Sir Robert Pemberton, Esq

Rudd..[This chart, from The Visitations of Northamptonshire 1564 and 1618-19, p. 192, gives a pedigree of Joan Rudd to her great-grandfather, Thomas Rudd of Bedfordshire. Of Robert Pemberton of Rushden, Northamptonshire, I have this, from the Rushden Town Council: “From the early 13th century until 1929, Rushden Hall was home to a succession of local squires, in particular the Pembertons, Ekins, Fletcher and Sartoris families. The Pemberton’s long association with the hall (nearly 200 years) began shortly after 1460 with Robert Pemberton who was MP for Northampton (in 1477-8), High Sheriff (in 1480) and Usher of the Chamber to Richard III *. His grandson, another Robert Pemberton , lived in Rushden Hall during Elizabeth I’s reign. He was one of her Gentlemen Ushers of the Wardrobe, and he and his son, Sir Lewis Pemberton, rebuilt the old, primitive hall as an elegant country house. Sir Lewis Pemberton, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, who passed away in 1639, was the last of the Pembertons to live at Rushden Hall.” Sir Lewis Pemberton died deeply in debt and Rushden Hall became the property of the Ekins family. There was a Parris family seated at Littell Linton in Cambridgeshire. The family connections of Alice Freeman are extensive and warrant further investigation. * This is the Robert Pemberton in the above chart. He was evidently a Yorkist, as he is mentioned in May 1476 Close Roll as one of the Ushers of the King’s Chamber

Pemberton (This pedigree, from the same Visitation of Northamptonshire, page 41, gives some further history of the Pemberton family, showing that Robert Pemberton’s wife was Alis Lago, daughter of Stephen Lago. Robert Pemberton was the son of William Pemberton of Lancashire