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PETLEY, ELIAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 16 Nov 1610 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 326); Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1611, matr. 1611, scholar 1612-5; BA 1614/5; MA 1618; ordained; Rector of Wold Newton, Lincs. , from 1626; translated Book of Common Prayer into Greek 1638; lic. to m. 23 Apr 1624 Hope Holmes; buried Wold Newton, Lincs. , 9 Sep 1661.

Petley, Desmond, son of Bertram Petley FSI, of Staple, Kent, and Margaret, d. of Thomas Louis Collard, architect, of Canterbury; b. 19 Apr. 1919; adm. Jan. 1932 (KS); left July 1937; Pemb. Coll. Camb., matric. 1937, BA 1945; RAFVR 1939-45 (Flt Lieut.), DFC Nov. 1942, p.o.w.; Nat. Coal Board, retd 1980; m. 15 June 1946 Pauline Mary Mylne, d. of Rev. Cyril Paul Johnson of Tunbridge Wells; d. 28 Aug. 2007.

PETLEY, CHARLES, only son of John Petley, Halstead, Kent, and Jane Lockyer; bapt. 26 Apr 1715; adm. (aged 9) Sep 1724; in school list 1731; Clerk of the Survey, Ordnance Dept., Chatham (Chamberlayne 1748, as “Charles Petty”); Storekeeper of the Ordnance at Chatham; of Riverhead, Kent; m. 13 Jun 1752 Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Paul, Hatton Garden, London, and Ewart, Northumberland; d. 27 Jul 1765.

Petitpierre, Max Charles, son of Georges Jules Petitpierre, of Ealing, by Jeanne Marie Adeline, daughter of Robert Lehmann, of Ealing; b. Jan. 24, 1903; adm. Jan. 18, 1917; K.S. 1917; left (with Triplett) July 1921; Merton Coll. Oxon. (postmaster), matric. Michaelmas 1921; B.A. 1924, M.A. 1932; ordained deacon 1927 (Oxford), priest 1928 (St. David's) Chaplain and Tutor of S. Wales and Monmouth Training Coll., Carmarthen 1927-30; Chaplain and Lecturer, Bede Coll., Durham 1930-35; Vicar of St. Giles, Norwich, 1935; Chaplain Toe H. London 1940; Warden, St. Anne's House, Soho, 1944-7; joined the Com­munity of Anglican Benedictines, Nashdom Abbey, 1947, and was professed as Dom Robert 1948; solomn vows 1951; d. 20 Dec. 1982.

Petitpierre, Bernard Ernest, brother of Max Charles Petitpierre (qv); b. 4 Oct. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (A), non-res. KS Sept. 1924; left July 1928; a co. director; hon. IQPS 1988; m. 1st 22 Apr. 1939 Gwendolin Lynch, d. of Lucien de Bernardy, geologist, of Ealing; 2nd 25 July 1970 Valerie Janet, d. of Herbert Alfred Atwood, co. director, of Sevenoaks, Kent; d. 6 Sept. 2000.

Petit, T.; Music Master Jun 1881 – Aug 1884. [evidently Thomas Pettit, musician ; student, Royal Academy of Music, in 1867 ; A.R.A.M. ; living 75 Mornington Road, Middlesex, aged 30, 1881 Census ; Professor, Guildhall School of Music ; pianist and organist with Bach Choir 1876-85 ; Organist and Choirmaster, St.Peter’s, Cranley Gardens, Kensington, Middlesex ; d. unm. 5 July 1894, aged 43]

PETERS, RICHARD, younger son of Ralph Peters, Town Clerk of Liverpool, and Esther, dau. of --- Freeson, Alderman of Liverpool; bapt. St. Nicholas, Liverpool 26 Apr 1705 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) Apr 1721; Leyden Univ., adm. 19 Feb 1723; adm. Inner Temple [check]; Wadham Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Apr 1731; DD 2 May 1770; ordained deacon 1730, priest 1731 (both Winchester); initially beneficed in diocese of Chester; living in Philadelphia, North America, by 1736, when he applied for post of catechist in Christ Church parish; Secretary of the Land Office, Philadelphia; Rector of Christ Church and of St. Peter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Jan 1763 – 23 Sep 1775, retiring on grounds of health; a co-founder with Benjamin Franklin of the Public Academy of Philadelphia; m. 1st, while still at school; m. 2nd, during his first wife’s lifetime, Miss Stanley; d. at Philadelphia 10 Jul 1776.

PETERS, JOSEPH, son of Capt. John Peters, Westminster, and Martha ---; bapt. 15 Oct 1673; adm.; KS 1690; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1694, matr. 25 Jun 1694, aged 19, Westminster Student 29 Dec 1694 – void 1716 (expiry year of grace as R. Albury from 26 Nov 1714, sic), Tutor 1709; BA 1698; MA 1701; ordained priest (Lichfield); Rector of Albury, Surrey, from 1 Mar 1714/5; d. 1745.