Family:John Pelham and Judith St John (1)

Family History

John Pelham of Sandhurst, Sussex, married Judith, daughter of Oliver Baron Saint John of Bletso, Bedfordshire.^[1][2][3]

1. ↑ Bannerman, William Bruce (ed.). The visitations of the county of Sussex: made and taken in the years 1530 by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux King of Arms; and 1633–4 by John Philipot, Somerset Herald, and George Owen, York Herald, for Sir John Burroughs, Garter, and Sir Richard St. George, Clarenceux. (London: Mitchell & Hughes [for the Harleian Society], 1905)
   p. 21, pedigree of Pelham, citing Harl. MS 1562, fols. 17 and 17a.

   “John Pelham of Sandhurst in Sussex [mar.] Judith d. of Oliver, Lord S^t John of Bletshow”

2. ↑ Ellis, Sir Henry (ed.). The visitation of the county of Huntingdon, under the authority of William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms, by his deputy Nicholas Charles, Lancaster Herald, A. D. MDCXIII. (London: J. B. Nichols & Son [for the Camden Society], 1849)
   p. 2, pedigree of St. John.

   “Juditha, ux. Joh'is Pelham de Sussex”

3. ↑ John's will names his brother-in-law John St Johns (Judithe's brother) who would later succeed as Baron Saint John of Bletso. In her will, Judith Pelham describes herself as “late the wife of S^r John Pelham knighte” and names her brothers Lord Oliver St John, Thomas St John, Francis St John, and other family members of Saint John.