Talk:Hugh Peters
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[edit] Peters
At his trial and execution the person on the article page was named Hugh Peters (see Trial and judement of 29 regicides) what is the source that says he was also known as Hugh Peter? --Philip Baird Shearer 09:57, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
Whilst I don't claim any great knowledge of the guy. He was the brother of my great-great-...great-grandfather; and a few years ago as part of a birthday present, I did some research into my family history. I found that many of the surviving records use both spellings of the surname, something which is confirmed by R. P. Stearns in his biography, "The Strenuous Puritan: Hugh Peter, 1598-1660". Apart from illiteracy and idiosyncratic spelling being more common in the 15-1600s, posthumously, a number of (quite eminent) people decided that they were descendents of Peter, which apparently helped to muddy the waters. As a result of this, Professor Stearns spent quite a bit of time trekking around some of Cornwall's darker recesses to check the facts out for himself; and he devotes a couple of appendices to a discussion of the various controversies, as well as to the family tree that his own scouting produced. According to Enclyclopedia Britannica, his book is accepted as being the definitive account of Hugh Peter/s' life; and though Britannica uses "Peter" in their article title,they also note that an "s" has been used at various times[1]. Hope this is of help.--Richy Peter 07:03, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
