Accordingly,
some historical documents ignore
the second creation and continue
the numbering. In particular,
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La
Warr is often referred to as
12th Baron De La Warr.
Thomas West (Sir) - (son of
Thomas West) was born: 1251, Hempston,
Cantelupe, Devon, England / 1276, Swallocliff, Wiltshire, England. Died: 1344, Rughcombe,
Wiltshire, England. Married: Alianore (Eleanor) De CANTELUPE (dau. of
John Cantelupe and Margaret De Mohun).
Thomas WEST (Sir Knight)
- Born: ABT 1312, Hempstead,
Devonshire, England - Died: 3 Sep 1386, Terrington,
Devonshire, England - Notes: served under both
Edward III and Richard II of England. Fought at Battle of
Crecy, 1346, in 2nd division under the command of the Earl of
Arundel, present at Siege of Calais,1346-47.
Married: Alice FITZHERBERT
(dau. of Reginald Fitz Herbert of Midsomer Norton, Somerset,
of Magna Carta Surety descent and descendant of Charlemagne).
Thomas West,
1º B. West of Oakhanger)
- Born: 1335, Twyneham,
Hampshire, England - Died: 17 Aug 1405, Devonshire,
England - Buried: Christchurch
Priory, Christchurch, Hampshire, England - Notes: knighted in 1399. He
married Joan, sister of the half-blood and, in her issue,
heiress to John and Thomas, 4th and 5th Lords Ia Warre.
She was married for the first time to Ralph De Wilington of
Sandhurst, co. Gloucester. He died on 16 Aug. 1382 v.p. She was
married for the second time, with pardon for marrying without
licence dated 2 May 1384, to Thomas West, Knt., of Oakhanger,
co. Northampton, son and heir of Thomas West, Knt., of
Hampton Cantilupe. They had three sons. He was summoned to
Parliament from 19 Jun 1402 by writs directed Thome West. His wife
died 24 Apr 1404. Thomas West, Lord West, died testate on 19
Apr 1405 seised of the Manor of Harby (will dated 8 Apr. 1405
requesting burial in "the new chapel of' Christchurch Priory).
Nichols 2(1):210 (1795). C.P. 12(2):520, 649 footnoted (1959).
Comber (1933), p. 304.
Married 1:
Joan De MOWBRAY -
Married 2: Joan De La WARR
(B. De La Warr) (b. AFT 1358 - d. 24 Apr 1404) (dau. of Roger
De La Warr, 3º B. De La Warr, and Eleanor De Mowbray) (w.
of Ralph De Willington) 2 May 1384.
Reginald West,
(2º B. West of Oakhanger
/ 7º B. De La Warr) - Born: 7 Sep 1395; Died: 27 Aug 1450/1. Notes: Per Faris (1999) pp.
188-189: brother and heir of Thomas West, Lord West (died
1416). He was summoned to Parliament as Lord La Warre from 15 Jul
1427 by writs directed Reginaldo La Warre, and as Lord West from 25
Feb 1431/2 by writs directed Reginaldo West. He had licence to go to
Rome, and thence to the Holy Land in 1446.
He was married for the
first time before 17 Feb 1428/9 to Margaret Thorley, daughter
of Robert Thorley of Tybeste, Cornwall, by Anne,
daughter of Michael De la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk. She died
shortly before 24 Nov 1433.
He was married for the second time by 19
Nov 1443 to Elizabeth, dau. and heiress of Robert
Greyndour of Mitcheldean and Abenhall, County Gloucester, Aston
Ingham, County. Hereford, etc., by Joan, daughter and heiress
of Thomas Rugge of Charlecombe, Somerset. She was born about
1421 (aged twenty-three and more in Jan 1443/4). He resided at Bourn
Hall: The mansion's carved stone mantelpieces, rich wood paneling
and crystal chandeliers give it an air of grandeur, a reflection of
the days when it was the seat of the Earl De La Ware.
The verdant
meadows of Cambridgeshire lie serenely in the distance. Is now
serving as a fertilization in England. Reginald West, Lord Ia
Warre, died aged nearly fifty-five on 27 Aug 1450 seised of the
Manor of Harby, and was buried at Broadwater, Sussex. His widow was
married after 10 Jun 1451, as his second wife, to John Tiptoft,
Earl of Worcester (beheaded on Tower Hill on 18 Oct 1470). She
died on 1 Sep 1452.
