PEERS, Thomas, of Dunwich, Suff.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Dunwich 1427, 1429, 1431, 1435, 1437, 1449 (Nov.), 1450, 1459, 1461, KB145/7/1. 1467, 1472, Suff. 1455.

?Councillor, Dunwich from 17 Dec. 1419; Bailiffs’ Minute Bk. of Dunwich (Suff. Rec. Soc. xxxiv), 100. But this council member may have been the MP’s fa. bailiff, Sept. 1445–6, 1448 – 50, 1451 – 52, 1456 – 57, 1459 – 61, 1462 – 63, 1466 – 67, 1470–1. T. Gardner, Hist. Dunwich, 79–80; C219/15/7; 16/5; 17/1; A. Suckling, Hist. Suff. ii. 458.