I have managed to find the will of Thomas Withers, oatmeal maker, of Stibbard, 1743, on FamilySearch! The will was signed on the 20th Apr 1736 and mentions Peter as his youngest child, and Mary as his wife, so finally I do have the names of Peter's parents!
If Mary really died in 1771, Peter and his siblings had to wait a long time for their inheritances as Thomas's will left everything to her until her death and then gave the eldest son three years after that to pay the rest of them their shares.
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