had by his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh, sister and heir of Sir John Mortimer, of Mortimer's Hall, in com Southamp. which were two sons, Thomas, who succeeded to his estates and honour, and William who died issueless.

Also four daughters; Eleanor, married to Sir Edward Guldeford, of Hempsted place, and Halden in Kent, Knight, warden of the Cinque ports, who had issue by her, Joan, wife of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland; Dorothy, to Sir Henry Owen, Knight; Elizabeth, to Charles Somerset, Earl of Worcester; Anne, to Thomas Lord Clinton, from whence the present Duke of Newcastle is descended.

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THOMAS WEST, LORD LA WARRE, son and heir to Thomas, last Lord la Warre, dwas, in 5 Hen. VIII. with his father, at the sieges of Therouenne and Tournay, and the battle that ensued, when for his valour he was knighted, on October 14th, at Lisle. After succeeding to the honour, he with other peers, in parliament, in 22 Hen. VIII. ' subscribed the declaration to Pope Clemeat VII. intimating that his supremacy here would not be regarded, if he did not comply with Queen Catherine's divorce.

In 31 Hen. VIII. on the dissolution of the great monasteries, be obtained a grant of the site and circuit of Wherwell abbey, in com. Southamp. with the lordships of Wherwell, Weston, Midleton, Totington, Bolington, Good, alias Goodworth, Clateford and Little Anne, thereto belonging, to hold to himself, and Elizabeth his wife, and his heirs, in exchange for the manors of Half-naked and Wallerton in Sussex, with their appurtenances, in Mendham, Byrdham, West Ichenor, Hunstall, Ivernall, Woodcote, Westerton, Strethampton, Box grave, Compton, Offham, and Yapton, in the said county; which manors the King, through the incitation of Cromwell and others, who were chiefs in the contrivance for the dissolution of the religious houses, got from him, to obviate the future restitution of those lands, to the uses they originally were intended.

He was a Knight Banneret," and being elected Knight of the Garter, on December 1st, 1549, was installed on the thirteenth of that month at Windsor. In 1553, in consideration of his service against John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, he had a

Hall's Chronicle, fol. 24
Rymer's Fœd. tom 14 p. 205.
Ex Coll. Aug. Vincent.

e Nom. Equit. præd. in bibl. Cott. Pat. 31 Hen. VIII. m. 4.

i Anstis's Reg. vol. i. p. 445.

* Rymer, tom. xv. p. 352.

grant of 2001. per ann. for life. And having married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir John Bonville, Knight, left no issue by her, departing this life, on September 25th, 1554, at Offington, and was buried near his father at Broadwater, in Sussex, October 12th, with standards, banners of arms, &c. and many mourners, as recited in the account of his funeral; and that he was the best housekeeper in Sussex.

By inquisition taken at Cuckefield in Sussex, June 6th, after his decease, the jury found that he died on September 25th, 1554; and that Joan Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland, was his cousin and coheir, and at that time fifty years of age, being the daughter and heir of Eleanor, his eldest sister, the wife of Sir John Guildford, Knight. Also that the three daughters of his second sister, Dorothy, the wife of Sir Henry Owen, Knight, were coheirs, viz. Elizabeth, wife of Nicholas Deering," whose son Thomas was twenty-four years of age in 1554; Mary, wife of John Warnet, aged thirty-eight years on September 1st, 1554; and Anne, aged thirty-six years, 1554, then the wife of James Gage. Also, that he died seised of the manor of Meyne Martell, and the advowson of the church, in Dorsetshire; the manors of Hempston and Cantelowe in Devonshire; the manor of Wickwarre, and advowson of the church, in Gloucestershire; the manors of Shepton Mallet, and advowson of the church, and Bristlington, in Somersetshire; the manor of Manchester, and advowson of the church, in Lancashire; the manors of Porteslade, Somptinge Welde, Ewherst, with the park of Ewherst, Blackington, and advowson of the church, Knape, and park of Knape, Offington, with the park there, and Rype; and lands and tenements in the parishes of Shepeley, and Grinsted, in the county of Sussex; the manor of Swineshed in Lincolnshire; the manor of Newton Valence; the scite, circuit, and precinct of the monastery of Wherwell, alias Wharwell, with the manors and demesnes of Wherwell; the manors of Westover, Middleton, Tokynton, Bolingdon, Goodworth, Clatford, Little Anne, and the prebendary of Good, alias Goodworth; and the manor of Chawton, with advowson of the church, in com. Southamp. the manor of Stratford Tony in Wilts; and the scite, circuit, and precinct of the White

Strype's Memor. vol. iii. p. 201.

m Cole Esc. lib. ii. p. 115, 116, not. 61, A. 13, in Bibl. Harl.

These were Derings of Hampshire, though probably sprung from those

of Kent; yet I think their arms were different.

Fryars, near Fleet-street, London. All the said messuages, and lands, &c. were, by act of parliament, on November 4th, 3 Edw. VI. settled upon the said Thomas Lord de la Warr, in tail, remainder to his brother, Sir Owen, in tail; remainder to the use of his own will or deed, during the life of William West, remainder to the said William, and the heirs male of his body.

After his decease, the Lord Morley, his friend, made the following epitaph on him :

Virtue, honesty, liberalitie, and grace,

And true religion, this sely grave doth holde
I do wishe, that all our great men woulde
In good follow this noble Baron's trace,
That from his wise hart did always chase
Envy and malice; and sought of young and olde
Love and favour, that passeth stone and golde;
Unto a worthy man a rich purchase.

These waies he used, and obtained thereby
Good fame of all men, as well farre of as nye;
And now is joyful in that celestial sphere,
Where with sainctes, he sings uncessantly,
Holy, honor, praise, and glory,

Give to God, that gave him such might,

To live so nobly, and come to that delight.

