Adam de Peshale

  General Notes:

The Parshall Family, A.D. 870-1913, Richard de Peshale's Pedigree, p. 65, Sheriff of Staffordshire, 1341, killed in 1346, married, as his second wife, to Joan, daughter of John de Eyton and widow of Sir H. de Cresswelle. ⁷³²

~Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Vol. 20, Preshale Pedigree, p.98, shows Adam de Peshale was the son of Adam and Anne Peshale. He has an unknown wife who was the mother of Sir Richard de Peshale, knight, who married Joan, granddaughter and heir of Sir John Chetwynd. ²⁴²

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ^242,732
Adam, along with his brother Richard de Peshale were summoned by a writ dated 24 Dec 1334 to be at Roxborough, Scotland. Adam's brother Sir Richard Peshale was married to Margery de Knighton, and died or was killed in battle about 1344. The estates and title of Lord of Peshale was then passed to Adam.

When Adam was a youth, his name shows up in the Plea Rolls of 1324 [Coram Fegi Roll, 17 Edward II] as Adam de Peshale, son of Adam de Peshale, and Geoffrey, formerly the Beadle of Ecccleshall broke into the house of Thomas de Walkere at Offley and stolen goods and chattels of the value of 20£. Raids such as these were common at the time and were more out of personal animosity than anything else.

In 1337, John de Swynnerton, grandson of Stephen de Isewall and cousin of Adam de Peshale was killed in a raid similar to the one at the home of Thomas de Walkere. Adam de Peshale, Roger Marion and others were arrested for the deed. Adam served in Scotland in the suite of Roger de Swynnerton, and Adam was granted a general pardon on the testimony of this Roger de Swynnerton.

Sometime before the death of his brother Richard, Adam married Joan, daughter of John de Eyton and widow of Sir Henry de Cresswalle or Kerswell. According to a Chancery Inquisition of 20 Edward III (1346), that after the death of Sir Henry de Cresswalle, John de Eyton took the Manor of Bishops Offley into his own hands and until Adam de Peshale married his daughter Joan. Adam and Joan had several children.

Adam died in 1352. His wife Joan survived him and was still living in 1377. In 1348, Joan along with her son John, petition the King for the return of Adam's lands that were confiscated by the Sheriff on Adam's death.

Children of Adam and Joan:

• Richard, eldest who made a good marriage and rose to an important position in the county

• Adam who settled in Weston

• Sir Hammond who acquired the Manor of Willey by his marriage to Alice daughter of Sir Robert Harley

• Roger who married Joan de Knightley, and they had a daughter named Joan who married William Lee, a lawyer of Birmingham. Roger de Peshale was killed in 1354 by John Bougy, Thomas de Crewebarwe and Robert le Roo of Tulford.

• John

• Isabelle, married Thomas Gech de Newport of High Ercall, Shropshire, and they had a son named Thomas de Newport

~ The Parshall Family, A.D. 870-1913, p. 67-74

Adam married Joan de Eyton, daughter of John de Eyton and Unknown.⁷³²