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  1. Sir Thomas WEST, Lord Delaware Birth: 1555 in Halnaker, England Death: 24 Mar 1601/2 in Wherwell, England
  2. William WEST Death: 1610 in Virginia
  3. Mary WEST Death: After 1625
  4. Jane WEST
  5. Elizabeth WEST Death: Abt 1612

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-2, Tracton-Zz. London: St Catherine Press, 1959. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/2 [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Clutterbuck, Robert, History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1815-27, v1-3. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188626. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v[1-3]p[0-9]*].
  5. Richardson, Douglas, Elizabeth Morton, wife of Robert Walden and Sir George West. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 5/17/2009. Subject: C.P. Addition/Correction: Elizabeth Morton, wife of Robert Walden and Sir George West. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/UT73L6TaEIU/m/AuGPGlUAlQUJ. Author address: royalancestry at msn dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 5/17/2009-131813].
  6. Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
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Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
1530 or later [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 5/17/2009-131813]
abt 1520 [Ref: Faris PA2 p190, Weis AR7 #18],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p565, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p339, Faris PA2 p190, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p351, Roberts RD600 p283, Weis AR7 #18]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p565, Faris PA2 p190, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p352, Weis AR7 #18],
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p190, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p352, Weis AR7 #18]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth STRANGE
date:
before 1555 [Ref: Faris PA2 p190, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p352, Weis AR7 #18],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p565, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p339, Faris PA2 p190, Hart PresidentWives p241, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p352, Roberts RD600 p283, Weis AR7 #18]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anne SWIFT
date:
second marriage of William [Ref: Faris PA2 p190, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p352]
Research Notes:
1st Lord De La Warr, of Barony cr 1570 [Ref: CP IV p158]
1st Lord De La Warr [Ref: Burke Peerage p565]
Lord Delaware [Ref: Weis AR7 #18]
10th Baron Delaware (de la Warr) [Ref: Roberts RD600 p283]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p352]

1 Feb 1549/50: having been adopted as heir by his uncle, he "being not content to stay till his uncle's natural death, prepared poson to dispatch him quickly" and was consequently, by Act of Parliament 1 Feb 1549/50 disabled from all honours [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p352]

adopted as heir by his uncle [Ref: Faris PA2 p190]

Feb 1556: he and his cousin, Edward Lewknor, were informed by Henry Peckham of the conspiracy being hatched by Henry Dudley against Queen Mary I, and asked to procure a copy of the will of King Henry VIII as proof of the queen'e ineligibilty to wear the crown. Lewknor sent the document to West's house in St Dunatan's, Farringdon Without, where is was handed over to Peckham. West was subsequently found guilt of treason, but was pardoned. [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p352]

1557: served as Captain of the Army in the battle of St Quintin in Picardy [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p352]

10 Apr 1563: restored in blood [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p352]

5 Feb 1569/70: knighted by the Earl of Leicester; and on same day created by patent Baron Delaware [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p352]

1569: joint Lieutenant of Sussex [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p352]



