Sir Thomas 1St Baron HOO, Of Luton Hoo

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Sir Thomas Hoo, Lord Hoo, d. 1455, by his (2) wife Eleanor, daughter and heir of Sir Lionel de Welles, Lord Welles, knighted 18 Jan 1477/8, MP 1482-1523, KG 11 May 1510. [Ancestral Roots]

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Sir Thomas Hoo, KG, dspm 13 Feb 1545/5, created Lord Hoo of Hoo, co. Bedford 1448; m. (1) Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Wychingham of Wychingham, Norfolk. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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BARONY OF HOO (I) 1448-1455

SIR THOMAS HOO, of Luton-Hoo, Beds, Wartling, Sussex, Ockley, Surrey, Mulbarton, Norfolk, &c., son and heir of Sir Thomas Hoo, of the same, by his 1st wife, Eleanor, widow of Sir Robert D'UFFORD, of Wrentham, Suffolk, and younger daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas DE FELTON, K.G., of Litcham, Norf-olk, was Esquire of the Chamber to Thomas (Beaufort), Duke of Exeter, whose will (1426) he witnessed. He was Sheriff of Beds and Bucks 10 February 1429/30, and on 18 June 1434 was in France. He took part in the operations in the Pays de Caux in 1436, returning apparently to England the same year, when, 19 May, he had a safe conduct, being in the retinue of the Earl of Suffolk. In 1437 he was Bailiff of Mantes. He had lctters of attornoy on setting out for France, was Captain of Verneuil in 1441. and apparently still Bailiff of Mantes. On 29 June 1442, for his services in the wars in France, he was granted ?40 a year out of the issues of Norfolk, and on 9 September 1442 was nominated one of the commissioners to treat of peace with France. He had letters of attorney, 24 March 1443/4, on going abroad on an embassy, being one of the commissioners who negotiated a truce, 27 June 1444, and on 12 August following was sent with Sir Robert de Roos and Garter by the King to the Queen in France. He appears as Chancellor in France and Normandy 18 March 1444/5, and in July 1445 he and Sir Robert de Roos met the ambassadors of France and Spain at Rochester. He was nominated K.G. 11 July, and installed 16 August 1445. On 19 July 1445 he had a grant to him, his heirs and assigns of the Castle, Lordship, Barony and Honour of Hastings. He appears again as Chancellor of Normandy in 1446, and as Chancellor of France and Captain of Mantes in 1447, and in 1448 as Chancellor of France. On 2 June 1448, for his good service in England, France and Normandy, he was created, the grant being to him and his heirs male, LORD HOO of Hoo in the county of Bedford and of Hastings in the county of Sussex. He was summoned to Parliament 2 January 1448/9, 5 September 1450, and 20 January 1452/3, by writs directed Thome Hoo Chivaler. In 1449, as Chancellor of France, he was sent with the Abbot of Gloucester by the Duke of Somerset, Lieutenant of France and Normandy, to inform the King and Parliament of the state of affairs in France, being also one of the commissioners appointed to deal with the French commanders touching the surrender of Rouen, Caudebec, Harfleur, &c. In 1450 he appears to have returned to England, sharing the unpopularity of the Duke of Somerset. In 1453 he was on a commission to treat in Surrey and Sussex for a loan to relieve the Earl of Shrewsbury's army in the Duchy of Aquitaine and city of Bordeaux.

He married, 1stly, Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas WYCHINGHAM, of Wychingham, Norfolk. He married, 2ndly, Eleanor, daughter and heir of Lionel (WELLES), LORD WELLES. He died s.p.m., 13 February 1454/5, when the Barony became extinct. His widow married, 2ndly, James LAWRENCE, and, 3rdly, as is stated, Hugh, HASTINGS.

His immediate heir male was his brother of the half blood, Thomas Hoo, who died s.p. or s.p.m., 8 October 1486. His daughters and coheirs were, by the said Elizabeth [Wychingham], Anne, aged 30 and more at her father's death; and by the said Eleanor [Welles], Anne, aged 8, Eleanor, aged 6, and Elizabeth, aged 4 and more. (1) Anne married, before her father's death, Geoffrey Boleyn, citizen and alderman of London, afterwards knighted, being Lord Mayor of London. She was great-grandmother of Anne Boleyn, 2nd Queen Consort of Henry VIII. (2) Anne married Sir Roger Copley, of Roughey, by whom she had issue Roger Copley. (3) Eleanor is said to have married 1stly, Thomas Echingham, who died s.p.. She married [2ndly], in or before 1468, James Carew, by whom she was mother of Sir Richard Carew and grandmother of Sir Nicholas Carew. (4) Elizabeth married, 1stly, Thomas Massingberd, by whom she had a daughter and heir Anne Massingberd, and, 2ndly, Sir John Devenish, by whom she had issue Richard Devenish. [Complete Peerage VI:561-5, transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Thomas married Elizabeth De WYCHINGHAM in 1st Wife. Elizabeth (daughter of Nicholas De WYCHINGHAM, & Upton, Sir and Joan De ANTINGHAM) was born about 1396 in Witchingham, St Faith's, Norfolk, England; died before 1446. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anne HOO was born before 1414 in Blickling, Aylsham, Norfolk, England; died in 1484.
2. Lady Anne Hastings HOO, I was born in 1424 in Blickling, Norfolk, England; died on 6 Jun 1484 in Norwich, Norfolk, England; was buried in Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England.
3. Sir Thomas HOO was born about 1429 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England; and died.

Thomas married Eleanor WELLES before 1446 in 1st Husband 2ND Wife. Eleanor (daughter of Lionel 6Th Baron De WELLES, Kg, Sir and Joan (Cecily) De WATERTON) was born about 1428 in Well, Lincolnshire, England; died in 1504. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anne HOO, Heir Of Roughey, Gatton, & The Maze was born about 1447 in Gatton, Reigate, Surrey, England; died in Deceased in The Maze, Southwark, Middlesex, England.