Thomas 1St Baron WEST, Of Oakhanger, Sir

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Thomas West, 1st Lord (Baron) West, so created by writ 19 June 1402; knighted by 15 Oct 1386, served wars in France 1387. [Burke's Peerage]

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Thomas West, b. 1365, d. 19 Apr 1405, 3rd Lord West, son of Sir Thomas West and Alice Fitz Herbert. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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BARONY OF WEST (I) 1402

THOMAS WEST, son and heir, born 1365, was going to Calais on the King's service with Henry de Percy, 30 April 1386, being in that town, 16 July following (a); had seisin of his father's manor of
Newton Tony, Wilts, 15 October 1386, being then a knight and aged 21; and had seisin of his mother's lands, 20 October 1395. He was joint farmer of the possessions in England of the abbot of S?es, 20 October 1397; had a protection, going to Ireland on the King's service with the Duke of Aumale, 5 May 1399; was granted view of frankpledge within his hamlet of Newton Tony, 17 February 1400/1; and, as a Banneret, was appointed to attend Queen Isabel to Calais, 1 June 1401. He was summoned to Parliament from 19 June 1402 to 25 August 1404, by writs directed Thome West, whereby he is held
to have become LORD WEST. He was given the joint custody of Beaulieu Abbey, Hants, 5 February 1404/5.

He married, before 2 May 1384, Joan, widow of Ralph DE WELYNGTON, or WILINGTON, of Sandhurst, co. Gloucester, &c. (who died a minor and s.p., 16 August 1384) sister of the half-blood and (in her issue) heir of John and Thomas, 4th and 5th LORDS LA WARRE (both of whom died s.p.), daughter, being the only daughter that left issue, of Roger (LA WARRE), 3rd LORD LA WARRE, by his 3rd wife, Eleanor, daughter of John (DE MOWBRAY), 3rd LORD MOWBRAY. She died 24 April 1404. He died on Easter Day (19 April) 1405. Will dated 8 April 1405, directing burial in Christchurch Priory, proved at Lambeth, 1405. [Complete Peerage XII/2:520, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(a) Unless these entries refer to his father, shortly before 19 Aug 1382, he and his mother and sister, Eleanor, were assaulted and robbed at Lyndhurst aforesaid, on which occasion Eleanor was ravished by Nicholas Clifton, presumably her future husband.

Thomas married Joan De LA WARRE before 2 May 1384 in 2ND Husband. Joan (daughter of Roger 3Rd Baron De LA WARRE, Sir and Eleanor (Alianore) De MOWBRAY) was born about 1367 in Offington, Broadwater, Sussex, England; died on 24 Apr 1404 in Oakhanger, Selborne, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BARONY OF WEST (II) 1405

THOMAS (WEST), LORD WEST, son and heir, was born 1392; knighted on the eve of Henry V's Coronation, 8 April 1413; and had livery of his father's lands, 8 August following though he had not proved his age. He was in the King's retinue for the campaign of 1415 and fought at Agincourt, 25 October; a Commissioner of array in Hants, Wilts and Dorset, 26 May 1416. While at Calais, September 1416, he sailed under the Earl of Warwick in pursuit of a large Genoese carrack, 24 September; but in an accident on the following day, before battle was joined, he received mortal injuries from which, though landed in England, he died soon afterwards.

He married, before 2 July 1406, Ida, younger daughter and coheir of Amauri (DE ST. AMAND), 3rd LORD ST. AMAND, by his 2nd wife, Eleanor, daughter and heir of Richard LAVYNTON.[?] She, who was born 6 May 1392, died, apparently in childbirth and a little before him, before 6 November 1416, aged 24. He died s.p. as aforesaid 29 or 30 September 1416, also aged about 24. [Complete Peerage XII/2:521, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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(Dsp, From Accident Aboard Ship)