Reginald
was primarily important as the juncture
between two important families, and for
the politically-important connections
that he and his children formed, and
from which later holders of the title
would profit; although he did go to the
wars, commanding garrisons in France
from 1418 to 1421.
He had to petition the
Crown
that he might sit in Parliament with the
precedence of his
la Warre
ancestors, but the
Duke of Gloucester,
then regent, granted it. The rules for
inheritance of titles in the fifteenth
century were not as definite as they are
now; or he would not have had to
petition.
Richard WEST (3º B. West of Oakhanger / 8º B.
De la Warr)Born: 28 Oct 1430, Oakhanger,
Hampshire, England Died: 10 Mar 1475.
Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr and 4th Baron West (28 October
1430–10 March 1475. Married Catherine Hungerford in
1451 and had six sons and three daughters. Thomas, the eldest child,
was his heir.
Notes:
Knight of the Garter. 18 Jan 1477/78 Knight of the Bath.
1497 one of Chief Commanders at Battle of
Blackheath. 1510 Knight of the Garter. 1513
Served in Battle of Spurs. Attended Henry VIII
on
Field of the Cloth of Gold. Thomas seems to have married
firstly Eleanor Percy. His subsequent wife Elizabeth
Mortimer died 29 Jun 1502, according to his will.
As she
predeceased her brother Sir John Mortimer (d. 1504), it was
actually her son Thomas who was (presumably) Sir John's
heir (and he was later the heir of Elizabeth's mother (Eleanor.
Roger Copley, the father of his last wife Eleanor, was
probably not a knight. In his will Thomas provides for
prayers for the soul of Elizabeth and for the soul of his
living wife Eleanor, but makes no mention of any other wife.
Favoured Henry VIII's
divorce and had large grants of monastic lands.
Thomas West, 8th Baron De
La Warr and 5th Baron West (c.1457–1525) succeeded to his titles at
the age of 19. He had an active military career under both Henry VII
and Henry VIII, and was multiply honored as a result.
In 1478, he was made a Knight of the Bath.
In 1497, he commanded a retinue in the Battle of Deptford Bridge.
In 1510, he was made a Knight of the Garter.
In 1513, he commanded a retinue in the Battle of the Spurs.
In 1520, he was part of Henry VIII's retinue at the Field of the
Cloth of Gold.
He married three times and fathered ten children, including his
heir, Thomas, and Sir Owen West, among whose heirs the Barony of
West remains abeyant to this day.
George WEST (Sir Knight) - Born: 1510, Offington, Sussex, England
-
Died: 30 Dec 1538, Warbelton, Sussex, England -
Buried: 1538, Warbleton, Sussex, England - Notes: Burke's Peerage,
Baronetage and Knightage. The Complete Peerage by Vicary Gibbs, Vol.
4. Of Sceptered Race by Annah Robinson Watson, pp.191, 219. Married: Elizabeth MORTON
(b. 1512, Peckleton, Lincolnshire, England) (dau. of Sir Robert
Morton) ABT 10 Feb 1532
William West,
(1º B. De La Warr)
- Born: 1520,
Sussex, England, Died: 30 Dec 1595, Wherwell, Northampton, England. Notes: Burke's Peerage,
Baronetage and Knightage. The Complete Peerage by Vicary Gibbs, Vol.
4. Of Sceptered Race by Annah Robinson Watson, pp.191, 219. 'Disabled
of all honors' by Parliament, 1 Feb 1549/1550. Created 5 Feb
1569/1570 Baron De La Warr.
Married
Elizabeth STRANGE (B. De La Warr) Sep 1538 / 1551,
Offington, Sussex, England.
i
Thomas WEST (2º B. De La Warr)
ii
Elizabeth
WEST
iii
Jane WEST
iv
Mary WEST
Married 2: Anne SWIFT (B. De
La Warr) (d. AFT 6 Oct 1611) (m.2 Thomas Oliver) BEF 1595
Generation Nine
Thomas
West: (2nd B. De La Warr)
Born: ABT 1556, Wherwell, Hampshire, England - Died: ABT 24 Mar 1602.
