{{Infobox noble , name = Gilbert Peche , title = 1st

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, occupation = , memorials = , website = , module = Gilbert Peche, 1st Baron Pecche and Lord of Brunne, was a 13th—14th century English noble.

Life

Gilbert was a son of Gilbert Peche and Joan de Grey. He served in the Gascon campaign of King

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and was summoned to parliament as a Baron from 29 December 1299 to 3 November 1306 and again on 14 March 1322.{{sfn, Burke, 1866, p=422 He signed the

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served as the

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from 1316 until 1317. He died in 1322.

Marriage and issue

Peche married Iseult, by whom he had the following known issue: *Simon Peche (1305-1350) Married with Agnes Holme. Had two children *Gilbert Peche, 2st Baron Pecche (1306-1349) Married with Joan Watevile. Had two children His granddaughter, Katherine Pecche, daughter of his son Gilbert Pecche and Joan Watevile, is a direct ancestor of

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Ancestry

He was the son of Gilbert Pecche and Joan Gray. His mother's ancestry is still unknown, she only knows that she is the daughter of "Simon Greye". His paternal grandfather's mother, Alice FitzWalter, is the daughter of the Lord

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, who through him is the descendant of

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, and the great monarchs,

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Citations

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References

*{{cite book , first=Sir Bernard , last=Burke , year=1866 , title=A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire , url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_K3MaAAAAYAAJ , publisher=Harrison {{authority control {{DEFAULTSORT:Peche, Gilbert Year of birth unknown 1322 deaths 13th-century English people 14th-century English people Medieval English knights Seneschals of Gascony