Thomas married Ida Daughter Of Amauri De ST. AMAND before 2 Jul 1406. Ida was born on 6 May 1392 in Hornchurch, Romford, Essex, England; died before 6 Nov 1416. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Reynold/Reginald West, 3rd Lord (Baron) West and 6th Baron la Warre (elder brother Thomas, the 2nd Lord was killed in a sea battle dsp 29/30 Sep 1416); knighted by 22 Nov 1416, Capt of St Lo in the Cotentin, France 1417/18 and 1421, petitioned King and council Oct 1427 for right to sit in Parliament with precedence held by his ancestors the Lord la Warre, had license 13 Dec 1448 to visit the Holy Land. [Burke's Peerage]

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Sir Reynold de West, 7th Lord de la Warre, b. 7 Sep 1395, d. 27 Aug 1450; m. (1) before 17 Feb 1428/9 Margaret Thorley, d. before 24 Nov 1433, daughter of Robert Thorley, of Thynbest, Cornwall, and Anne Lisle; m. (2) by 19 Nov 1443 Elizabeth Gleyndour, d. 1 Sep 1452. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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BARONY OF WEST (III) 1415

BARONY OF LA WARRE (VI) 1427

REYNOLD (WEST), LORD LA WARRE, and LORD WEST, nephew of the half blood, 2nd son but eventually heir of Sir Thomas WEST, of Oakhanger, Newton Valence, and Winkton, Hants, Wolveton, Compton Valence, and Hinton Martell, Dorset, Blatchington, Sussex, &c. [LORD WEST], by, Joan, daughter. (the only daughter who left issue) of Roger, LORD LA WARRE, by his 3rd wife, Alianore, the said Joan (who died 24 April 1404) being sister of the half blood of the last two Lords. He was born 7 September 1395, and suceeded his elder brother Sir Thomas West, 29 or 30 September 1416. The King took his homage, and he had livery of his brother's lands, 22 November 1416, his fealty being ordered to be taken by the escheator in cos. Somerset and Dorset: he was then a knight. He was in the wars with France. He occurs as Captain of Saint L? in the C?tentln in March 1417/8 and April 1421, and was appointed Captain of the fort of La Mote, 5 December 1419. The King took his fealty, 21 June 1427, his homage being respited, and he had livery of the lands which he inherited as heir general of the second Lord. He was summoned to Parliament from 15 July 1427 to 3 August 1429, by writs directed Reginaldo la Warre chivaler, and from 25 February 1431/2 to 23 September 1449, by writs directed Reginaldo West chivaler. In Oct. [doubtless 1427, he petitioned the King and Council that he might sit in Parliament with the precedence held by his ancestors, Lords la Warre, who had continually attended Parliament since 27 Edward I. In 1430 and 1431 he was in France with the King, He had licence to go to Rome and thence to the Holy Land, 10 and 13 December 1446, receiving letters from Henry VI, dated 3 May following, requesting the Archbishop of Cologne and others to give him safe-conducts. Was about to go abroad on the King's affairs, 14 October 1448.

He married, 1stly, before 17 February 1428/9, Margaret, daughter and heir of Robert THORLEY, of Tybeste, Cornwall, by his 1st wife Anne, or Amy widow of Gerard de LISLE [son and heir apparent of Warin, 2nd lord Lisle], daughter of Sir Michael de la Pole. She died shortly before 24 November 1433. He married, 2ndly, before 19 November 1443, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Robert GREYNDOUR, of Micheldean and Abenhall, co. Gloucester, Astonl Ingham, co. Hereford, &c., by Joan, daughter and heir of Thomas RUGGE, of Charlecombe, Somerset. He died 27 August 1450, aged nearly 55. His widow married after 10 June 1451, as 2nd wife, John (TIPTOFT), EARL OF WORCESTER. She, who was aged 23 and more in January 1443/4, died 1 September 1452. He was beheaded on Tower Hill, 18 October 1470, and was buried in the Church of the Black Friars by Ludgate. [Complete Peerage IV:153-4, XIV:243]

Reynold married Margaret THORLEY before 17 Feb 1428-1429 in 1st Wife. Margaret (daughter of Robert THORLEY, Of Tybeste and Anne De LA POLE) was born in 1396 in Snitterfield, Warwickshire, England; died before 24 Nov 1433. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Reynold married Elizabeth Daughter Of Robert GLEYNDOUR before 19 Nov 1443 in 1st Husband 2ND Wife. Elizabeth was born about 1421 in Micheldean & Abenhall, Gloucestershire, England; died on 1 Sep 1452 in Worcester Castle, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Margaret West, daughter of Sir Reynold de West, Baron de la Warre. [Ancestral Roots]