Married: Anne KNOLLYS (B. De La Warr) 19 Nov 1571, Wherwell,
Hampshire, England. Anne was the daughter of Francis
Knollys and Catherine Cary. Catherine Cary was the
daughter of William Cary and Mary Boleyn.
Mary Boleyn was the sister of Anne Boleyn who was married
to Henry the Eighth.
Knight of Wherwell, Hampshire
County, England, was born about 1556. Knighted in 1588. He was the
2nd Lord De La Warr of New Creation, Sheriff of Hampshire, M.P..
Member of the Privy Council of Queen
Elizabeth. He married 19 Nov 1571 to Anne Knollys,
daughter of Sir
Francis Knollys, K. G., of Rotherfield Greys, Oxford
County, England by Catherine Carey who was the 1st cousin of
Queen Elizabeth.
They had six sons and seven daughters.
At the baptism of his first daughter, Elizabeth, Queen
Elizabeth was her sponsor. He died Mar 1601/2. His widow
was living at St. Catherine, Coleman, London in 1608. Friend of
Lord Essex who knighted him in 1599, Dublin, Ireland. He
was implicated in
Essex's Rebellion and imprisoned. Three sons became
Governors of Virginia, appointed by the King. Delaware was
named for Thomas and he served as governor of Virginia
shortly after it was founded.
Children:
i
Walsingham WEST
ii
Anne WEST
iii
Helena WEST
iv
Catherine WEST
v
Leticce WEST
vi
Elizabeth WEST
vii
Robert WEST
viii
Thomas
WEST (3º B. De La Warr) -
Born: 9 Jul 1577, Wherwell,
Hampshire, England - Died: 17
Jun 1618, Nova Scotia / Hampshire, England - Married: Cicely
SHIRLEY (B. De La Warr) (dau. of Thomas Shirley
and Anne Kempe) 1602, Hants, England - Children: 1.
John WEST
One of the bearers
of the bier of
Sir Phillip Sidney in 1587. Virginians know
West as the first "Governor for Life" appointed by
King James I. He was born at Wherwell in Hampshire
very near the town of Whitchurch, which we believe was
the home of William Shrimpton, the benefactor of
Lady Dale’s will. His mother was Anne Knollys,
the sister of Leticce Knollys
who had first married
Walter Devereaux, the 1st Earl of
Essex, and then
had remarried Sir Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of
Leicester.
West served with Dale and Gates in
Ireland in 1599, and was actively involved with his
cousin,
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, in his
rebellion. At the time of
Essex’s rebellion, Thomas West was a very
poor Justice of the Peace living very near Titchfield,
the ancestral home of his co-conspirator, the
Earl of Southampton. Thomas West
married 1596
Cecily Shirley,
the daughter of Sir Thomas Shirley, and Thomas
West established Shirley plantation on the James
River across from Dales’ Point of Land. In 1613 Shirley
Plantation was granted to Lord De La Warr.
Because
of his health, West did not spend much time in
Virginia, but he was the single largest investor and his
extended family was quite prominent in the colonization
of North America. His uncles were the privateers who had
sailed in the Roanoke voyages, Captain Francis
and Henry Knollys. His Aunt Leticce Knollys was the mother of the
Earl of Essex, and wife of the
Earl of Leicester. His brothers
John West and Francis West both
became Virginia Governors. Francis West
settled Westover, which was on the upper James River in
Virginia. Berkeley Plantation was sandwiched between
Westover and Shirley’s plantation, all established
between 1613 and 1619. His sister was married to the
Pelhams
whose children were instrumental in the colonization of
New England.
Lord De La Warr
died on the enroute to Virginia aboard the NEPTUNE.
Delaware Bay and the State of Delaware are named after
him.
Thomas West, 3rd Baron
De La Warr (July 9, 1577 - June 7, 1618) was the
Englishman for whom the state, river, and American
Indian tribe called "Delaware" (in the United States)
were named.
He was son to Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr and Anne
Knollys, daughter of Sir Francis Knollys and Catherine
Carey.
