PELHAM, Edmund (d.1606), of Catsfield, Suss.

Family and Education

5th s. of Sir William Pelham of Laughton, being 3rd s. by his 2nd w. Mary, da. of William, 1st Baron Sandys, ld. chamberlain to Henry VIII; half-bro. of Sir Nicholas Pelham. educ. G. Inn 1563, called 1574. m. Ellen or Helen, da. of Thomas Darrell of Scotney, 5s. 3da. Kntd. 1604.

Offices Held

Of counsel to Winchelsea 1579, to Cinque Ports 1582, Hastings prob. by 1583, Rye by 1584; brodhull rep. for Hastings 1583; j.p. Suss. from c. 1583; pens. G. Inn 1586, Autumn reader 1588, Lent 1601; serjeant-at-law 1601; chief baron of the Exchequer and PC [I] 1602.DNB; Suss. Arch. Colls. xiv. 107; Suss. Genealogies, Lewes Centre, 206–7; Mousley thesis, 659–60; PCC 103 Dorset; HMC 13th Rep. IV, 357; Rye hundreds accts. 1573–93, f. 228; Winchelsea hundreds, no. 4, f. 130; Cinque Ports black bk. f. 45.

Parlimentarian

PELHAM, Edmund (d.1606), of Catsfield, Suss.

Main residence: Catsfield, Suss.

Notes

Sometimes Edward in contemporary documents.

Author

R.C.G.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

PELHAM, Edmund (-d.1606)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

Image