and secretary to Bp. James Smith; upon Revolution of 1688, withdrew with the bishop to Wycliff, the seat of Mr. Tunstall, where Mr. Perkinson spent the remainder of his career; recommended for the mitre by Bp. Witham to Cardinal Gualterio, the cardinal protector of England, Feb. 27, 1724, and described as "a good old missioner, of elegant manners, great eloquence, good health though advanced in years "; died at Wycliff, April 7, 1735.

PERROT, John, alias Barnesley, born 1629, son John Perrot, of the family of Perrot of Bell Hall, co. Worcester, by Judith Barnesley his wife, descended from the Barnesley's of Barnesley Hall, co. Worcester; convert; admit. Sept. 29, 1647 alum. Mar. 28, 1653; ord. priest July 1, 1653; appointed vice-president, Jan. 1, 1659, and president, on the presentation of the Dean (Humphrey Ellis) and canons of the Chapter, Dec. 16, 1661, and on March 16, 1662, was promoted to the rectory of the English residency; resigned and left the College 1671; elected arch deacon of the Chapter, April 26, 1672, and installed subdean, Dec. 13, 1675, vicar-general in solidum to the Dean, April 13, and Dean, Sept. 18, 1676; continued in office till his death, May 27, 1714, aged 85. For works see Bibl. Dict. Engl. Caths. Vol. V.

PETERSON, Peter, vide Clarence.

PETRE, Francis, son of John Petre, of Fithlers, co. Essex, Esq., (grandson of the first Lord Petre), by his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of John Pinchon, of Writtle, co. Essex, Esq., and an older brother of Bishop Benjamin Petre, V.A., of the London District; admitted March, r677; alumnus Sept. 7, 1686, and in the following month dedicated his thesis of universal philosophy to Bishop Leyburne, and defended with great applause under his professor, Mr. Robert Smith; ord. priest Nov. 29, 1689, by the Cardinal Protector, and appointed to teach classics; appointed professor of philosophy, Sept. 1, 1692, procurator July 2, 1695, and vice-president, on the presentation of Bishops Leyburne and Giffard, May 27, and formally installed Sept. 17, 1697; introduced many pious customs and wholesome regulations for the discipline of the college; died in the college of a malignant fever March 24, 1699, and interred within the rails