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.
PEERS, RICHARD, son of Richard Peers, Lisburn, co. Antrim, tanner; b. 1645; apprenticed to father’s trade; ran away to Bristol, from where an uncle sent him to school in Carmarthenshire; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1664, matr. 22 Jul 1664, aged 19, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1664 - void 1676, Tutor 1671-5; BA 1668; MA 1671; Esquire Bedell of Arts and Physic 21 Sep 1675; licensed to practise medicine 6 Jul 1688; translated Wood’s History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford into Latin, 1674, and compiled the first published catalogue of Oxford graduates, 1689; m. 27 Dec 1677 Mary Tipping, Oxford; d. 11 Aug 1690. DNB.
PECK, WILLIAM AWDRY, eldest son of Jasper Kenrick Peck, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister, and Mary, second dau. of Christopher Heath, Byng Place, Gordon Square, London; b. 6 Aug 1861; adm. 26 Jan 1874; exhibitioner 1875; QS 1876; Mure Scholar 1878; Capt. of the School 1879; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1880, matr. 15 Oct 1880; BA 1884; MA 1889; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 May 1884, called to bar 22 Jun 1887; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; Conveyancing Counsel to Supreme Court from 3 Nov 1932; Hon. Secretary, Elizabethan Club 1890-9; m. 20 Aug 1914 Frances Ellen Van Heythusen, widow of Alfred Benton Blythe, Esher, Surrey, [solicitor ?] and dau. of William Budd MD FRS, Bristol; d. 16 Dec 1933.
PECK, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS 1675; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1679, adm. sizar 19 Jun 1679, aged 16, scholar 1680.
Peck, Jasper Augustine, son of John Herbert Peck (qv); b. 14 July 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (KS); left July 1924; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1924, BA 1928; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) Nov. 1930; South-Eastern Circuit and Chancery Bar; RA 1940-5, (Staff Capt. Judge Advocate-General's dept); sen. legal asst Colonial Office 1945, asst legal adviser 1950-65, retd 1965; CMG 1965; m. 18 Dec. 1939 Olwen, d. of Lieut.-Col. Eliot Crawshay-Williams of Coed-y-Mwstwr, Glam.; d. 18 Oct. 1980.
PECK, HENRY CECIL, brother of William Awdry Peck (qv); b. 11 Sep 1865; adm. 27 Sep 1877 (H); QS 18 Jun 1880; left May 1884; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Oct 1884; BA 1887; MA 1891; a master at St. Clare Coll., Walmer, Kent; d. unm. 3 Jan 1897.
PECK, FRANCIS, son of Rev. Francis Peck, Rector of Saltwood, Kent, and Margaret Ruck; b. 31 Oct 1685; adm.; QS 1702; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1706, adm. pens. 28 May 1706, scholar 25 Apr 1707; BA 1709/10; MA 1713; ordained deacon 4 Jun 1710, priest 24 Dec 1710 (both Ely); Vicar of Orlestone, Kent 21 Oct 1710-5; joined the Nonjurors early 1715; the critical meeting, which resulted in the formal split over the Usages controversy, was held at his chambers in Thavies Inn 19 Dec 1717 (Chruch Quarterly Review, xci, 281); took an important part in the preparation of the famous Ancient Liturgies, to which he contributed the preface; m. 1719 Mrs Longford, widow; d. Jan 1724/5.
PECK, EDWARD FRANCIS, brother of William Awdry Peck (qv); b. 27 Mar 1867; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (H); QS 25 Oct 1881; left Apr 1884; adm. solicitor Dec 1890; m. 6 Jan 1909 Elizabeth Mary Christian, youngest dau. of James Armstrong, Sutherland Avenue, Paddington.