Pedigree of Sir William WEST, Lord Delaware
                                                                /-----Thomas WEST
                                                       /-----Sir Thomas WEST
                                              /-----Sir Thomas WEST
                                             |        |         /-----Sir John De CANTELOU
                                             |         \-----Eleanor CANTILUPE
                                             |                  \-----Maud
                                     /-----Sir Thomas WEST, Lord West
                                    |        |                  /-----Herbert FITZ REYNOLD
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Reynold FITZ HERBERT
                                    |        |        |         \-----Lucy PEVEREL
                                    |         \-----Alice FITZ HERBERT
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir Edmund HAKLUYT
                                    |                  \-----Joan HAKLUYT
                            /-----Sir Reynold WEST, Lord La Warre, Lord West
                           |        |                           /-----John La WARRE, Lord La Warre
                           |        |                  /-----Sir John La WARRE
                           |        |                 |         \-----Joan De GRELLE
                           |        |         /-----Roger La WARRE, Lord La Warre
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert De HOLAND, Lord Holand
                           |        |        |         \-----Margaret DE HOLAND
                           |        |        |                  \-----Maud La Zouche
                           |         \-----Joan La WARRE
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir John De MOWBRAY, Lord Mowbray
                           |                 |         /-----John De MOWBRAY, Lord Mowbray
                           |                 |        |         \-----Aliva De BRAOS
                           |                  \-----Alinore MOWBRAY
                           |                          |         /-----Henry PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Lancaster
                           |                           \-----Joan PLANTAGENET
                           |                                    \-----Maud CHAWORTH
                   /-----Sir Richard WEST, Lord La Warre
                  |        |         /-----Robert THORLEY
                  |         \-----Margaret THORLEY
                  |                 |                           /-----William De La POLE
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir William De La POLE
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Elena
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Michael De La POLE, Earl Of Suffolk
                  |                 |        |         \-----Catherine
                  |                  \-----Anne De La POLE
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir John WINGFIELD
                  |                          |         /-----Sir John WINGFIELD
                  |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth (WINGFIELD)
                  |                           \-----Katherine WINGFIELD
                  |                                   |         /-----Sir Richard De BREUSE
                  |                                    \-----Eleanor BRAOSE
                  |                                             \-----Eleanor De SHELTON
          /-----Sir Thomas WEST, K.G., Lord La Warre, Lord West
         |        |                                             /-----(Unk) HUNGERFORD
         |        |                                    /-----Walter HUNGERFORD
         |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas HUNGERFORD
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Adam FITZJOHN
         |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth FITZJOHN
         |        |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth
         |        |                  /-----Sir Walter HUNGERFORD, K.G., Lord Hungerford
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Edmund HUSSEY
         |        |                 |         \-----Joan HUSSEY
         |        |         /-----Sir Robert HUNGERFORD, Lord Hungerford
         |        |        |        |                           /-----James PEVERELL
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh PEVERELL
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret Of Cornwall
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas PEVERELL
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John COBHAM
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret COBHAM
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Amicia BOLHAY
         |        |        |         \-----Catherine PEVERELL
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Hugh De COURTENAY, Earl Of Devon
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas De COURTENAY
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Agnes De St JOHN
         |        |        |                  \-----Margaret COURTENAY
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir John De MOELS, Lord Moels
         |        |        |                           \-----Muriel De MOELS
         |        |        |                                    \-----Joan LOVEL
         |         \-----Katherine HUNGERFORD
         |                 |                                    /-----William De BOTREAUX
         |                 |                           /-----William BOTREAUX, Lord Botreaux
         |                 |                          |         \-----Isabel MOELS
         |                 |                  /-----William BOTREAUX, Lord Botreaux
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Ralph DAUBENEY, Lord Daubeney
         |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth DAUBENEY
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Katherine THWENG
         |                 |         /-----Sir William BOTREAUX, Lord Botreaux
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John St LO
         |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth St LO
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----John CLYVEDON
         |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret CLYVEDON
         |                 |        |                           \-----Elizabeth
         |                  \-----Margaret BOTREAUX, Baroness Botreaux
         |                          |                           /-----John De BEAUMONT, Lord Beaumont, Earl Of Buch
         |                          |                  /-----Henry BEAUMONT, Lord Beaumont
         |                          |                 |         \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
         |                          |         /-----John BEAUMONT, K.G., Lord Beaumont
         |                          |        |        |         /-----John De VERE, Earl Of Oxford
         |                          |        |         \-----Margaret De VERE
         |                          |        |                  \-----Maud De BADLESMERE
         |                           \-----Elizabeth BEAUMONT
         |                                   |         /-----Thomas EVERINGHAM
         |                                    \-----Catherine EVERINGHAM
 /-----Sir George WEST
|        |                  /-----Sir Richard COPLEY
|        |         /-----Roger COPLEY
|        |        |        |         /-----John HARRINGTON
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth HARRINGTON
|         \-----Eleanor COPLEY
|                 |                                             /-----Sir Robert De HOO
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Thomas De HOO
|                 |                                   |         \-----Hawise FITZ WARIN
|                 |                           /-----Sir William De HOO
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir John De St LEGER
|                 |                          |         \-----Isabel De St LEGER
|                 |                          |                  \-----Joan
|                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas HOO
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir William De St OMER
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas De St OMER
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|                 |                 |         \-----Alice De St OMER
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Nicholas MALMAYNS
|                 |                 |                  \-----Pernel MALMAYNS
|                 |                 |                           \-----Alice
|                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOO, K.G., Lord Hoo
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De FELTON, Lord Felton
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir John De FELTON, Lord Felton
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Hawise LESTRANGE
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas De FELTON, K.G.
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Sibyl
|                 |        |         \-----Eleanor De FELTON
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard WALKFARE
|                 |        |                  \-----Joan WALKFARE
|                  \-----Anne HOO
|                          |                                    /-----John De WELLES, Lord Welles
|                          |                           /-----Sir John De WELLES, Lord Welles
|                          |                          |         \-----Maud De ROS
|                          |                  /-----Eudo De WELLES
|                          |                 |        |         /-----John De MOWBRAY, Lord Mowbray
|                          |                 |         \-----Eleanor De MOWBRAY
|                          |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth SEGRAVE, Baroness Segrave
|                          |         /-----Sir Lionel De WELLES, K.G., Lord Welles
|                          |        |        |                  /-----William De GREYSTOKE, Lord Greystoke
|                          |        |        |         /-----Ralph De GREYSTOKE, Lord Greystoke
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Joan FITZHUGH
|                          |        |         \-----Maud De GREYSTOKE
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Sir Roger CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|                          |        |                  \-----Katherine CLIFFORD
|                          |        |                           \-----Maud De BEAUCHAMP
|                           \-----Eleanor De WELLES
|                                   |                           /-----Richard WATERTON
|                                   |                  /-----Robert WATERTON
|                                   |                 |         \-----Constance ASSENHULL
|                                   |         /-----Robert De WATERTON
|                                    \-----Joan De WATERTON
|                                            |                  /-----John FLEMING
|                                            |         /-----Sir Robert FLEMING
|                                            |        |         \-----Alice
|                                             \-----Cecily FLEMING
|                                                      \-----Margery
Sir William WEST, Lord Delaware
|         /-----Sir Robert MORTON
 \-----Elizabeth MORTON
         |         /-----Nicholas WARHAM
          \-----Jane WARHAM



