Samuel Pegge

Samuel Pegge "the Elder" (5 November 1704 – 14 February 1796) was an English antiquary and clergyman.

Born at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, he was the son of Christopher Pegge and his wife Gertrude, daughter of Francis Stephenson of Unstone, near Chesterfield. Christopher Pegge (died 1723) belonged to a family that had lived for several generations at Osmaston, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, was a woollen dealer in Derby and later a lead merchant in Chesterfield. Samuel's father was Mayor of Chesterfield three times. Samuel published an important study on the Roman roads of Derbyshire as well as notes which his son, also Samuel, continued on the subject of Derbyshire words and phrases. Provided by Wikipedia
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  1. The forme of cury;
    a roll of ancient English cookery compiled about AD 1390 by the master-cooks of King Richard II presented afterwards to Queen Elizabeth by Edward lord Stafford and now in the possession of Gustavus Brander esq
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    by Pegge, Samuel, 1704-1796
    Published 1780
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