Son PELHAM

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: The elder of Fordingham, co. Dorset, and Hellingly, co. Sussex
• Birth: Abt 12 Apr 1564

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Name:
Herbert Pelham (the elder), Esq., of Fordingham, co. Dorset and Hellingly, Sussex, son and heir of Anthony Pelham, of Buxstepe in Warbleton, Sussex, by his wife Margaret Hall. He was born about 1546 (aged twenty at his father's death in 1566), and was some thirty years her senior. His father sent him to Cambridge where he matriculated Fellow-Commoner from Queen's Michaelmas, 1562. Herbert and Elizabeth Pelham had four sons and six daughters. He was Sheriff of Sussex, but in 1582 was described as neglecting his duties. On Oct. 31, 1587 he purchased the manor of Michelham (the site of a priory). His later years were characterized by debt and sale of property including Michelham.

Herbert married Elizabeth WEST on 12 Feb 1593/4 in Wherwell, co. Hants. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Thomas WEST and Lady Anne KNOLLYS) was born on 11 Sep 1573 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 14 Sep 1573 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died on 15 Jan 1632/3. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth was likely named in hoor of Elizabeth I. Elizabeth (West) Pelham lived with her son Thomas at the time of her death. She is remembered in her burial inscription: "Behold! Buried at your feet are the remains of Elizaeth, once the wife of Herbert Pelham, Esquire, sprung from the illustrious family of the lords De La Warr; whose youth was spent in the palace of our most serene Queen Elizabeth, her godmother; the rest of her life was spent inside private walls; the whose course of her life was devoted to the greatest piety and she departed this life in blessed peace January 15, 1632, aged 59.