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Sir Peter Fretchville (c. 1571 – 9 April 1634) (''Frescheville/Frechvile/Fretchvile'', etc) of

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, Derbyshire, was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1601 and from 1621 to 1622. In 1604 he built Staveley Hall, which survives today.

Origins

He was the son of Peter Fretchvile of

by his second wife Margaret Kaye, daughter of Arthur Kaye of

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, Yorkshire. History of Parliament Online - Peter Fretchville
/ref> His grandfather, also Peter Fretchville of Staveley, who fought at the

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, died in November 1559. His father died in 1582, and an inventory was made of the household goods at Staveley.

Career

He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge in 1587. He entered the

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in 1591 but in 1596 petitioned his

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to be allowed to keep his chamber since the business of managing his several estates in Derbyshire prevented him from occupying it for the statutory eight weeks. In 1601 Fretchville was elected a

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for

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. Whilst serving he was appointed Sheriff of Derbyshire for 1601-2. Although it was illegal to stand for Parliament while serving as Sheriff, it was legal to become Sheriff while serving as an MP, as the discussions of the time concluded. He was knighted at Sir Edward Stanhope’s house at Grimston on 19 April 1603 while King James I was on his journey from Scotland. He was a Justice of the Peace by 1604. In 1604 he was a collector of the loan. He was awarded MA at

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in 1613, probably on the visit of Prince Charles. He was Commissioner for Musters by 1618. In 1621 he was elected an MP for Derbyshire again. He was Deputy Lieutenant by 1624 and was collector of the loan in 1625.

Marriages and children

He married twice: *Firstly in 1604 to Joyce Fleetwood (d.1619), a daughter of Thomas Fleetwood (1518–70) of The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire and of

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, MP for Preston (1553) and Buckinghamshire (1563) and widow of Sir

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(d. c.1600) of Parsloes, Essex. By Joyce he had one son and two daughters, including: **

John Frescheville, 1st Baron Frescheville John Frescheville, 1st Baron Frescheville (4 December 1607 – 31 March 1682) was an English soldier, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1665 when he was created a peer and then sat in the H ...

(1607-1682), raised to the peerage in 1665 but died without male children when the title became extinct. *Secondly in 1620 to Isabel Neville, daughter of Henry (or Percy) Neville of Grove, Nottinghamshire, and widow of Sir Richard Harpur (or Hastner) (d.1619) of Hemington, Leicestershire, without children.

Death and burial

Fretchville died at the age of about 62 and asked in his will to be buried in the church at Staveley.

Sources

*"G.M.C." / P. W. Hasler, biography of ''FRETCHVILE, Peter (c.1571-1634), of Staveley, Derbys.'', published in

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: the House of Commons 1558-1603'', ed. P.W. Hasler, 198

*Moseley, Virginia C.D., biography of ''FRESCHEVILLE (FRECHVILE, FRETCHVILE), Sir Peter (1575-1634), of Staveley, Derbys.'', published in

: the House of Commons 1604-1629,'' ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 201

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fretchville, Peter 1570s births 1634 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Members of the Middle Temple High Sheriffs of Derbyshire English MPs 1601 English MPs 1621–1622