Family and Education
b. c. 1546, o.s. of Anthony Pelham of Hendall manor in Bucksteep, Warbleton, Suss. by Margaret Hall, wid. of Percy de Buckthorpe of Suss. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1562. m. (1) Katherine (d. by 1612), da. of John Thatcher, of Priesthawes, Westham, Suss., 3s. 1da.; (2) Elizabeth (d. 15 Jan. 1639), da. of Thomas West, 2nd Baron de la Warr, 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1566.Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 294; C142/145/12; J. Comber, Suss. Genealogies, Lewes Centre, 211, 287; Collins, Peerage (1812), v. 19; CPR, 1566-9, p. 12.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Surr. and Suss. Apr. – Nov. 1576, 1590 – 91; j.p. Suss. 1582 – 87; brodhull rep. 1583; bailiff to Yarmouth 1583; freeman, Winchelsea 22 Jan. 1583, jurat 7 Apr. 1583.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Michelham Priory, nr. Hailsham, Suss.; Compton Valence, Dorset.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
PELHAM, Herbert (c.1546-1620)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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