Though Mr. Pegge had relinquished all farther pretensions to the living of _Brampton_ before the cause came to a decision at Derby, yet he gave every possible assistance at the trial, by the communication of various documents, as well as by his personal evidence at the Assize, to support the claim of the new Nominee, the Rev. John Bowman, in whose favour the verdict was given, and who afterwards enjoyed the benefice. Here then we take leave of this troublesome affair, so nefarious and unwarrantable on the part of the Parishioners of _Brampton_; and from which PATRONS of every description may draw their own inferences. Mr. Pegge's ecclesiastical prospect in Derbyshire began soon to brighten; and he ere long obtained the more eligible living of _Whittington_. Add to this that, in the course of the dispute concerning the Patronage of Brampton, he became known to the Hon. and Right Rev. Frederick (Cornwallis) Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry; who ever afterwards favoured him not only with his personal regard, but with his patronage, which extended even beyond the grave, as will be mentioned hereafter in the order of time. We must now revert to Mr. Pegge's old Friend Sir Edward Dering, who, at the moment when Mr. Pegge decidedly took the living of _Whittington_, in Derbyshire, began to negotiate with his Grace of Canterbury (Dr. Herring), the Patron of _Godmersham_, for an exchange of that living for something tenable with Whittington. The Archbishop's answer to this application was highly honourable to Mr. Pegge: "Why," said his Grace, "will Mr. Pegge leave my Diocese? If he will continue in Kent, I promise you, Sir Edward, that I will give him preferment to his satisfaction[16]." [16] Mr. Pegge became known, at least by name, to Dr. Herring, when Archbishop of York, by an occasional Sermon (which will be adverted to among Mr. Pegge's writings), on the publication whereof his Grace sent him a letter in handsome terms. When the Archbishop was translated to Canterbury, Mr. Pegge was, most probably, personally known to him as the Diocesan. No allurements, however, could prevail; and Mr. Pegge, at all events, accepted the Rectory of _Whittington_, leaving every other pursuit of the kind to contingent circumstances. An exchange was, nevertheless, very soon afterwards effected, by the interest of Sir Edward with the _Duke of Devonshire_, who consented that Mr. Pegge should take his Grace's Rectory of _Brinhill_[17] in Lancashire, then luckily void, the Archbishop at the same time engaging to present the _Duke's_ Clerk to _Godmersham_. Mr. Pegge was accordingly inducted into the Rectory of _Brindle_, Nov. 23, 1751, in less than a fortnight after his induction at _Whittington_[18]. [17] More usually called _Brindle_. [18] The person who actually succeeded to the Vicarage of Godmersham was the Rev. _Aden Ley_, who died there in 1766.