Descendants of Sir William WEST, Lord Delaware
1. Sir William WEST, Lord Delaware m1. Elizabeth STRANGE m2. Anne SWIFT
m. Elizabeth STRANGE father: Sir Thomas STRANGE
m. Anne SWIFT father: Henry SWIFT mother: Elizabeth

2nd generation

2. Sir Thomas WEST, Lord Delaware m. Anne KNOLLYS
m. Anne KNOLLYS father: Sir Francis KNOLLYS, K.G. mother: Katherine CARY
4. Mary WEST m. Richard BLOUNT
m. Richard BLOUNT
5. Jane WEST m1. Sir Thomas WENMAN m2. James CRESSY m3. Thomas TASBURGH m4. Ralph SHELDON
m. Sir Thomas WENMAN father: Sir Richard WENMAN mother: Isabel WILLIAMS
m. James CRESSY
m. Thomas TASBURGH father: John TASBURGH mother: Elizabeth DAVY
m. Ralph SHELDON father: William SHELDON mother: Mary WILLINGTON

3rd generation

7. Elizabeth WEST m. Herbert PELHAM
m. Herbert PELHAM father: Anthony PELHAM mother: Margaret HALL
10. Anne WEST m1. John PELLATT m2. Christopher Rev SWALE m3. Leonard LECHFORD
m. John PELLATT father: Sir Benjamin PELLATT mother: Dorothy LEWKNOR
m. Christopher Rev SWALE father: Solomon SWALE mother: Dorothy WYVIL
m. Leonard LECHFORD
11. Thomas WEST, Lord Delaware, Governor m. Cecily SHERLEY
m. Cecily SHERLEY father: Sir Thomas SHIRLEY mother: Margaret KEMPE
13. Penelope WEST m. Herbert PELHAM
m. Herbert PELHAM father: Herbert PELHAM mother: Catherine THATCHER
15. Helen WEST m. Sir William SAVAGE
m. Sir William SAVAGE
16. Francis WEST, Governor m1. Margaret (BLAYNEY) m2. Temperance FLOWERDEW m3. Jane DAVYE
m. Margaret (BLAYNEY)
m. Temperance FLOWERDEW father: Andrew FLOWERDEW mother: Martha STANLEY
m. Jane DAVYE father: Sir Henry DAVYE
17. John WEST, Governor m. Ann (WEST)
m. Ann (WEST)
18. Nathaniel WEST m. Frances GREVILLE
m. Frances GREVILLE
20. Elizabeth WEST m. Sir Richard SALTONSTALL
m. Sir Richard SALTONSTALL father: Samuel SALTONSTALL mother: Anne RAMSDEN
26. Richard WENMAN, Viscount Wenman m1. Agnes FERMOR m2. Anne m3. Elizabeth m4. Mary KEBLE
m. Agnes FERMOR father: Sir George FERMOR mother: Mary CURSON
m. Anne
m. Elizabeth
m. Mary KEBLE father: Thomas KEBLE

4th generation

36. Elizabeth PELHAM m. John Maj Gen HUMPHREY, Dep.Gov Of Mass
m. John Maj Gen HUMPHREY, Dep.Gov Of Mass father: Michael HUMPHREY mother: Dorothy BAWLER
49. Herbert PELHAM m1. Jemima WALDEGRAVE m2. Elizabeth BOSVILLE
m. Jemima WALDEGRAVE father: Thomas WALDEGRAVE mother: Margaret HOLMSTEAD
m. Elizabeth BOSVILLE father: Godfrey BOSVILE mother: Margaret GREVILE
55. Katherine PELHAM m. James Rev ASHTON
m. James Rev ASHTON
57. Penelope PELHAM m. Richard BELLINGHAM
m. Richard BELLINGHAM father: William BELLINGHAM mother: Frances AMCOTTS
63. John Jr WEST m. Unity CROSHAW
m. Unity CROSHAW
69. Mary WENMAN m. Sir Martin LISTER
m. Sir Martin LISTER
70. Jane WENMAN m. Arthur GOODWIN
m. Arthur GOODWIN
71. Thomas WENMAN, Viscount Wenman of Tuam m. Margaret HAMPDEN
m. Margaret HAMPDEN father: Edmund HAMPDEN mother: Margaret BALL

5th generation

72. Anne HUMPHREY m1. William PALMES m2. John Rev MILES
m. William PALMES
m. John Rev MILES
88. Catherine ASHTON m. Thomas SHUTE
m. Thomas SHUTE
96. Nathaniel WEST m. Martha WOODWARD
m. Martha WOODWARD father: William WOODWARD
97. Agnes LISTER m. Sir William HARTOPP
m. Sir William HARTOPP