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Thomas West Sex: Male | | | |  | | Birth Date | 1556 England | | Death Date | 1602 England | | Father | William West 1st Lord de La Warr | Born: 1529 England | Died: 1595 DEC 30 | | Mother | | Born: | | | Thomas West
Notes: | Thomas was knighted on 7 December 1587[3] by Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester when the Earl landed at Flushing (Vlissingen) in what is now the Netherlands.[14]
| | Notes: | Thomas was a Justice of the Peace for Hampshire from 1582 and for Sussex from 1596.[4] He was Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire in 1585[1][2] and Sheriff of Hampshire in 1585/6.[1][2][3] He also held the post of Keeper of the Forests of Alice Holt and Wormer".[1][2][4] From 1590 he was a Chamberlain of the Exchequer.[4] In 1595/6 (38 Elizabeth) Thomas was appointed one of the commissioners for putting in execution an act passed in the first year of her reign, "An acte restoring to the crowne of the ancient jurisdiction over the state, ecclesiasticall and spirituall, and abolishing all foreigne power repugnant to the same
| | Notes: | Thomas became 2nd Lord de la Warr in 1595 on the death of his father.[1][2] This was the second creation of the title, which had previously fallen into abeyance in 1554 on the death of Thomas West, 9th Baron de la Warr of the original creation.[16] In 1597 Thomas successfully petitioned the House of Lords to have the "precedency" of the original creation of the title,[1][2][3] and thereafter on occasions styled himself the 11th Baron de la Warr.
| | Notes: | In 1599 Thomas set off with the Earl of Essex for Ireland, but there is no evidence that he actually reached Ireland.[4] Two years later, in 1601, his rank as peer meant he took part in the trials of the Earls of Essex and Southampton.[2][3][4] His son Thomas had been involved in Essexs rebellion, and had to give a bond of £2000 and pay a fine of £1000.[7] This made a sizeable dent in Thomass resources.[4] During the trial the Earl of Essex asked Thomass forgiveness for bringing his son into danger.[15] Thomas died on 24 March 1601/2 (1602 in modern reckoning).[1][2][3] He left no will.[4] Anne, his widow, was resident in the parish of St. Katherine Coleman, London in 1608. Her will, dated 2 July 1633, was proved on 17 August 1633
| | | 1 | Children | Birth Death | Mother | Spouse | Grand Children | 1  | John West | b.1590 Testwood, in Eling, Hampshire, England
d.1659 West Point Plantation, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia | | | | 1 II John West Lt.Col. b.1632 | |
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