'Peck1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Peck of Allington, Peck of Clowdwood, Peck of Cornish, Peck of Knossington, Peck of Wakefield

                               
Nichols identifies the arms of this family, quartered with Haselden, as "Argent, on a chevron Gules three crosses patée Argent".
Richard Peck of Wakefield, Yorkshire
m. Margaret Hesselden or Hesleden (heir)
1. John Peck 'of Haselden Hall' (d c1514, 2nd son)
m. Isabella Lacy (dau of John Lacy)
  A. Richard Peck
  m. Joan Harrington (dau of John Harrington)
  i. Richard Peck of Wakefield
m. Alice Middleton (dau (sb sister?) of Sir William Middleton of Stockeld, m2. Peter Midelton)
  a. John Peck of ('Haselden Hall in') Wakefield
  m. Jane Anne (d 04.01.1559, dau of John Anne of Frockley)
(1) Richard Peck of Wakefield
  m. Anne Hotham (dau of Sir John Hotham of Scorborough)
  (A) Richard Peck of Wakefield (a 1585, 1619, 3rd son)
  m. Catharine Vavasour (dau of Sir William Vavasour of Haselwood)
  (i) Thomas Peck (b c1575)
  m. Cicely Metcalfe (dau of George Metcalfe of Swinethwaite)
  (a)+ issue - Thomas (b c1603, a 1611), Geoffrey, Richasrd, Francis, Faith
  (ii) George Peck
  m. Ann Clayton (dau of William Clayton of Carbrook)
  (iii) Elizabeth Peck
  m. John Draycott
  (iv)+ other issue - Francis, Frances
  (B) Elizabeth Peck
  m. Ralph Vavasour (son of Sir William)
  (C) Mary Peck
  m. William Reynolds of Langton
  (D) Dorothy Peck
  m. Matthew Leigh
  (E)+ other issue - John (dsp), Thomas (dsp), Katharine (sb Caroline?) (dsp)
  (2) John Peck of Aston, Rutland
  m. _ Kerke
  (A) John Peck of Ridlington, Rutland
  (B) Richard Peck of Ridlington & Knossington (d 1544)
  m. _ Stevens
  (i) Eustace Peck
(ii) John Peck of Knossington (a 1571)
  m. Margery Passon of Stanford
  (a) John Peck of Bourne, Leicestershire
  ((1))+ issue - Reginald, John
  (b) Stephen Peck of Knossington (a 1620)
  m. Mary Cave (dau of William Cave of Pickwell)
  ((1)) William Peck of Nottingham
  m. _ Pocke (dau of William Pocke of Spickesford)
  ((A))+ issue - Thomas (b c1617, a 1619, dsp), William (b c1618, a 1619)
  ((2)) John Peck of Knossington
  ((A)) Robert Peck of Knossington (d 17.10.1638)
  ((i)) ?? Peck
  ((a)) Robert Peck (d 1695)
  m. Elizabeth
  (((1))) Henry Peck (b c1687, d 1753)
  m. Anne (d 1755)
  (((A)))+ issue - Robert (b c1724, d 1773), Elizabeth (b c1703, d 1786), Anne (b c1705, d 1721)
  ((3)) Simon Peck (minister, 4th son)
  m. Joan Pope of Deping
  ((A))+ issue - Simon (b c1630, a 1635), Stephen (b c1633, a 1635), Mary, Elizabeth, Joan
  ((4)) Elizabeth Peck
  m. Henry Dixon of Barton
  ((5)) Anne Peck
  m. William Harrison of Kegworth
  ((6))+ other issue - Stephen, Francis, thomas, Mary, Philippa, Blanch
  (c) William Peck of Leicester (a 1619)
  m. Elizabeth Hunter (dau of Hugh Hunter of Leicester)
  ((1))+ issue (a 1619) - Hugh (b c1611), Elizabeth (b c1607)
  (d) Prudence Peck
  m. William Needham of Hickling
  (e) Judith Peck
m. John Lowth of Twyford
  (f) Rebecca Peck
  m. Robert Smith of Barleythorpe
  (g) Margery Peck
  m. William Mason of Scalford
  (h) Alice Peck
  m. Thomas Thurney of Collyweston
  (iii) Alice Peck probably of this generation
  m.William Burton of Braunston
  (C) William Peck
  For no good reason, being largely to avoid losing sight of the following data (which comes from Visitation (Rutland, 1619, 'Peck', pedigrees "not included in Harl. MS. No. 1094"), we speculate that this William was father of ...
(i) William Peck of Lydington, Rutland (4th son)
  m. Elizabeth Thomworth (dau of Christopher Thomworth of Halsted)
  (a)+ issue - John of Lydingotn, William (dsp), Anthony (dsp), Christopher, Luke, Henry, Elizabeth, Honor, Dorothy
  (3) Nicholas Peck of Topcliffe (near Wakefield), Yorkshire (d before 24.11.1590, youngest son)
m. Alice Bradford (d before 20.05.1583, dau of Brian Bradford (or Bradforth, probably not Bradfield) of Stanley)
  (A) Jasper Peck of Copeley Hall, Yorkshire (b c1568, d before 22.02.1605/6) - continued below
  m. Jane Hanslapp (dau of John Hanslapp of Stoney Thorpe)
  (B+ other issue - Richard, Nicholas, John, Dorothy, Grace
  (4) Katherine Peck 
  m. John Lake (not Leake) of Normanton
  (A) Jennet Lake probably of this generation
  m. John Fleming of Sharlston (b 1517, d 1562)
  (5) Margaret Peck 
m. John Taylor
  (6) Dorothy Peck 
  m. William Rowke or Rooke
  (7) Anne Peck 
  m1. John Page or Pegge of Nottinghamshire
  Possibly the Anne, Mrs Page, who (also) married ...
  m2. Richard Burdett of Royston
  (8) Frances Peck probably ("youngest dau") of this generation
  m. Alured Fleming of Sharlston (dsp, son of John by Jennet Lake)
  (9)+ other issue - Thomas, William, Francis, Elizabeth (dsp)
  b. Anne Peck
  According to a note by the Harleian editor of Visitation (1563-4), Anne married ...
  m. Henry Allen of Grantham
  c+ other issue - Isabella, Margaret, Anne, Elizabeth
  ii.+ other issue - Elizabeth, Isabel, Joan, Margaret
  B. Margaret Peck
  m. _ Morton (or Moreton or Norton)
  C. Jane Peck
  m. Richard Torton (Turton)
  D. Katharine Peck
  m. _ Scargill
  E.+ other issue - Thomas, Robert
2.+ other issue - Richard (d infant), Thomas