West received his education at Queen's College, Oxford.
He served in the army under Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of
Essex, and in 1601 was charged with supporting Essex's
ill-fated insurrection against Queen Elizabeth, but he
was acquitted of those charges and succeeded his father
as Baron De La Warr in 1602 and became a member of the
Privy Council.
Lord De La Warr headed the contingent of 150 men who
landed in Jamestown on 10 June 1610, just in time to
persuade the original settlers not to give up and go
home to England. He had been given instructions by The
London Virginia Company to kidnap Native American
children. These instructions also sanctioned the murder
of the Iniocasoockes, the cultural leaders of the local Powhatans. Lord De La Warr proceeded to initiate the
First Anglo-Powhatan War, which has been described as an
act of genocide. He had been appointed governor-for-life
(and captain-general) of Virginia, and he outfitted
their three ships and recruited and equipped those men
at his own expense. Leaving his deputy Sir Samuel Argall
(circa 1580 - circa 1626) in charge, Lord De La Warr
returned to England and published a book about Virginia,
The Relation of the Right Honourable the Lord De-La-Warre,
of the Colonie, Planted in Virginia, in 1611. He
remained the nominal governor, and he had received
complaints from the Virginia settlers about Argall's
tyranny in governing them for him, so Lord De La Warr
set sail for Virginia again in 1618, to investigate
those charges. He died en route and was buried at sea.
English-born American
colonial administrator chosen as the
first governor of the Virginia
Company colony. He arrived at
Jamestown in 1610 in time to prevent
the colonists from deserting the
settlement.
De
la Warr, Thomas West,
12th Baron,
1577–1618, English colonial governor
of Virginia. He saw fighting in the
Netherlands and was knighted when
serving in Ireland. He succeeded to
the peerage in 1602. In 1609 he was
appointed first governor of Virginia
(Sir Thomas
Gates governed as deputy until
De la Warr arrived). He sailed in
Apr., 1610, with an expedition
including Sir Samuel
Argall. On his arrival at
Jamestown he found the settlers in
such dire need that they were ready
to return to England. He encouraged
them to remain, sent Argall for
supplies, and had forts built.
Argall, on his voyage, sailed into
the bay later called (after the
governor) Delaware Bay. Lord De la
Warr returned to England, and the
colony was governed by Sir Thomas
Gates and Sir Thomas Dale. De la
Warr in his Relation...of the
Colonies Planted in Virginia
(1611) pleaded for the colony. He
died during his second voyage to
Virginia.
Relation... of the Colonie,
Planted in Virginia.
The first colonial governor
of Virginia writes in
support of further
colonization.
ix
Penelope WEST
x
Francis WEST (Gov. of
Virginia)
xi
Nathaniel WEST (Lt.
Col.)
xii
John WEST (Gov. of Virginia)
our line
Generation Ten
John West,Born: 14 Dec 1590,
Testwood, Wiltshire, England - Died: 1659, West Point, King William
County, Virginia - Married
Anne
PERCY Claiborne, born circa 1610/1613, Virginia. Anne was
the daughter of George Percy, b. 4 Sept 1580, died March
1631/32, who married Anne Floyd, b. before 1593, Virginia.
George Percy was the son of Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland.
See more on the Percy lineage
here.
Twelfth child of Sir Thomas West, Second
Lord De La Warr, and his wife Lady Anne Knollys. Born
between 5 & 6 in the afternoon. Godfathers: Sir John Norreys,
Mr. John Foskin; Godmothers: Mrs. Sccudamore, Mrs.
Ratcliffe. B.A.
Matriculated at Magdalen College 17 Feb 1603/9
and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts the 1st of Dec 1613.
Emigrated on the Bonny Bess in 1618 with his brother
Lord De La Warr, and resided at "West Point", Virginia.
He was made a member of the Colonial Council, where he served
1630-1659.
