Venn: Matric. sizar from Queens', Easter, 1602. Of Leicestershire. B.A. 1605-6; M.A. 1609. R. of Cole- Orton, Leics., 1611. Chaplain to the Earl of Essex. V. of Packington, 1613-44. Author, poems and sermons. Died c. 1659. Father of the next and of William (1631). (D.N.B.; Nichols, III. 940.)
See Walker Revised, pp. 241-2; CSPD 1660-61, p. 52; 'Thomas Pestell 1598-1667' in ODNB.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1611 | Appt(Institution) | Pestell, Thomas | Cole Orton / | Rector | View |
| 1614 | Libc | Pestle, Thomas | Coleorton / | Rector | View |
| 1617 | Subsc | Pestell, Thomas | Ashbe de la Zouch / | Vicar | View |
| 1617 | Disp-App | Pestell, Thomas | Cole Orton / | Rector | View |
| 1617 | Disp-App | Pestell, Thomas | Henr, Earl of Huntingdon / | Chaplain | View |
| 1617 | Disp(Dispensation) | Pestell, Thomas | Ashbye de la Zouche / | Vicar | View |
| 1622 | Appt(Institution) | Pestill, Thomas | Packington / | Vicar | View |
| 1643 | Appt(Institution) | Pestell, Thomas | Packington / | Vicar | View |
| 1643 | Appt(Resignation) | Pestell, Thomas | Packington / | Vicar | View |
| 1660 | Subsc | Pestell, Thomas | Lutterworth / | Rector | View |
| 1662 | Libc | Pestell, Thomas | Lutterworth / | Rector | View |