PELHAM, Thomas (d.1624), of Laughton; later of Halland Place, Suss.

Family and Education

2nd s. of Sir Nicholas Pelham, and bro. of John. educ. Lewes g.s. 1557; Queens’, Camb. 1561; ?G. Inn 1566. m. Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Walsingham of Chislehurst, Kent, 1s. 1da. suc. nephew Oliver Pelham 1585. cr. Bt. 1611.J. Comber, Suss. Genealogies, Lewes Centre, 207-8; Add. 33142, f. 1; VCH Suss. vii. 16; DNB, (Walsingham, Sir Francis, Walsingham, Sir Edmund); C142/206/24; GEC Baronetage, i. 8.

Offices Held

J.p.q. Suss. from c. 1583; sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1589 – 90; dep. lt. Suss. from 1601.PRO Assizes, 35 S.E. Circuit, Suss. 27–32, 37–44; APC, xxxii. 400; PRO Index 4208, f. 220; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 78.

Parlimentarian

PELHAM, Thomas (d.1624), of Laughton; later of Halland Place, Suss.

Main residences: Laughton; Halland Place, Suss.

Author

J.E.M.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

PELHAM, Thomas (-d.1624)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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