About Henry Peckham
Lived 1526 – 1556 (aged 29–30). Henry Peckham was an English politician.
Henry Peckham (1526 – 8 July 1556) was an English courtier, and a Member of Parliament for Chipping Wycombe from 1553 to 1555. He was a member of the Dudley conspiracy against Queen Mary. Following his arrest, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London on 18 March 1556, tried on 7 May in London's Guildhall and executed by hanging at Tower Hill in 7 or 8 July 1556. After execution his head was displayed on London Bridge, and his body was buried at Allhallows, Barking.
Peckham was the second son of Sir Edmund Peckham, cofferer to Henry VIII, and became an MP through his family's connections in Buckinghamshire.
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English politician (1526-1556)
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Henry Peckham was born in 1526.
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Henry Peckham died on 8 July 1556.
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Henry Peckham was a politician.
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Henry Peckham was English.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Henry Peckham (MP for Wycombe)
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