Biography of Nicholas Pelham 1517-1560
Paternal Family Tree: Pelham
In 1517 Nicholas Pelham was born to William Pelham (age 49) and Mary Carew (age 22).
Around 1534 [his future brother-in-law] Christopher Sackville (age 15) and Constance Culpepper were married.
Before 1536 [his future brother-in-law] Richard Sackville (age 29) and Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester were married.
In 1538 [his father] William Pelham (age 70) died.
In or before 1540 Nicholas Pelham (age 23) and Anne Sackville (age 18) were married. They were half third cousins.
Around 1540 [his son] Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet was born to Nicholas Pelham (age 23) and [his wife] Anne Sackville (age 19).
On 20 Jun 1541 Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 26) was tried for the murder of John Busbrig, servant of Nicholas Pelham (age 24) on whose land they were poaching on 30 Apr 1541. Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 68) was appointed Lord High Steward for the trial.
On 29 Jun 1541 he was hanged at Tyburn [Map]. He was buried at St Sepulchre without Newgate Church. Baron Dacre Gilsland forfeit. His son Gregory (age 1) would be restored to the title in 1558.
Note. Hall's Chronicle says strangled.
In 1547 [his brother-in-law] John Sackville (age 25) died.
In 1547 Nicholas Pelham (age 30) was elected MP Arundel.
On 17 Nov 1549 Nicholas Pelham (age 32) was knighted.
In 1558 Nicholas Pelham (age 41) was elected MP Sussex.
In 1559 [his brother-in-law] Christopher Sackville (age 40) died.
On 15 Sep 1560 Nicholas Pelham (age 43) died.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 23 Sep 1560. The xxiij day of September was bered in Sussex ser John Pellam (deceased) knyght, with a standard and a pennon of armes and a cott armur, elmett, crest, targett, mantylls, and sword, a iiij dosen of skochyons and d', and master Somersett was the harold.
Note. P. 243. Funeral of sir (Nicholas) Pelham. Sir Nicholas Pelham (to whom our diarist erroneously gave the Christian name John, which was that of his son and heir), was of Laughton in Sussex, and lineal ancestor of the earls of Chichester. He was M.P. for Arundel 1547, sheriff of Surrey and Sussex 1549, and knighted Nov. 17 in that year, and afterwards twice knight of the shire for Sussex. He died Dec. 15, 1560, æt. 44, and was buried in St. Michael's church, Lewes, where is his monument, with a kneeling effigy: of which see an engraving in Horsfield's History of Lewes, 4to. 1824, or the Gentleman's Magazine for Sept. 1825, p. 215.
On 10 May 1595 [his former wife] Anne Sackville (age 74) died.
[his father] William Pelham and [his mother] Mary Carew were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
[his father] William Pelham and Mary Sandys were married.
[his daughter] Anne Pelham was born to Nicholas Pelham and Anne Sackville.
John Lunsford and Mary Sackville were married.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Philip "Bold" III King France
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Pelham
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Pelham
GrandFather: John Pelham
Father: William Pelham
Nicholas Pelham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Carew 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fiennes 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Fiennes 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Battisford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Holland 1st Duke Exeter Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Holland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Richard Carew 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hoo
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Hoo 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Eudo Welles 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Greystoke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Welles Baroness Hoo and Hastings 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Waterton Constable
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan or Cecily Waterton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Fleming
Mother: Mary Carew 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Oxenbridge
GrandMother: Malyn Oxenbridge