Thomas West KB KG (abt. 1457 - 1525)

Born about 1457 in Sussex, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor Percy — married 1479 in England

Husband of Elizabeth (Mortimer) West — married before 1482 in England

Husband of Eleanor (Copley) West — married after 29 Jun 1502 in England

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1525 at about age 68 in Offington, Sussex, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Thomas West, K.G., K.B., 8th Lord la Warre, 5th Lord West, born about 1457 (aged 19 in 1476), was son and heir of Richard West, Knt., 7th Lord la Warre, 4th Lord West, by his wife, Katherine Hungerford.^[1][2][3]

Lands and Barony

Following the death of his father on 10 March 1475/6, Thomas received special livery of his lands on 1 September 1476, although he was still a minor.^[1][3] He was summoned to Parliament from 15 November 1482 to 15 April 1523.^[1][3]

Thomas supported Henry VII and in 1485/6, was given large grants from estates Sussex of the attainted Duke of Norfolk.^[3] In 1514 he served as Lord Attendant on Princess Mary Tudor,^[1] the King's sister, at her marriage to Louis XII of France.^[3] In 1520, Thomas was one of the King's attendants at the Field of the Cloth of Gold.^[1]

Military Service

Thomas served in the expedition to France in 1474.^[1][3] He was one of the chief commanders sent to Flanders in 1491^[3] to aid Emperor Maximilian against the French.^[1] In 1496/7 he commanded the forces raised to repress the rebellion in Cornwall.^[1][3] In 1513, he was part of the Battle of Spurs,^[1] participating in the sieges of Therouenne and Tournay.^[3]

Knighthood

Thomas was knighted by the King 18 January 1477/8.^[3] He was made a Knight of the Bath when Arthur Tudor was created Prince of Wales in 1489.^[1] He was nominated to the Order of the Garter 23 April 1510, and his investiture took place 11 May 1510.^[3] Thomas was made a Knight Banneret at the Battle of the Spurs in 1513.^[1][3]

Marriages and Children

Thomas married first Eleanor Percy, daughter of Henry Percy, Knt., 3rd Earl of Northumberland, 6th Lord Percy, by Eleanor Poynings. Thomas and Eleanor had no issue.^[1][4] This marriage is not shown in Complete Peerage.

Thomas married second, before 1482 (when his eldest son was born), Elizabeth Mortimer, daughter of Hugh Mortimer, Knt., by Eleanor Cornwall.^[1][3][4] Thomas and Elizabeth had five sons and six daughters:

• Thomas, K.G., K.B., 9th Lord la Warre, 6th Lord West, born about 1482, died 25 September 1554, married Elizabeth Bonville, they had no issue.^[1] Upon his death, the baronies of West and la Warre both fell into abeyance.^[5][6]
• William^[1]
• Anthony^[1]
• Richard^[1]
• John^[1]
• Anne, wife of John Clinton, 7th Lord Clinton^[1]
• Eleanor, married Edward Guildford, Knt., and had issue^[1]
• Dorothy, married Henry Owen, Knt.^[1]
• Margaret^[1]
• Elizabeth, married Charles Somerset, K.G., 1st Earl of Worcester, Lord Herbert^[1]
• Joan^[1]

Elizabeth died 29 June 1502.^[1][4]

Thomas married third Eleanor Copley, daughter of Roger Copley, Esq.,^[4] by Anne Hoo.^[1][3] (Douglas Richardson corrects Complete Peerage, by updating Roger Copley to Esquire, after Cokayne described him as Sir Roger Copley). Thomas and Eleanor had three sons and four daughters:

• Owen, Knt., married Mary Guildford^[1]
• George, Knt., died in September 1538, married Elizabeth Morton and had issue^[1]
• Leonard^[1]
• Anne, wife of Anthony Saint Amand, Knt.^[1]
• Mary^[1]
• Katherine, was living in 1528^[1]
• Barbara, wife of John Guildford, Knt.^[1]

Death

Sir Thomas West died 11 October 1525^[4] and was buried in the chauncel of the church at Broadwater, Sussex. His will dated 8 October 1524 or 1525 was proved 12 February 1525/6^[1] at the Church of St. Paul, London.^[3] His Inquisition Post Mortem states that Thomas died at Offyngton, Sussex and his next heir was his son, Thomas.^[4] Thomas' widow Eleanor died before 14 November 1536^[3] and was buried with Thomas.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. V, pages 348-350 WEST 12.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), vol. IV, pages 320-322 WEST 12.
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15} George Edward Cokayne and Vicary Gibbs, eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. IV: Dacre - Dysart, 2nd edition. (London, 1916). Online at Archive.org, pages 154-156.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Some Corrections and Additions to the Complete Peerage: Volume 4: De la Warr, online at medieval genealogy.org.uk
5. ↑ Michael Riordan. "West, Thomas, eighth Baron West and ninth Baron de la Warr (1472–1554), soldier and courtier." in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 3 Jan 2008. Accessed 18 Jun 2020 at ODNB, profile of son, Thomas.
6. ↑ Wikipedia: Thomas West, 9th Baron de la Warr.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Camden. William, ed. The Visitations of Kent 1619-1621. (London: Harleian Society, 1898). Online at Archive.org, pages 210-211: Mortimer and Dering pedigree
• Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, pp95, Owen 1, 111 Copley & 122, Owen 2.
• Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2009).
• Heraldica.org: Investiture dates for Order of the Garter. "270 (inv 1510) Thomas (West), 8th Lord de la Warr. Favoured Henry VIII's divorce and had large grants of monastic lands."
• Weaver, Frederic. The Visitations of the County of Somerset in the years 1531 and 1573. (Exeter, 1885). Online at Google Books, page 88.
• Wickwire, Arthur Manley. Genealogy of the Wickware Family. (New York and Meriden: Curtiss-Way Co., 1909). Online at Archive.org, page 22.
• Pedigrees from the Visitation of Hampshire, vol. 64, (London, 1913). Online at Archive.org, page 59: West, Lord Delaware.
• Oxford Shakespeare.com: Transcription of the Will of Thomas Blount of Kidderminster by Nina Green

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Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project 18 Jun 2020 by Thiessen-117.

Thomas West KB KG is in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project in May 2015 (and re-reviewed in June 2020) from the West Gateways Gateway Ancestors (Thomas West, Francis West Esq., John West, Nathaniel West, Elizabeth (West) Saltonstall, Anne Humphrey and Herbert Pelham) to Magna Carta Surety Barons William de Mowbray, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacy, Saher de Quincy, Hugh le Bigod and Roger Bigod. The trails are outlined in the Magna Carta Trails section on John West's profile (see also Humphrey and Pelham trails).

Thomas West KB KG appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor William Crymes to Magna Carta Surety Baron Magna Carta Surety Baron William Malet (vol. II, pages 4-7 CRYMES). This trail has not yet been developed on WikiTree by the Magna Carta Project. See the profiles on the trail in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".