126 ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF PEGGE, OF SHIRLEY. 



1664. Ralph Pegge states in his Will, dated 1598, that he has 

 already conveyed his lands and tenements in Shirley to his son, 

 Edward, and bequeaths the same to him and his heirs. His 

 descendant, the Rev. Nathaniel Pegge, died in 1782, leaving his 

 Shirley estate to his relative, Peter Pegge, of Beauchief, Esq., his 

 next heir, who assumed the name of Burnell, in 1784, on being 

 declared one of the heirs of D'Arcy Burnell, of Winkburn, in 

 Nottinghamshire, Esq., and, dying without issue in 1836, left his 

 estates to his nephew, Broughton Benjamin Steade, Esq., who then 

 assumed, by royal license, the surnames and arms of Pegge- 

 Burnell. 



The Yeldersley line, descended from Christopher Pegge, eldest 

 son of Ralph, continued till the death of William Pegge in 1768, 

 whose monument in the chancel, at Shirley, states that he was the 

 last of that branch of the family. * 



From Humphry Pegge, youngest son of Ralph, derived the 

 Pegges of Osmaston, near Ashburne, whose last male representative, 

 Sir Christopher Pegge, Knt, M.D., died in 1822, leaving an only 

 daughter. He was grandson of the Rev. Samuel Pegge, rector of 

 Whittington, the well-known antiquary, an account of whom may 

 be found in the Gentleman's Magazine for the year 1796, written 

 by his son, Samuel Pegge, Esq., F.S.A., also an author of consider- 

 able repute. 



The arms borne by the different branches of this family are 

 argent, a chevron between three piles sable. They appear upon 

 the seal of Edward Pegge, of Beauchief, in 1666, quarterly with 

 paly of six (argent and azure) for Strelley. Also upon seals appended 

 to the Wills of Edward Pegge, of Shirley, in 1686, and Elizabeth, 

 widow of Christopher Pegge, of Rodsley, in 1674; upon monu- 

 ments, etc., at Beauchief Abbey, and upon the Almshouses 

 founded by Christopher Pegge at Ashburne. The Chalice in the 

 Church of Shirley also bears a shield with this coat, and the 

 following inscription underneath it: — "Ex do/to Margerice Pegge 

 in usum EccksicR de Shireley Anno D0711 1670." At the Herald's 

 Visitations these arms were not proved, but they were afterwards 



* A pedigree of this branch will be given in a future volume. 



