Sir Richard de Peshale Knight, Sheriff of Shropshire
- Born: 1330, Horseley Heath, Staffordshire, England
- Marriage: Johanna Chetwynde 727,732,806
- Died: 1387, Horseley Heath, Staffordshire, England at age 57
 General Notes:
~ The Parshall Family, A.D. 870-1913, Richard de Peshale's Pedigree, p. 65, Sheriff of Shropshire 732
Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 535
From Burke's A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, page 406:
Sir Richard de Peshall acquired a considerable fortune with his wife, Johanna, daughter and heir of Reginald Chetwynde, of Chetwynde, and left a son and heir, Sir Thomas Peshall, knight living in 4 Richard II, who by his first wife, Philippa had two sons. The eldest was Richard who left two daughters who married in the time of Henry VII. The elest, Isabella married Sir Thomas Grosvenor.
• Background Information. 242
In 1343, a fine was levied for John de Chetewynde, chivaler, of the manors of Weston near Assheleye and Chetewynde, by firtue of which a settlement was made upon his granddaughter Joan and her husband Richard son of Adam de Peshale. [Staff. Coll., Vol. Xi, p. 153] Richard was sheriff of Staffordshire and Salop of 1374 to 1376, son of Adam de Peshale Sheriff in 1341 and brother of Adam de Peshale Sheriff in 1398 and 1418.
In 1412, the Sherfif was Robert Tiptoft who married Joan de Chetwynd, Sir Richard de Peshale's widow.
From Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Vol. XX, p. 103-104
• Background Information. 732
Sir Richard, the eldest son of Adam Peshale, became Lord of Chetwynd before 1343 when he married Joan, granddaughter of Sir John Chetwynd. He was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1374 and 1375. He was knighted in 1376, and again was Sheriff in 1377. This Sir Richard died in 1387, leaving two sons, Sir Thomas Peshall of Pershall, Horsely and Chetwynd, and Sir Humphrey Peshall of Hopton and Teyne.
~ The Parshall Family, A.D. 870-1913, p. 76
Richard married Johanna Chetwynde, daughter of Reginald Chetwynde and Unknown 727,732.,806 (Johanna Chetwynde was born in Chetwynd, Shropshire, England and died after 1412 in Chetwynd, Shropshire, England 242,1133.)
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