Person:Nicholas Pelham (1)

Personal History

Nicholas was knighted by King Edward VI on 17 November 1549 at Westminster.^[3]

Death and Probate

In his will dated 6 February 1559[/60],^[2] Sir Nicholas Pelham of Laughton, Sussex, named his oldest son John to be sole executor, and failing his ability to do so, he named his wife Dame Anne to be sole executrix, with oversight by George Goringe, William Morley and John Leighe, Esquires. The will was proved on 31 March 1561[/2].

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Sir Nicholas Pelham, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} “Will of Sir Nicholas Pelham of Laughton, Sussex”, in Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court. Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related probate jurisdictions: Will registers. (Kew, England: The National Archives)
   PROB 11/45/2; register Streat (1562), qr 9, f 61f–qr 10, f 63v.

   Digital image in England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384–1858 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_311147-00127 : accessed 3 Sept. 2019).
   
   The last will and testament of “S^r Nicholas Pelham of Laughton otherwise Laston in the Countie of Sussex knighte” dated 6 Feb. 1559[/60], 2 Eliz., in 14 sheets of paper; sole exor. John Pelham his oldest son, or failing his ability the Ladie (or Dame) Anne his wife, overseers George Goringe, William Morley, John Leighe, Esquires; wit. Robert Veez, Edward Pelham, John Lewes, Richarde Moes, John Musthamp. Proved 31 March 1561[/2].

3. ↑ Shaw, William A. (William Arthur), and G. D. (George Dames) Burtchaell. The knights of England: a complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors. (London: Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, 1906)
   vol 2, p 64.

   “1549, Nov. 17. … Nicholas Pelham, sheriff of Surrey and Sussex ([at Westminster]).”