Thomas Hoo KG (abt. 1396 - 1455)

Born about 1396 in Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, England

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Died 13 Feb 1455 at about age 59 in Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, England

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Sir Thomas Hoo was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Thomas Hoo, 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings KG (ca. 1396-1455) was a Knight of the Garter and English courtier.^[1]

Thomas was the son of Sir Thomas Hoo (ca. 1370 – Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, 23 August 1420) and wife (m. 1395) Eleanor de Felton (Litcham, Norfolk, 1378 – 8 August 1400). He succeeded his father in 1420, inheriting the family's ancestral home of Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire as well as Mulbarton, Norfolk and other estates. He fought for Henry VI of England in France, and for his services was made, first Keeper of the Seals, then Chancellor of France. In 1439, he was granted the castle, lordship and honour of Hastings, and in 1445 elected Knight of the Garter. Two years later he was created Baron of Hoo and Hastings.^[1]

He married 1st Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Wychingham.^[2] They had one daughter:

1. Anne Hoo^[2] b. c 1425, d. c 1484

He married 2nd Eleanor, daughter of Lionel Wells, knight.^[2] The had issue:

1. Anne^[2]
2. Eleanor Hoo^[2] b. c 1450 m. (1) Thomas Echingham, and 2) James Carrue.^[3]
3. Elizabeth Hoo^[2] b. c 1451

Lord Hoo died 13 February 1454/5. The barony of Hoo and Hastings become extinct at his death, and his properties passed to his four daughters and his half-brother, Sir Thomas Hoo, born 1416 to his father's second wife, Elizabeth de Etchyngham.^[1]

After Sir Thomas' death, sometime between 1467 and 1472, his daughter Elianore and her second husband, James Carrue, sued Thomas Hoo, esquire, brother of the late lord Sir Thomas, for the marriage portion due to her, previously the wife of Thomas Echingham, out of the price of Hastings Rape, Sussex.^[3]

The brothers are interred together in the Dacre Tomb at Herstmonceux All Saints Church in Sussex.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Wikipedia:Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} G. McKelvie and M. Hicks. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other Analogous Documents preserved in The National Archives XXXV: 1 Edward V to Richard III (1483-1485). (London, 2021), pp. 119-120 VitalSource Bookshelf https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781800102651/pageid/163 [accessed 23 April 2021].
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The National Archives Website: Discovery: C 1/44/186: Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Early Proceedings, Richard II to Philip and Mary, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C12046627, 30 October, 2014.

• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. V. page 336
• http://thepeerage.com/p326.htm#i3254

See also:

• Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p 111.