 

 

Jasper Peck of Copeley Hall, Yorkshire (b c1568, d before 22.02.1605/6) - continued above
m. Jane Hanslapp (dau of John Hanslapp of Stoney Thorpe, m2. Edward Turville of Thurleston
1. John Peck of Cornish (in Lyons-ats-Holt) & Allington, co. Denbigh
m. (before 13.02.1631) Rachel Proctor (dau of Jacob Proctor of London, sister of Edward of London)
  A. Jasper Peck of Cornish, Allington & Clowdwood (Staffordshire) (b 1630-1, d 21.09.1688)
  m. (before 1653) Lydia Gardiner (d 12.11.1707, dau of Ralph Gardiner of Clowdwood)
  i. Jasper Peck of Cornish & Clowdwood (b 17.03.1657, d 06.01.1712-3, 2nd son)
  m. (19.07.1692) Anny Eyton (d 12.03.1739-40, dau of Sir Kenrick Eyton of Eyton)
  a. Jasper Peck of Cornish & Drayton in Hales, Salop (b 08.02.1695, d 12.03.1731-2)
  m. Beatrice Cotton (d 1767, dau of William Cotton (by Beatrice Birch), relict of William Justice of Knighton Hall)
  (1) Kenrick Peck of London & Cornish Hall (youngest son)
  m. (20.06.1757) Sarah Humphreys (d before 27.08.1803, dau of Oliver Humphreys of Tottenham)
  (A) Jasper Peck of Cornish Hall & Temple Coombe (Somerset) (b 24.08.1765, d unm 28.02.1849)
  (B) Kenrick Peck (b 04.07.1768, d 16.02.1834, cleric)
  m. (18.10.1798) Mary Ditcher (d 28.05.1849?, dau of Philip Ditcher of Bath by dau of Samuel Richardson (novelist))
  (i) Kenrick Peck (b 09.12.1700, dvp 07.12.1817)
  (ii) Philip Richardson Peck of Cornish Hall & Temple Combe (b 05.04.1802, d 1858) had issue
  m. (05.10.1831) Georgiana Ford (dau of James Ford of Finhaven Castle & Bromley House, m2. Mark Pinkerton of Ealing)
  (iii) Jasper Peck of Bath (b 12.02.1805, d 20.11.1853) had issue
  m. (21.06.1831) Eliza Coppendale Awdry (dau of Rev. Jeremiah Awdry of Felstead)
  (iv) Mary Peck (d 08.05.1852)
  m. (10.04.1834) Henry Goddard Awdry of Notton Lodge
  (C) Beatrice Peck (d unm)
  (2)+ other issue
  ii.+ other issue including son (dvp)
  B.+ other issue - John, Allington (a 1661)
2.+ other issue - Richard (a 02.1605-6), Robert (bur 05.11.1605), Edward, Grace (bur 16.12.1605), Elizabeth, Dorothy

Main source(s): BLG1879 ('Peck of Cornish Hall and Temple Combe') with, for the upper section, significant input/support for the upper section from 'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John Nichols, vol 2, part 2, 1798, 'Pedigree of Peck of Wakefield and Knossington', p879) and a little from Visitation (Yorkshire, 1563-4, 'Peck'), Visitation (Joseph Foster (1875), Yorkshire, 1584+1612, 'Peck of Wakefield')
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