Globetrotting

As time went by,  there were certain Eldreds and Eldridges, who rose to the surface and made names for themselves. There was, for example, Thomas Eldred the Mariner, who accompanied Sir Thomas Cavendish on the third circumnavigation of the globe. They set off from Plymouth in 1586 and returned in 1588. Until 2012, there was still a pub that bore his name in Ipswich.

He may or may not have been related to John Eldred the traveller.

From: http://www.wittmeyerfamily.com/new/thomas-eldred-the-mariner