Christopher Pepper

Christopher Pepper (1566/7 – 1635), of St Martins, Richmond, Yorkshire, was an English lawyer and politician.[1]

Family

He was the son and heir of John Pepper of St Martins and his wife Anne.[1] He married Margaret (d. 1619), daughter of John Smith of Easby, Richmondshire.[1] Their son William died in 1620, leaving a son John.[2] He was a cousin of Cuthbert Pepper.[3]

Career

He was probably the Christopher Peper who matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1583[4] He entered Gray's Inn from Barnard's Inn in November 1587[5] and was called to the bar in May 1593.[6] Thereafter he was active as a lawyer in Yorkshire[1] and in 1603 succeeded his cousin Cuthbert as recorder of Richmond.[7] He served town as Member (MP) in 1624, when Sir Talbot Bowes was mayor and so unable to sit.[1] He also served as a Justice of the peace for the North Riding of Yorkshire between 1616 and 1628.[1]

He died in March 1635 and was buried in St Mary's, Richmond.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "PEPPER, Christopher (1566/7-1635), of St. Martin's, Richmond, Yorks". Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  2. ^ "VCH Yorkshire 1: Catterick". Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  3. ^ Clarkson, Christopher (1821). The History of Richmond in the County of York. p. 96.
  4. ^ Alumni cantabrigienses. Vol. 3 pt 1. 1924. p. 343.
  5. ^ The register of admissions to Gray's inn, 1521-1889. 1889. p. 72.
  6. ^ The Pension book of Gray's Inn. Vol. 1. 1901. p. 100.
  7. ^ Clarkson 1821, p. xlvii.
  8. ^ Clarkson 1821, p. 173.

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