Mr. Pegge was first collated by his Lordship to the Prebend of _Bobenhull_, in the Church of _Lichfield_, in 1757; and was afterwards voluntarily advanced by him to that of _Whittington_ in 1763, which he possessed at his death[20]. [20] It is rather a singular coincidence, that Mr. Pegge should have been at the same time _Rector_ of _Whittington_ in _Derbyshire_ and _Prebendary_ of _Whittington_ in _Staffordshire_, both in one Diocese, under different patronages, and totally independent of each other. These two _Whittingtons_ are likewise nearly equidistant from places of the name of _Chesterfield_. In addition to the Stall at Lichfield, Mr. Pegge enjoyed the Prebend of _Louth_, in the Cathedral of _Lincoln_, to which he had been collated (in 1772) by his old acquaintance, and Fellow-collegian, the late Right Reverend John _Green_, Bishop of that See[21]. [21] The Prebend of _Louth_ carries with it the _Patronage_ of the Vicarage of the _Parish_ of _Louth_, to which Mr. Pegge presented more than once. On the first vacancy, having no Clerk of his own, he offered the nomination to his Benefactor Bishop _Green_; at the last, he gave the living, uninfluenced, to the present Incumbent, the Rev. _Wolley Jolland_, son of the Recorder of Louth. This seems to be the proper place to subjoin, that, towards the close of his life, Mr. Pegge declined a situation for which, in more early days, he had the greatest predilection, and had taken every active and modest measure to obtain--a _Residentiaryship_ in the Church of _Lichfield_. Mr. Pegge's wishes tended to this point on laudable, and almost natural motives, as soon as his interest with the Bishop began to gain strength; for it would have been a very pleasant interchange, at that period of life, to have passed a portion of the year at _Lichfield_. This expectation, however, could not be brought forward till he was too far advanced in age to endure with tolerable convenience a removal from time to time; and therefore, when the offer was realized, he declined the acceptance. The case was literally this: While Mr. Pegge's elevation in the Church of _Lichfield_ rested solely upon Bishop (_Frederick_) Cornwallis, it was secure, had a vacancy happened: but his Patron was translated to _Canterbury_ in 1768, and Mr. Pegge had henceforward little more than personal knowledge of any of his Grace's Successors at _Lichfield_, till the Hon. and Right Reverend _James_ Cornwallis (the Archbishop's Nephew) was consecrated Bishop of that See in 1781. On this occasion, to restore the balance in favour of Mr. Pegge, the Archbishop had the kindness to make an _Option_ of the _Residentiaryship_ at _Lichfield_, then possessed by the Rev. Thomas _Seward_. It was, nevertheless, several years before even the tender of this preferment could take place; as his _Grace_ of _Canterbury_ died in 1783, while Mr. _Seward_ was living.