Person:William Pelham (12)

Personal History

William Pelham of Lincolnshire, “militis fil.” (Esq.), matriculated from Magdalen College, Oxford, on 16 October 1607, then aged 16 (born about 1591).^[3]

On 20 November 1609, William Pelham, son of Sir William Pelham of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, was admitted to Lincoln's Inn.^[4]

William was knighted by King James I on 20 November 1616 at Newmarket, Suffolk.^[2]

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 “Pelham of Brocklesby”, in Larken, Arthur Staunton, and Arthur Roland Maddison (ed.). Lincolnshire pedigrees. (London: Harleian Society, 1902–1906)
   vol 3, p 766.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 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 160.

   “1616, Nov. 20. William Pelham, of Co. Lincoln. ([at Newmarket]).”

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Foster, Joseph, and University of Oxford. Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714: their parentage, birthplace, and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. (Oxford: James Parker & Co., 1891-1892)
   vol. 3, p. 1138.

   “Pelham, (Sir) William, of co. Lincoln, militis fil. Magdalen Coll., matric. 16 Oct., 1607, aged 16; of Brocklesby, student of Lincoln's Inn 1609 (as son of Sir William, of Newstead, co. Lincoln, kt.), knighted at Newmarket 20 Nov., 1616; died 1 Aug., 1644; made his will 23 July, 1642, proved 16 Feb., 1647-8. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.”

4. ↑ Lincoln's Inn (London, England), and William Paley Baildon (ed.). The records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn: Admissions from A.D. 1420 to [A.D. 1893, and Chapel registers]. (London: Lincoln's Inn, 1896)
   vol. 1, p. 151; cites Black Book no. 3, folio 49.

   “[1609 Nov.] 20, William Pelham, son of Sir Wm. P., of Brockelsby, co. Linc.”