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Sir William Pelham (C.1537 - 1587) was third son of Sir William Pelham of Laughton, Sussex, see TQ5012 : All Saints' Church, Laughton and one of the most eminent military commanders of the reign of Elizabeth.
He commanded the pioneers in the Army under the Duke of Norfolk, and was sent to the assistance of the Scots against the French 1560. In 1562 he was at the taking of Caen, in Normandy. Marshal of Leicester's army in the Netherlands, in 1563 he was wounded in the defence of Newhaven, subsequently employed in Ireland, and received the honour of Knighthood for his services in that Kingdom 1579, in which year, the Lord Governor, Sir William Drury dying, Sir William Pelham was appointed, in October, by the council, justiciar of Ireland, with the authority of Lord Deputy, until a Lord Deputy should be appointed, and he administered the government until September 1580. He died in debt to the crown in November 1587.
Pelham married, first, Eleanor Neville (died 1574),daughter of Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland.
By her he had one son, Sir William Pelham, (who succeeded him, and married Ann, eldest daughter of Charles Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby of Parham)
His second wife was Dorothy, daughter of Anthony Catesby of Whiston, Northamptonshire, and widow of Sir William Dormer,
by whom he had a son, Peregrine, and a daughter, Ann.
The tomb shows Sir William facing his wife Elenor at a prayer desk, with children behind. The famous Pelham buckle is also shown.


The second Sir William Pelham, born 1567 married Anne Willoughby, daughter of Charles Willoughby and Margaret Clinton Fiennes, they had many children which are depicted on their tomb as weepers, those holding a skull denote having died young.
While serving as sheriff in 1603, Sir William escorted James I from Newark to Belvoir, where he was knighted.
He died in 1629. His son and successor William was a royalist commander, and a younger son, Henry, a supporter of Parliament.
This tomb depicts Sir William and Anne lying with their hands in prayer.

See other images of Pelham Memorials, Brocklesby