Family/Spouse: Thomas De ECHYNGHAM, Sir. Thomas (son of Thomas De ECHYNGHAM, Sir and Margaret KNYVET) was born about 1425 in Etchingham, Ticehurst, Sussex, England; died on 20 Jan 1482-1483. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Richard West, 4th Lord (Baron) West and 7th Lord la Warre. [Burke's Peerage]

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Sir Richard West, 7th Lord de la Warre, b. c 28 Oct 1430, d. 10 Mar 1475/6; m. before 10 June 1451 Katherine Hungerford, d. 12 May 1493, daughter of Sir Robert Hungerford, Lord Hungerford, and Margaret Botreaux. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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BARONY OF WEST (IV) 1450

BARONY OF LA WARRE (VII) 1450

RICHARD (WEST, or DE LA WARRE, or WEST DE LA WARRE), LORD LA WARRE, and LORD WEST, son and heir, by 1st wife, borm 28 October 1430. He was summoned to Parliament. from 22 January 1455/6 to 19 August 1472, by writs directed Ricardo West (or Weste) militi (or chivaler). On 19 December 1459 he received a grant of ?40 a year for life, for his services against the Yorkist rebels. Had licence to travel abroad for 3 years, 1 July 1463. Obtained a general pardon for all offences committed before 7 October last, 15 October 1471.

He married before 10 June 1451, Katherine, daughter of Sir Robert HUNGERFORD, LORD HUNGERFORD, of Heytesbury, Wilts, by Margaret, suo jure Baroness Botreaux,daughter and heir of Sir William BOTREAUX, LORD BOTREAUX, of Boscastle, Cornwall. He died 10 March 1475/6, aged 45. His widow married 2ndly, probably before 1 November 1476, as his 2nd wife, Nicholas Leventhorp, and died 12 May 1493. [Complete Peerage IV:154-5, XIV:243, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Richard married Katherine HUNGERFORD before 10 Jun 1451 in 1st Husband. Katherine was born about 1438 in Farleigh-Hungerford, Somerset, England; died on 12 May 1493. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He married 1stly, [at the age of about 41) in 1466, Elizabeth, daughter of Reynold (WEST), LORD DE LA WARR by Margaret, daughter of ROBERT THORLEY. From her he was divorced shortly afterwards, against which she appealed to Pope Paul II, who issued letters thereon, 20 November 1467. [Complete Peerage II: 133-35, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Elizabeth married Lord William BERKELEY in 1466 in 1st Wife - Divorced By 1467. William (son of James "The Just" 1St Baron De BERKELEY, Sir and Isabel De MOWBRAY) was born in 1426 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England; died on 14 Feb 1492 in Westminster, England; was buried in 1492 in Church Of The Augustine Friars, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Margaret ECHINGHAM
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• Alt. Death: 1481; Alt. Death

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Margaret de Echyngham, living 11 July 1482 when probated 2nd husband's will, d. Shoreditch, Middlesex; m. (1) Sir William Blount, d. 14 Apr 1471, Knight of the Shire of Derby 1467, son of Sir Walter Blount, KG, Baron Mountjoy, Treasurer of England, and Ellen, daughter of Sir John Byron of Clayton; m. (2) c 1478 Sir John Eltrington, Knight, Treasurer of the household of Edward IV. [Ancestral Roots]