When decision was reached, 1630, to
plant a settlement on the York River, Colonel John West was
among the first to patent lands there and by 1632 was established on
his plantation, which, sold to Edward Digges, 1650, was then
known as the "A.D. Plantation" and later as "Bellefield". From York,
John West removed to his plantation at the fork of the York
River on the site of the present town of West Point originally
called Delaware. This tract of 3000 acres may be identified in a
patent issued to him 6 Mar 1653, which included 850 acres granted to
him, 3 Jul 1652. In addition, he was granted 1550 acres, 6 May 1651,
about 6 miles up York River up the fort (fork) on the south of the
River." which he subsequently sold to Major William Lewis,
who included the land in his patent for 2600 acres issued, 20 Jan
1656.
On 27 May 1654 West patented 1000 acres in Gloucester
County, on the "N.E. side of the Mattapony river". On May 17, 1635
the Colonial Council prevailed upon him to accept the office of
Governor, when Governor Sir John Harvey was expelled. He was
the third West brother to be a Governor of Virginia. In 1637 West
was commissioned Muster Master General of the colony by King
Charles in his own hand. He sold his Bellfield estate in 1650
moved to his West Point estate of over 6000 acres. Most of his acres
were granted to him for bringing many new settlers to Virginia in
his ships. It was customary at the time for 50 acres to be given for
each person brought in, family, relatives, and servants included.
Port Richmond West Plantation was settled by Col. John West
about 1655. This was in William County, Virginia, not far from
Elsing Green.
Edward Wiatt
was the administrator of the estate of John Clarke. The names
included in this administration include: John West,
William Brocas, George Ludlow, and Capt. Richard
Townsed, who came to Virginia as a medical apprentice to Dr.
John Pott. He is mentioned in the will of John Clarke b.
1614 d. 1645. From Virginia Land Books (Cavaliers and Pioneers?), In
1652, Mr. Wiatt represented Hannah Clarke, probably
the widow of John Clarke, as the executrix of Sir Dudley
Wyatt in his will of 1650. Three hundred acres were devised to
her on Queen's Creek near Middle Plantation. The same year, 1650,
she deeded the same land to Dr. Jeremiah Harrison, Gent., of
the same place. In 1654, Mrs. Frances Harrison, widow,
patented 1000 acres in Westmoreland County, Virginia, about the same
time that John Harrison patented 1000 acres in Westmoreland
County, which he left, failing heirs, to his sister Mrs. Frances
Harrison. Failing her heirs, he willed to Giles Brent of
"Peace" in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
Generation Eleven
Colonel John West
born June 6, 1632, Chescayack, York County, Virginia, died at his
West Point plantation in 1689. In 1659, and March 1660 the
House of Burgesses passed a resolution of good will in recognition
of "the many important favors and services rendered to the
country of Virginia by the noble family of West, predecessors of Mr.
John West, their now only survivor ..... It is ordered that the
levies of the said Master West and his family be remitted, and that
he be exempt from payment thereof during life".
West: Colonel John West
(1632-1689) was the eldest son of Governor John West and is
recorded as being the first English child born on the York River.
Col John West married Ursula "Unity" Croshaw/Crosbow, born about 1642, West
Pointe, King William county, Va. Ursula was the daughter of Joseph Crosshaw/Crosbow.
Surry County, Virginia Records:
Pg. 248 - Jan 4 1664
Ed Bushell sells to Captain William Corker a mare. Wit: Richard
Davis, Mary Bushell
Joseph Croshaw Will: 1667, York County, VA Deeds, Orders, Wills, Book
4
Colonel West and Unity Croshaw
had the following children:
i
Anne West, born
about 1665, West Point, King William Co., VA. Anne
married Henry Fox.
ii
John West, born about
1667
iii
Captain Thomas West, brn
1670, probably West Point, King William county, Virginia
iv
Captain Nathaniel West, born
about 1672, New Kent Co., VA, married Martha Woodward.
They had Unity West.
Anne West married Henry Fox. From here see
the FOX line.
John West, Born: 14 Dec 1590,
Testwood, Wiltshire, England - Died: 1659, West Point, King William
County, Virginia - Married
Anne
PERCY Claiborne, born circa 1610/1613, Virginia. Anne was
the daughter of George Percy, b. 4 Sept 1580, died March
1631/32, who married Anne Floyd, b. before 1593, Virginia.
George Percy was the son of Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland.
See more on the