Pegge Family Papers, 1764-1927

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Pegge Family Papers, 1764-1927

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Samuel Pegge (1704-1796)was a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge (1726), vicar of Godmersham, Kent (1731), rector of Whittington, Staffordshire (1751), and a antiquarian. His son, the younger Samuel Pegge (d. 1800), became a barrister, a groom of his majesty's privy chamber, and one of the esquires of the King's household. He also was an antiquarian and a large contributor to the . The collection consists of manuscripts written, compiled, or collected by Percy William Pegge early in the 20th century. Also includes (1837), and photocopies of , , and , with words and music by Samuel Pegge (1733-1800). Gentleman's magazine Survey and valuation of the parish of Stoney Stanton in the County of Leicester Hush every rude and vulgar noise The bloody murder by Mary Jenkins Dying speech

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Pegge, Percy William

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Pegge, Samuel, 1733-1800

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Pegge Family

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Biography Samuel Pegge was born in 1704, a native of Chesterfield, Staffordshire, England; attended St. John's College, Cambridge, of which he became a Fellow in 1726; became vicar of Godmersham, Kent (1731), rector of Whittington, Staffordshire (1751); presented to the living of Whittington (1763); and Preb. of Lincoln (1772); became an antiquarian, publishing occasional sermons, biographical and antiquarian books and tracts, and several hun...