Goddard Pemberton

• Robert Pemberton (father)
• Margaret Throckmorton (mother)

Sir Goddard Pemberton
Member of Parliament for Higham Ferrers
In office 1604–1614

Sir Goddard Pemberton (d. 1 August 1616) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.

Pemberton was the son of Robert Pemberton of Rushden and Margaret Throckmorton, the daughter of Richard Throckmorton of Higham Ferrers. ^[1] His great-uncle was Sir George Throckmorton of Coughton Court.

Pemberton greatly benefited by his marriage and the political influence of Sir John Stanhope, the husband of his sister-in-law Margaret Macwilliam. His home was Hertingfordbury House, where he hosted King James and Anne of Denmark for a day in July 1605. ^[2]

Pemberton was Member of Parliament for Higham Ferrers in 1604 and Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1615.

Pemberton married Susannah, daughter of Henry Macwilliam and widow of Edward Saunders. ^[3] Some sources say she was the daughter of Sir Thomas Cheek, her mother was Mary Cheke.

Pemberton died on 1 August 1616 of the "new ague or sickness", ^[4] and was buried at Rushden. His widow married Thomas Ireland.

References

1. PEMBERTON, Sir Goddard (c.1573-1616), of Hertingfordbury, The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
2. John Nichols, Progresses of James the First, vol. 1 (London, 1828), pp. 517-9.
3. PEMBERTON, Sir Goddard (c.1573-1616), of Hertingfordbury, The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
4. Norman Egbert McClure, Letters of John Chamberlain, vol. 2 (Philadelphia, 1939), p. 20.