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s. of Sir John Pecche (d.1439/40) by his w. Anne. m. (1) bef. 1459, Isabel (fl.1468), C67/46, m. 32. A writ de diem clausit extremum for Isabel was issued in Nov. 1479, but no inq. post mortem has been found: CFR, xxi. no. 515. da. of William Vaux (d.1405) of Bottisham, Cambs., by Eleanor, da. of Sir Thomas Drakelowe of Wilby, Northants.; wid. of William Tresham*; (2) Anne (fl.1488), da. of John Prophet of Surr. and wid. of Ralph St. Leger of Ulcombe, Kent, and John Ellingbridge*, 1s. 1da. Archaeologia Cantiana, xvi. 238. Kntd. bef. Aug. 1450. CFR, xvii. 174.
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Commr. to assess subsidy, Kent Aug. 1450; take assize of novel disseisin Feb. 1452; C66/474, m. 13d. of array Feb. 1452, Jan., Feb. 1460, Feb. 1470, Apr. 1471; to set up beacons Aug. 1461; hear appeal of case in mayor’s ct., Calais Nov. 1472; C76/156, m. 8. determine boundaries of the pale and survey King’s lands June, Aug. 1473; C76/157, mm. 14, 25, 27. of sewers July 1473, July 1474; C76/157, m. 9; 158, m. 9. to assess subsidy on aliens, Kent Apr. 1483.

Bp. of London’s bailiff of Stepney, Mdx. by Mich. 1457-aft. 1464. SC6/1140/24, rot. 2d; J.L. Freeman, ‘Political Community in 15th-Cent. Mdx. (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 2002), 118, 297. Pecche’s manor at Stepney, together with other properties there, were held of the bp.: CIPM, xxvi. 419.

King’s carver by 28 June 1461-Apr. 1483. E361/6, rot. 54d.

J.p. Kent 12 July 1461 – Sept. 1462, 27 Sept. 1464 – Dec. 1470, 27 June 1471 – Sept. 1479.

Collector of ‘sandgelt’, ldships. of Marke and Oye 17 July 1461-Nov. 1480. C76/145, m. 31; 164, m. 4.

Sheriff, Kent 7 Nov. 1461 – 5 Nov. 1463.

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PECCHE, Sir William (d.1488), of Lullingstone, Kent and London.
Main residences: Lullingstone, Kent; London.
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