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History and Genealogy
of the Pearsall Family in England
and America:
Volume I
Front Cover
Inside Front Cover
The Motive
Thanks
Illustrations
Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Appendix I
Volume II
Volume III
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CHAPTER
TWENTY-ONE
HUGH
DE PESHALL
Seventh
in Ancestry
Section 1. Hugh de Peshall.
SECTION
1.
7.
HUGH PESHALL, son of Nicholas de Peshall,
Chapter 20, Section 1. Child :-*6. 1. SIR HUGH
PESHALL, Chapter 22, Section 1.
The
pedigree of the family as given by Rev. John Persall
and the Pedigree of the Pearsall family of Willsbridge,
make Sir Hugh Peshall the son of Nicholas Peshall; whereas the latter was father of Hugh, and
grandfather of Sir Hugh. The Visitations of 1614, 1663-64 allowed the
descent there claimed, but at the same time indicated that there was a
generation intervening between Nicholas and Sir Hugh, which is confirmed
by the records, which disclose his part in the War of the Roses, as a partisan
of the side of the house of Lancaster.
This statement of the pedigree of Hugh Peshall
is confirmed by a comparison with the generations of descent from
Humphrey Peshall brother of Sir Thomas Peshall, grandfather of Hugh Peshall,
as is clearly shown by the following chart:
Richard
Peshalloan Chetwynd.
Thomas
de Peshall other
children Nicholas de Peshall
Hugh
de Peshall
Sir
Hugh of Horsley, He was knighted at Bosworth Field
for his support of King Henry VII
These
two families of Peshall although near cousins
were on opposite sides in the War of the Roses. Humphrey Peshall, the father of Hugh of Gnowsale,
as we shall presently see, appears among the earliest appointees of the
York King Edward IV. in Staffordshire. Sir Hugh,
knighted on Bosworth Field, and Hugh of Kinlet
and Gnowsale were contemporary, and being of
the same name, it has confused the historians to find records concerning
a Hugh Peshale knighted for special service to
the king at the Battle of Bosworth Field, and at the same time a Hugh Peshall pardoned for special efforts to defeat the
same king in this same battle.
In
the Wars of the Roses the main strength of the Yorkists
lay in the south and east, while the north was Lancastrian. Yorkshire was the scene of many conflicts. Nowhere
else did the house of Lancaster
find stauncher supporters. The Yorkshire
barons fought for the cause of Henry VI., and for his heroic Queen
Margaret. Fierce was the fight at Wakefield
in 1460, when the Duke of York
and the flower of his army was slain. A year
later his son Edward, afterwards
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