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CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER - STARTING "P" BY PHILLIP E JONES [Pelagius], [Peter Denis], [Peter the Clerk], [Peter Warburton], [Pettison Ellames], [Philip de Orby], [Phyllis Brown], [Piers Dutton], [Piers Legh] Pelagius He was reported to have been a monk in the monastery at Bangor Isycoed in modern day Flintshire. He was said to have refuted the Doctrine of Original Sin, a basic concept of the Church of Rome. Pelagius was recorded as being a corpulent individual who only had the sight of one eye. Peter Denis Denis was born in Chester around 1712 and was educated at the King’s School in the city. Having joined the Royal Navy, he served as a Lieutenant under Anson during his Voyage around the World in 1740. He was said to have commanded the “Centurion” at the Battle of Finisterre and was a member of the Court Martial that tried and condemned Admiral Byng. Having led the naval attack on Belle Island, he was singled out by Sir Edward Hawke as having behaved like an angel. Denis was selected by King George to escort Queen Charlotte to England. He was later made a Baronet in 1767 and was given command of the Royal Navy’s Mediterranean Squadron in 1771. Admiral Sir Peter Denis died in 1778. Peter the Clerk Peter was Chancellor to Earl Ranulph III who built a town house at the junction of Lower Bridge Street and Castle Drive, which became known as the “Stone Hall”. The Hall was said to have included a stone undercroft and a first floor hall. His descendants included the Thornton family of Cheshire and the Raby family from the Wirral. He was thought to be the builder responsible for construction of Stanley Palace, the town house of the Stanley’s of Aldersey in 1591 which stands at the junction of Nicholas Street and Lower Watergate Street in Chester. He was the Mayor of Chester in 1782, who has been credited with overseeing the enrolment of volunteers to a local defence force that was raised to protect the city from “foreign enemies”. This volunteer force was added to in 1803, when over 1000 local men answered the call to protect the city. Later still, a second force, comprising cavalrymen, was said to have been raised in Chester. This force, called the “Ancient Britons” was later reported to have seen action in Ireland. He was reported to have been the Justice of Chester during the early years of the 13th Century. Phillip established a chantry at St John’s church in the city, which was then Chester’s Cathedral. He was thought to have died in 1229. She was a member of the department store family in the city, who was elected as a Liberal Councillor in 1920. She became a city Alderman in 1933 and held the office of Mayor in 1938 A member of the influential and wealthy Dutton family who was Mayor of Chester three times, but was removed from office in his third term, following complaints of wrong-doing. Dutton also held the post of Sheriff of Cheshire around the same period. Legh was a local supporter of Richard II who was seized in 1399 by the forces of Henry Bolingbroke, later Henry IV. Legh was executed by the Lancastrian usurper and his severed head was said to have been displayed on the city’s Eastgate, but was later retrieved and buried along with his corpse by the city’s Carmelite order. |
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