Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Peake was born on 1 January 1560, in Muchelney, Somerset, England, his father, William Peake, was 30 and his mother, Sara Mabel Hunte, was 24. He married Grace Gulley in 1575, in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He died in Somerset, England.
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- Thomas ... or Peak, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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1569 · State Lottery
A State Lottery was recorded in 1569. The tickets were sold at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
1571 · The Royal Exchange is Organized
The Royal Exchange was organized in January 1571 by Sir Thomas Gresham. Gresham is known as the father of English banking.
1600 · The Honourable East India Company
The Honourable East India Company, a British joint-stock company, was established in 1600 for trade in the Indian Ocean region. At its height, the British East India Company had a private army which was twice the size of the British Army, ruled large sections of India, and revenues in the millions.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: variant of Peak .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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