Margaret married William BLOUNT, Of Rock, Sir Knight in 1st Husband. William was born about 1443 in Rock, Cleobury Mortimer, Worcestershire, England; died on 14 Apr 1471 in Of Wounds From Battle Of Barnet, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married John ETRINGTON, Sir Knight about 1478 in 2ND Husband. John was born about 1449 in England; died before 11 Jul 1482. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas West, 5th Lord (Baron) West and 8th Lord (Baron) la Warre, KG (1510); knighted 18 Jan 1477/8; granted by Henry VII 5 March 1485/6 the estates in Sussex of the attainted Duke of Norfolk (who was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field 1485); helped quell the Cornish uprising 1497 in support of Perken Warbeck; Knight Banneret 18 Aug 1513; m. 1st Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Mortimer, of Mortimer's Hall, Hants, and sister and heir of Sir John Mortimer, and d. 11 Oct 1525. The 8th Lord (Baron) La Warre m. 2nd Eleanor (d. between 10 May and 14 Nov 1536), daughter of Sir Roger Copley, of Roughway, Sussex, and d. 11 Oct 1525, having had further issue. [Burke's Peerage, p. 793]

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Sir Thomas West, KG, 3rd Lord de la Warre, b. 1457, d. 11 Oct 1525; m. (1) Elizabeth, heiress of her brother John Mortimer, & daughter of Hugh Mortimer of Mortimer's Hall, co. Hants, by Eleanor, daughter of John Cornwall; m. (2) Eleanor, d. 1536, daughter of Sir Roger Copley of Roughway, Sussex, by Anne, b. c 1447, daughter & coheir of 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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BARONY OF WEST (V) 1476

BARONY OF LA WARRE (VIII) 1476

THOMAS (WEST), LORD LA WARRE, and LORD WEST son and heir aged 19 and more at his father's death. He obtained special livery of his lands, 1 September 1476, having served, 2 years previously, in the expedition to France. Knighted by the King, 18 January 1477/8. He was summoned to Parliament from 15 November 1482 to 15 April 1523. Espousing the cause of Henry VII he obtained from that King, 5 March 1485/6, large grants from the estates in Sussex of the attainted Duke of Norfolk, including the honour of Bramber, the forest of St. Leonards, the towns of Horsham, Shoreham, &c. He was in 1491 one of the commanders in Flanders; aided in suppressing the Cornish rebels in 1497; in 1513 was at the sieges of Therouenne and Tournay, being made a Knight Banneret at the defeat of the French at Guinegate, known as the Battle of the Spurs, 18 August 1513. Present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Nominated K.G. 23 April, and installed 11 May 1510. Attended the King's sister in 1514 at her marriage with Louis XII of France.

He married, 1stly, Elizabeth, sister and heir of Sir John MORTIMER, and daughter of Hugh MORTIMER, of Mortimer's Hall, Hants, by Eleanor, daughter of John CORNWALL. He married, 2ndly, Eleanor, 3rd daughter of Sir Roger COPLEY, of Roughway, Sussex, by Anne, 2nd daughter and coheir of Thomas (Hoo), BARON HOO AND HASTINGS. He died 11 October 1525, and was buried at Broadwater, aged about 68. Will dated 8 October 1524 proved in the Catholic Church of St. Paul, London, 12 February 1525/6. The will of his widow, who was born circa 1476, was dated 10 May 1536 and proved in London 14 November 1536. [Complete Peerage IV:155-6, XIV:243, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Note: The CP Corrections website provides a little more information and indicates that Thomas had a previously unknown 1st wife, Eleanor (d. bef. 1480), daughter of Henry Percy (d. 1461). She may have died very early, without having resided with Thomas (arranged marriages were often contracted at an early age), since she wasn't mentioned in Thomas' will, as his deceased 2nd wife & surviving 3rd wife were. The only record of Eleanor Percy is a pedigree of the Percy family compiled in the 1480s which showed a daughter of Henry married to a Lord de la Warr.

Thomas married Eleanor PERCY in 1st Wife. Eleanor was born about 1460 in Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England; died before 1480 in Offington, Sussex, England (Dsp). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Elizabeth MORTIMER about 1480 in 2ND Wife. Elizabeth (daughter of Hugh MORTIMER, Of Mortimer's Hall, Sir and Eleanor CORNWALL) was born about 1457 in Mortimer's Hall, Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire, England; died on 29 Jun 1502. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Eleanor COPLEY after 1502 in 3rd Wife. Eleanor (daughter of Anne HOO, Heir Of Roughey, Gatton, & The Maze) was born about 1476 in Leigh Place, Gatton, Surrey, England; died before 14 Nov 1536. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]