Herbert PELHAM, Esq.

1546 - 1620  (74 years)

• Name	Herbert PELHAM  [1, 2, 3]
  	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. [1]
  Suffix	Esq.
  Birth	1546	Buxstepe, Warbleton, co. Sussex   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt 12 Apr 1564  [1]
  Fact	The elder of Fordingham, co. Dorset, and Hellingly, co. Sussex   [1]
  Death	12 Jul 1620  [1, 3]
  Person ID	I80584	Main Tree
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2020

  
  

  Family 1	Katherine THATCHER
  Marriage	Abt 1579	Buxstepe, Warbleton, co. Sussex
  Children	+ 1. Sir Herbert 'the younger' PELHAM, Esq.,   b. Abt 1580   d. 20 Jul 1624, Boston, co, Lincoln (Age 44 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F32464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth WEST,   b. 11 Sep 1573, Wherwell, co. Hamps d. 15 Jan 1632/3 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	12 Feb 1593/4	Wherwell, co. Hants   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Daughter PELHAM,   b. 25 Sep 1594, Offington, co. Sussex d. infancy  [Birth]   2. Daughter PELHAM,   b. 25 Mar 1595/6, Michelham, co. Sussex d. infancy  [Birth]   3. Daughter PELHAM,   b. 26 Mar 1596/7, Michelham, co. Sussex d. infancy  [Birth]   4. Thomas PELHAM,   b. Jan 1597/8, Chichester, co. Sussex  [Birth]   5. Anthony PELHAM,   b. 5 Mar 1599/00, Michelham Mannor, co. Sussex d. 1659, Fordingham, co. Dorsey (Age 58 years)  [Birth]   6. Anne PELHAM,   b. Jan 1601/2, Hellingly, co. Sussex d. 19 Dec 1630, Taunton, co. Somers (Age 28 years)  [Birth] + 7. Elizabeth PELHAM,   b. 27 Apr 1604, Hellingly, co. Sussex d. 1 Nov 1628, Dorchester, co. Dorset (Age 24 years)  [Birth]   8. Son PELHAM,   b. 10 Apr 1606, Dukinfield, co. W. Manch d. infancy  [Birth]   9. Katherine PELHAM,   b. 22 Aug 1607, Dukinfield, co. W. Manch d. Mar 1608/9, Warbleton, co. Sussex (Age 1 year)  [Birth]   10. Jonathan PELHAM,   b. 6 Feb 1609/10, Cralle, Warbleton, co. Sussex d. 1634, Fordington, co. Dorset (Age 23 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F32463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.). [S11979] Marston Watson, Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry Vol. IV Pelham-Avery-West.