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other Cavaliers in the neighbourhood, was raided by bands 

 of Roundheads from HulL Sir Christopher Wray, who 

 lived at Ashby-cum-Fenby, and his brother Hotham, who 

 lived in Hull, were particularly active against such staunch 

 Royalists as the Pelhanis of Brocklesby and the Andersons 

 of Manby. Sir William Pelham died in 1644, his end 

 hastened by the hardships of the war. 



Five of Sir William's brothers were entered at Lincoln's 

 Inn, a knowledge of the law being considered a very 

 necessary part of the education of a gentleman in those 

 days, and another passed his life at Oxford. One of the 

 brothers, Henry, who was a lawyer of some note, repre- 

 sented both Grimsby and Grantham in Parliament, and 

 was for a short time Speaker of the House, till ousted 

 from that position by Cromwell. He was, unlike his 

 brother AVilliam, a Presbyterian, and was for a long time 

 Recorder of Lincoln. Herbert, the Oxonian, was Fellow 

 of Magdalen for over forty years, acted as j^roctor in 1634, 

 and was made a D.C.L., Archbisliop Laud being at that 

 time chancellor of the university. 



Charles Pelham, who entered Gray's Inn in 1640, and 

 succeeded to the family estates on the death of his brother 

 William, in 1644, was married three times. His first wife 

 was Anne Hussey, and his second, Elizabeth, the daughter 

 of Sir Thomas Pelham of Holland, Sussex, was a connec- 

 tion of the family, while his third wife was the daughter 

 of Mr. Wharton, one of the richest commoners in England. 

 George, a younger brother, sat for Grimsby in three Par- 

 liaments in the reign of Charles II. Charles died in 16.91, 

 being succeeded by his son Charles, who in 1714, with Sir 

 John Tyrwhitt and Mr. Robert Vyner, was joint Master of 

 the first Brocklesby pack of foxhounds w^e know of. TJiis 

 second Charles Pelham was first married to Anne, daughter 

 of Sir William Gore, and afterwards to Margaret, daughter 

 of Mr. Robert Vyner, of Gautby. 



Abraham de la Pryme, writing in 1697, says — 



" In Brocklesby is observable the seat of the Pelhams, formerly knights, 

 though now the heir thereof, who is about twenty years of age, is only an 

 esquire, whose income yearly is about £4000. 



