PELHAM, John (1624-1703), of Halland, Laughton, Suss.

Family and Education

bap. 10 Mar. 1624,Horsfield, Hist. Lewes, ii. 87. 1st s. of Sir Thomas Pelham* of Halland and Mary, da. of Sir Roger Wilbraham†, of Nantwich, Cheshire. educ. tutor, Mr Hampden, London, 1635;Add. 33145, ff. 83v-129v. Emmanuel, Camb. Easter 1640;Al. Cant. travelled abroad (France, United Provinces), 1642-1644 or 1645.Add. 33145, ff. 152v-170v; Add. 33084, ff. 49-62. m. 20 Jan. 1648, Lady Lucy Sidney (bur. 19 Oct. 1685), da. of Robert Sidney, 2nd earl of Leicester, 4s. (1 d.v.p), 5da. suc. fa. as 3rd bt. 28 Aug. 1654. bur. 20 Jan. 1703 20 Jan. 1703.CB i. 9; E.G. Pelham, and D. McLean, Some Early Pelhams (1931), ch. 15; Comber, Suss. Genealogies: Lewes, 208.

Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Suss. 16 Feb. 1648, 9 Jun. 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. 18 July 1656–87, 1689–d.C231/6, p. 343; C193/13/5–6; C220/9/4. Commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. June 1659-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, p. 372; C181/7, pp. 7, 639. sewers, Suss. 6 July 1659, 21 Sept. 1660, 1665, 1669, 1670;C181/6, p. 367; C181/7, pp. 55, 539, 541; E. Suss. RO, DAP1/2/6. Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 7 Dec. 1660, 18 June 1670;C181/7, pp. 71, 552. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 22 Mar. 1666.C181/7, p. 354. V.-adm. Suss. 1660–d.Add. Ch. 29285; HP Commons 1660–1690. Dep. lt. Aug. 1660 – May 1688, Oct. 1688–d.SP29/11, f. 237; Add. Ch. 29282, 29284; Abstract Suss. Deeds and Docs., 186; HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. poll tax, 1660; loyal and indigent officers, 1662;SR. recusants, 1675;CTB iv. 697. enclosure of Ashdown Forest 1677.Suss. Arch. Coll. xiv. 59.

Court: dep. master of the leash, 1663.Add. Ch. 29283.

: of Halland, Suss., Laughton.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, attrib. P. Lely.Pelham and McLean, Some Early Pelhams, 242.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PELHAM, John (1624-1703), of Halland, Laughton, Suss.

Will

16 Nov. 1702, pr. 3 Mar. 1703.PROB11/469/27; E. Suss. RO, SAS/A/339.

Estates

allowance of at least £600 p.a. from 1645.Add. 33145, ff. 203v, 207v, 212v, 223v; Add. 33148, ff. 7v, 25v. Settlement on marriage, Jan. 1648.Add. 32683, f. 62; Add. 33137, f. 65; E. Suss. RO, SAS/P/50. Inherited from fa. lands valued at over £1,000 p.a. Aug. 1654;Add. 33143, f. 65v. rent roll Lady Day-Mich. 1654, £1,200; Lady Day-Mich. 1666, £1,500;Add. 33149, ff. 14-15v, 59-62. ironworking business, from which receipts 1655 over £1,000;The Iron industry in the Weald ed. H. Cleere and D. Crossley (1985), 149; Add. 33144, f. 184v. or 1654-6, over £2,000 p.a.;Add. 33154, ff. 28v–29, 30v; Add. 33155. total receipts 1659, nearly £5,000.Add. 33144, ff. 205-7; Add. 33152-3 (years 1682-1706). Expanded landed inheritance to inc. by 1669, manors of Crowhurst, Burwash, and Bevilham, and Rape of Hastings.E. Suss. RO, AMS 5735/44; Suss. Manors, i. 44, 90, 140; Abstract Suss. Deeds and Docs., 43, 175.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

advowsons at Burwash, East Hoathly, Hellingley and Laughton used to advance Presbyterian ministers.Add. 33148, ff. 121, 123, 125, 130, 142; Calamy Revised, 226, 465, 485; Suss. Arch. Coll. lv. 252, 254, 256, 265, 273; xxxiii. 216; xxxvi. 159; li. 8.

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