Historical Essay on the Origin of "Thirteen Pence Half-penny," as Hangman's Wages 331 Custom observed by the Lord Lieutenants of Ireland 349 Parentalia: OR, MEMOIRS OF THE REV. DR. PEGGE, COMPILED BY HIS SON. The Rev. Samuel Pegge, LL. D. and F.S.A. was the Representative of one of four Branches of the Family of that name in Derbyshire, derived from a common Ancestor, all which existed together till within a few years. The eldest became extinct by the death of Mr. William Pegge, of Yeldersley, near Ashborne, 1768; and another by that of the Rev. Nathaniel Pegge, M.A. Vicar of Packington, in Leicestershire, 1782. The Doctor's immediate Predecessors, as may appear from the Heralds-office, were of Osmaston, near _Ashborne_, where they resided, in lineal succession, for four generations, antecedently to his Father and himself, and where they left a patrimonial inheritance, of which the Doctor died possessed[2]. [2] In Church-street, at Ashborne, is an Alms-house, originally founded by Christopher Pegge, Esq. The name occurs also on the table of Benefactors in Ashborne Church. Of the other existing branch, Mr. Edward Pegge having [1662] married Gertrude, sole daughter and heir of William Strelley, Esq. of Beauchief, in the Northern part of Derbyshire, seated himself there, and was appointed High Sheriff of the County in 1667; as was his Grandson, Strelley Pegge, Esq. 1739; and his Great-grandson, the present Peter Pegge, Esq. 1788. It was by Katharine Pegge, a daughter of Thomas Pegge, Esq. of Yeldersley, that King Charles II. (who saw her abroad during his exile) had a son born (1647), whom he called Charles _Fitz-Charles_, to whom he granted the Royal arms, with a baton sinister, Vairé, and whom (1675) his Majesty created Earl of _Plymouth_, Viscount _Totness_, and Baron _Dartmouth_[3]. He was bred to the Sea, and, having been educated abroad, most probably in Spain, was known by the name of _Don Carlos_[4]. The Earl married the Lady Bridget Osborne, third Daughter of Thomas Earl of Danby, Lord High Treasurer (at Wimbledon, in Surrey), 1678[5], and died of a flux at the siege of Tangier, 1680, without issue. The body was brought to England, and interred in Westminster Abbey[6]. The Countess re-married Dr. Philip Bisse, Bishop of Hereford, by whom she had no issue; and who, surviving her, erected a handsome tablet to her memory in his Cathedral. [3] Docquet-book in the Crown-office. [4] See Sandford, p. 647, edit. 1707. Granger erroneously calls him _Carlo_; and also, by mistake, gives him the name of _Fitz-roy_. [5] See Mr. Lysons's Environs of London, vol. I. p. 537. [6] Dart's History of Westminster Abbey, vol. II. p. 55. Katharine Pegge, the Earl's mother, married Sir Edward Greene, Bart. of Samford in Essex, and died without issue by him[7].