Family and Education
b. c. 1623, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Bt., of Halland by 1st w. Mary, da. and coh. of Sir Roger Wilbraham of Nantwich, Cheshire; half-bro. of Sir Nicholas Pelham. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1640. m. 20 Jan. 1647 (with £4,000), Lady Lucy Sidney, da. of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 28 Aug. 1654.J. Comber, Suss. Genealogies, Lewes, 208; Add. 32683, f. 62.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Suss. 1648, 1657, Jan. 1660–80, 1689 – 90, militia 1648, Mar. 1660, j.p. 1656 – 87, ?1689 – d.; commr for sewers, rapes of Lewes and Pevensey 1659, Sept. 1660, Wittersham marshes Dec. 1660, oyer and terminer, Home circuit July 1660; dep. lt. Suss. Aug. 1660 – May 1688, Oct. 1688 – d., v.-adm. 1660 – d.; commr. for loyal and indigent officers 1662, recusants 1675, enclosure, Ashdown forest 1677.
Main residence: Halland, Laughton, Suss.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
PELHAM, Sir John (c.1623-1703)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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