Re: PECK DESCENT FROM CHARLEMAGNE - Peck in Visitation of Suffolk

The NEHGR article mentions the Visitation of Suffolk, 1664-1668, which includes the pedigree of Peck of North Cove.

Arms: Argent on a chevron engrailed Gules three crosses pattee of the field

The tabular pedigree begins with the second Robert Peck of Beccles, Suffolk, who married Ellen Babb, dau of Nicholas Babb of Guildford, Surrey and names names their son, Nicholas, who married Rachell Young, daughter of Will Young of Yarmouth, Norfolk.

William Peck, son of Nicholas, is the person who signed the pedigree, and his six sons are named. He was a gent of North Cove in 1664, and married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Butts Bacon, Baronet, of Blundesdon, Suffolk. Neither Robert Peck nor Nicholas Peck were described as "gent" by their descendant, William.

The coat of arms was the same as that of the Pecks of Wakefield, save for the final word, where the Wakefield Pecks' blazon was 'pattee of the first' and the North Cave Pecks' blazon was 'pattee of the field'. It looks like any error or supposed connection to the Pecks of Wakefield was made by the Pecks of North Cove before 1668. No mention is made of a descent from the Pecks of Wakefield in this Suffolk pedigree.

This is possibly the origin of the additional pedigree included in the plates accompanying the NEGHR article. It begs the question, if it existed at the time of the Suffolk Visitation in the late 17th century, why it was not included in that visitation?
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