Sir John de Pelham (died 1429) was an English parliamentarian who served as Treasurer of England.
An interesting letter, written in Middle English and dated 25 July 1399, from Joan to John is printed in Collins's Peerage.
In the long session of the parliament of 1406 Pelham, who joined with Furnival in begging to be relieved of their duties, was discharged on 19 June by the King, at the request of the estates.
[8] On 5 February 1405 Pelham was made Keeper of the New Forest, and on 8 December of the same year Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster.
In March 1405 Edward, Duke of York, was put under his charge at Pevensey, while in October of the same year Pelham conducted his prisoner to the King's presence, probably at Kenilworth.
[10] In February 1406 Pelham had the custody of Edmund, Earl of March, and his brother Roger, with an allowance of five hundred marks a year for their maintenance.
[11] On 12 November 1412 he was rewarded with fresh grants, including the Rape of Hastings, with all the franchises exercised by the Dukes of Brittany and Lancaster, its former lords.
[12] After Henry V's accession Pelham was deprived of the Treasury on 21 March, and replaced by the Earl of Arundel.
He was put on a commission appointed on 31 May 1414 to negotiate for an alliance with France, or to revive Henry's claims to the French throne.
[19] He was in custody of the queen-dowager Joan of Navarre, who expiated her crime of necromancy by a long imprisonment at Pevensey.
He gave the land for the rebuilding of the Austin priory of Holy Trinity at Hastings, which had to be now removed from its former site within the town, which had been swept away by the sea, to be rebuilt at Warbleton, ten miles away.