staffs., ?1ch. d.v.p.; (2) Sept./Oct. 1369, Elizabeth (c.1339-1384), da. and event. h. of Sir Philip ap Rees of Talgarth ‘English’, Herefs. and Shifnal, wid. of Sir Henry Mortimer of Chelmarsh, Salop, 1ch. d.v.p.; (3) by May 1389, Joyce (d. 12 Aug. 1420), da. and event. coh. of John, 2nd Lord Botetourt of Weobley, Herefs., wid. of Sir Baldwin Freville of Tamworth, Warws., 2da. Kntd. by Nov. 1380.
Offices Held

Sheriff, Staffs. 14 Nov. – 8 Dec. 1480, Salop 3 Nov. 1397 – 30 Sept. 1399, 4 Nov. 1418 – d.

Commr. to put down rebellion, Staffs. Mar. 1382; of inquiry Feb. 1383 (murder), Salop Oct. 1398 (murder), Jan. 1414 (lollards); array, Staffs. Apr. 1385, Mar. 1392, Salop Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403; to make proclamation of Henry IV’s intention to govern well, Warws. May 1402; supervise musters, Salop Aug. 1402; of oyer and terminer Feb. 1403; to raise royal loans, Staffs., Salop, Herefs. 1410;PPC, i. 344. of arrest, Staffs. Aug., Dec. 1411.

Keeper of the forests of Morfe and Shirlet, Salop 27 Nov. 1384 – Mar. 1396, of Dawley castle 24 Apr.-c. Sept.1399.

J.p. Salop 22 July – Nov. 1397.

Tax collector, Salop Mar. 1404; controller, Warws. Mar. 1404.

Parlimentarian
PESHALE, Sir Adam (d.1419), of Peshale and Shifnal, Salop, and Weston-under-Lizard, Staffs.
Main residences: Peshale; Shifnal, Salop; Weston-under-Lizard, Staffs.
Notes

There were not, as suggested in Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 4), x. 184-5 and xi. 1-2, two MPs of this name.

Author
L.S.W.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

PESHALE, Sir Adam (-d.1419)

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