Person:William Pelham (8)

Personal History

Death and Probate

In his will dated 26 October 1538,^[2] William Pelham of Sussex, knight, willed his body to be buried in the Chancel of Laughton. He bequeathed £6-13-4 for twenty sermons to be preached in Laughton and nearby parishes. He willed that his three sons William, Frannces and Edwarde were to have £20 yearly out of the lands to be divided equally between them, and his wife to have the same £20 yearly during their nonage. He bequeathed 1,000 marks sterling to be levied upon his woods to the marriage of his five daughters Brygett, Margaret, Mary, Anne and Jane, and to be divided equally among them. He also bequeathed his best gelding to John Donynysshe. His wife Mary was given the residue of all his “goodes, debts, stuffe and substannce”, and she was named the executrix of his will. The will was proved on 14 January 1538[/9] in London.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Sir William 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 William Pelham of 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 11/27/391; register Dyngeley (1537–9), qr 23, f 187v.

   Digital image in England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384–1858 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_311126-00379 : accessed 30 Aug. 2019).
   
   The last will and testament of “Willm̅ Pelhm̅ knyght in the Countie of Sussex” dated 26 Oct. 1538; exix. wife Mary; wit. Mary his wife, Nicholas his son and his wife (not named), John Denynyshe gentleman, S^r Robert Fourde priest, “with many others”. Will proved 14 Jan. 1538[/9], London.