Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Pegge Family Papers,
- Dates:
- 1764-1927
- Creators:
- Pegge Family
- Abstract:
- 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 Gentleman's magazine. The collection consists of manuscripts written, compiled, or collected by Percy William Pegge early in the 20th century. Also includes Survey and valuation of the parish of Stoney Stanton in the County of Leicester (1837), and photocopies of Hush every rude and vulgar noise, The bloody murder by Mary Jenkins, and Dying speech, with words and music by Samuel Pegge (1733-1800).
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Pegge Family Papers (Collection 546). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of manuscripts written, compiled, or collected by Percy William Pegge early in the 20th century. Includes An account of the family of Baker, of Barlestone in the County of Leicester; Pegge of Stoney Stanton in the County of Leicester; The Reverend Samuel Pegge; A short account of Katherine Pegge, 1630-1678, and Earl of Plymouth, her son 1657-1680; and Abstracts of various deeds and other documents showing the title of the family of Pegge to various lands... . Also includes Survey and valuation of the parish of Stoney Stanton in the County of Leicester (1837), and photocopies of, Hush every rude and vulgar noise; The bloody murder by Mary Jenkins; Dying speech, with words and music by Samuel Pegge (1733-1800).
- Biographical / historical:
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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 hundred papers on antiquities; he died in 1796; his son, the younger Samuel Pegge 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 Gentleman's magazine; these included a life of his father; he died in 1800.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2003
- Date Encoded:
- Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house paper finding aid, October 2003 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: July 1971 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Pegge Family Papers (Collection 546). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988