PECKHAM, Sir Edmund (by 1495-1564), of the Blackfriars, London and Denham, Bucks.

Family and Education

b. by 1495, 2nd s. of Peter Peckham of London and Denham by 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Henry Eburton of London. m. by 1516, Anne, da. of John Cheyne of Chesham Bois, Bucks., 4s. inc. Henry and Sir Robert 2da. Kntd. 18 May 1542.Date of birth estimated from marriage. DNB; PCC 13 Vox, 16 Moone; CIPM Hen. VII, ii. 482; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 153.

Offices Held

Clerk, counting house by 1520; treasurer, the chamber 1 May 1522 – 1 Jan. 1524; cofferer, the Household Jan. 1524 – 31 Mar. 1547; j.p. Bucks. 1525 – 43, Mdx. 1537 – 43, q. Bucks., Mdx. 1554–58/59; constable, Scarborough castle, Yorks. 1529 – 37; high treasurer, all the mints 25 Mar. 1544-d.; PC 6- 30 Oct. 1549, 29 July 1553 – Nov. 1558; commr. relief, Bucks., Mdx. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, subsidy, Bucks. 1558; receiver-gen. of the Exchequer 1 Dec. 1553.Rutland Pprs. (Cam. Soc. xxi), 57; LP Hen. VIII, iii-v, xi, xii, xiv, xv, xvii-xx; CPR, 1549–51 to 1558–60 passim; W. C. Richardson, Tudor Chamber Admin. 238, 485; D. E. Hoak, King’s Council in the Reign of Edw. VI, 54, 58; Harl. Ch. 84C, nos. 29, 31, 34; APC, i-vi passim; Strype, Eccles. Memorials, ii. 160; Brit. Numismatic Jnl. xlv. 65.

Parlimentarian

PECKHAM, Sir Edmund (by 1495-1564), of the Blackfriars, London and Denham, Bucks.

Main residences: the Blackfriars, London; Denham, Bucks.

Author

M.K.D.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

PECKHAM, Sir Edmund (by 1495-1564)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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