PENSON, ---; b.; adm.; QS ; left Mar 1553/4 (Acts of Chapter, i, 281b).
PENNY, WILLIAM GOODENOUGH, eldest son of Rev. William Penny, Fox Hall, Upminster, Essex, Church of England clergyman, and his second wife Sophia, dau. of Samuel Goodenough (qv); b. 4 Aug 1814; adm. 20 Sep 1825 (G); KS 1829; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1833, matr. 23 May 1833, Westminster Student; BA 1837; MA 1839; Mathematical Scholar, Christ Church 1838; ordained deacon 22 Dec 1839, priest 20 Dec 1840 (both Oxford); Perpetual Curate of Ashendon and Dorton, Bucks., 1842; Roman Catholic convert 1843; Oratorian priest; Professor of Mathematics., University Coll., Dublin; d. 11 Mar 1892.
PENNINGTON, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS ; elected head to Trinity College, Cambridge 1575, adm. pens. 1575, scholar 1576; BA 1579/80.
PENNE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).
PEMBRIDGE, THOMAS; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1562, Westminster Student to 1568; migrated to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar Mich. 1569; BA 1569/70 (incorp. Oxford 20 Feb 1571/2); MA Oxford 1572; ordained; preacher and schoolmaster, Aylesbury, Bucks. 1572-3; Vicar of Goldington, Beds., 1573; Rector of Hanwell, Oxfordshire 1574; Vicar of Wilsford, Wilts., 1584; Rector of Sudeley, Gloucs., 1585; Rector of Abbotts Ann, Hampshire 1587; Rector of Skilgate, Somerset, from 2 Jul 1589; Rector of Marston Sicca, Gloucs., from 1590; Rector of Kentchurch, Herefs., 1591; d. 1595.
PEMBERTON, CHRISTOPHER ROBERT, second son of Christopher Robert Pemberton MD FRCP FRS, Newton, Cambs., Physician Extraordinary to George IV, and his second wife Eleanor, only dau. of James Hamilton, Woodbrook, co. Tyrone; b. 28 Jan 1801; adm. Mich. 1813; KS 1814; Capt. of the School 1818; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1819, matr. 21 May 1819, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1824; MA 1826; Junior Clerk, Treasury Jan 1821 – Aug 1826, Assistant Clerk of Revenue Aug 1826 – Oct 1834, Assistant Clerk Oct 1834 - Mar 1850; Private Secretary to Secretary of Treasury Aug 1824 – Sep 1827, Feb 1828 – Nov 1830, and to Right Hon. Henry Goulburn MP when Chancellor of the Exchequer Sep 1841- Jul 1846; DL JP Cambridgeshire, High Sheriff 1859; m. 13 Jun 1829 Henrietta, eldest dau. of Nathaniel William Peach, Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk; d. 26 Jun 1884.
PELLING, THOMAS, son of Edward Pelling (qv), , and his first wife; bapt. Boxworth, Cambs. 1 Aug 1672 (IGI); adm.; KS 1686; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1689, matr. 17 Jun 1689, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1689 – void 1699; BA 1693; MA 1696; ordained deacon (Oxford) 19 Sep 1697, priest (Rochester) 16 Oct 1698; Vicar of Rottingdean, Sussex, from 18 Oct 1698; Curate to father at Northchapel, Sussex, from 1 Jul 1702; d. unm. 16 Jun 1732.
PELLING, EDWARD, son of Rev. Thomas Pelling, Rector of Trowbridge, Wilts., and Margery --- (IGI); bapt. Trowbridge, Wilts. 21 Jun 1640 (IGI); adm.; in school lists 1656; KS Christmas quarter 1656; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1658, adm. pens. 3 Jul 1658, scholar 14 Apr 1659; BA 1661/2; MA 1665; DD 1690; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1664, Major Fellow 1665 – c. 1668; ordained; Curate, Boxworth, Cambs., 1668-73; Vicar of St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, London 11 May 1674-8; Vicar of St. Martin’s, Ludgate, London 1 Oct 1678 –91; Prebendary of Westminster 3 May 1683 – 4 Jul 1691; Rector of Petworth, Sussex, from 4 Jun 1691, also Rector of Northchapel, Sussex, from 1691; Chaplain in Ordinary to William III and Mary I (listed as such Miege 1691), Queen Anne, and George I; Proctor in Convocation for Diocese of Chichester 1710; author, The Antiquity of the Protestant Religion, 1687, and other works; m. 1st, Mary --- (IGI); m. 2nd, 28 Oct 1710 Margaret Hill, widow, Richmond, Surrey; buried Petworth, Sussex 16 Mar 1717/8. DNB.
PEIRS, JOHN, son of John Peirs, Denton, Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Ven. Edward Layfield DD, Archdeacon of Essex; grandson of Right Rev. William Peirs DD, Bishop of Peterborough; b.; adm.; KS 1672; did not obtain election to either University 1674, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Jul 1674, aged 18.
PEETERS, GERARD, son of William Peeters, Arundel, Sussex; bapt. 20 Sep 1562; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1582, adm. scholar 1583; BA 1586/7; MA 1590 (incorp. Oxford 1594); Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1589 –c. 1592; ordained; Vicar of Poling, Sussex 11 Sep 1591-4; Rector of St. Peter and St. Mary Westout, Lewes, Sussex, from 1591/2; Rector of St. John’s sub Castro, Lewes, Sussex, from 9 Feb 1592/3; Rector of Plumpton, Sussex, from 6 Nov 1593; Prebendary of Chichester from 16 Apr 1596; Chaplain to Thomas, Lord Buckhurst; probably author of Libellus de Memoria verissimaque bene recordandi Scientia, 1584; m. Elizabeth, sister of Joshua Blackstone (qv); d. 1598. DNB.