The same author recites: "His badge, a crampet, Or, was given to his ancestors, for taking the French King in the field, 30 Edw. III. at the battle of Poictiers, September 19th, 1356."

I have before mentioned, that Thomas, father of the last Lord, had two wives; and I am now to treat of the issue he had by his second wife, P Eleanor, daughter of Sir Roger Copley, of Gatton in Surry, Knight, which were three sons, viz. Sir Owen, 1 Sir George, and Leonard (or Reginald, according to visitation of Hampshire.)

Of which sons, Sir Owen, the eldest, married Mary, daughter of Sir George Guildford, of Hempsted place in Kent, Knight, and by his will, on July 17th, 1551, being then sick, orders his body to be buried where he departs this life. To dame Mary West, his wife, he bequeaths the lordship of Hynton Martyll, during her

⚫ Leigh's Accidence of Armory, p. 51, b. p Ex Stemmate præd. Ex Collect. Aug. Vincent, and Visit. of Hampshire.

life, and after to his two daughters, Mary and Anne. He constitutes dame Mary, his wife, his sole executrix; and the Lord his brother, and his brother Guildford, supervisors; and bequeaths to each a gelding. The probate is dated on October 30th, 1551, whereby it appears he did not recover. His daughter, Mary,' (who at length became his sole heir) was married, first, to Sir Adrian Poynings, Knight; and secondly, to Sir Richard Rogers, Knight.

Leonard West, third and youngest son by the said second marriage, had, by the last will and testament of his father Sir Thomas West, Knight, Lord la Warre, Knight of the Garter, bearing date on October 8th, 1524, the manors of Sutton Maundeville, and Hasilden, in Wiltshire; and the manor of Brodele in Dorsetshire; which were settled on him, and his heirs male; in default, on Sir Thomas West, Knight, his son and heir. And his father dying possessed of a very great estate, in the counties of Sussex, Southampton, and in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, Somersetshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and Lancashire, which he settled on Sir Thomas West, Knight, his son and heir, and his heirs male; and, in default thereof, entailed his said estate on Owen West, his son, remainder to George West, and the said Leonard West. On the decease of his father he was in his youth; but in the parliament (which was summoned to meet at Oxford, on April 2d, 1554') he was one of the members for the borough of Shoreham, in Sussex. He married" Barbara, daughter of Sir William Gascoigne, of Gawthorpe, in Yorkshire, Knight, by whom he had issue four sons; Thomas and Anthony, who died infants; William, and John; also, four daughters, Mary, St. Amand, Margaret, and Anne; whereof Mary was the wife of Ralph Vavasor, of Hazlewood, in com. Ebor. Esq.; and Margaret, of Thomas Brown, of Westwood, in com. Lincoln, Esq.

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SIR GEORGE WEST, second son of Thomas Lord Warre, by his second wife, Eleanor Copley, married Elizabeth, eldest of the

r Inscrip. Tumuli apud Guilford, in com. Surr. and Visitation of Hampshire. Ex Regist. voc Porth. in cur Prærog Cant.

t Willis's Notitia Parliamentaria, p 33, and 37. "Vincent's Baronage, MS. n. 20, in offic. arm. et MS. not. 82, 1.3, P. 53, in Bibl. Harl.

* From him, in the last edition of Collins, was deduced the descent of the late James West, Esq F.A S secretary to the treasury, and eminent as a collector; who died July 1st, 1772. He was father of the late Lady Archer. But quere?

two daughters and co-heirs of Sir Anthony (or Sir Robert, as in the visitatious of Hampshire and Surrey) Moreton, of Lechlade in Gloucestershire, son of Thomas Moreton, of the same place, nephew to the famous John Moreton, of the privy-council to Henry VII. archbishop of Canterbury, chancellor of England, and chancellor of the university of Oxford; and had issue by her a daughter, Margaret, wife of Thomas Arundel, Esq. with two sons; William, of whom I shall further treat;

And Sir Thomas West, of Seltwood in com. Southamp. Knight, who died on August 11th, 1622, leaving Mary, his sole daughter and heir, the wife of Sir John Leigh, of Cowdray, in com. Southamp.

The said Sir George Westy was buried in the church of Warbleton, in Sussex, according to the order in his will, dated on September 7th, 1538; the probate whereof bears date the 27th following, which shews he died in the same month and year.

Of WILLIAM, FIRST LORD by new creation, his eldest son, it is recorded, in the rolls of parliament, 2 Edw. VI. that Thomas Lord de la Warr, his uncle, having no issue, bred him up in his own house; but, not content to stay for his said uncle's natural death, he prepared poison to dispatch him; which, being discovered, so highly incensed him, that, in 2 Edw. VI. on com plaint thereof in parliament, he was disabled to succeed his said uncle in honours or estate; but had an allowance of 350l. per

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Which William, in 1557, served in the English army at the siege of St. Quintin bin Picardy; and, being knighted at Hampton-court, on February 5th, 1568, he at the same time obtained a new creation to the title of Lord de la Warre; and, by act of parliament passed March 12th following, had full restitu. tion in blood. In 1572, he was one of the peers on the trial of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, January 16th, in Westminster Hall. And, after his execution, William Lord de la Warr, Sir Ralph Sadler, with Sir Thomas Wilson, were sent to the Queen of Scots, who was overcome with grief and mourning, to expostulate with her, by way of accusation, that she had usurped the

y Vincent's Baronage, MS. in offic. armor.

z Regist. Cromwel. fol. 10.

a Rot. Parl. ann. 2 Edw. VI.

⚫ Hollinshed's Chron. p. 1133, b. n. 40.

⚫ Catal. Milit. MS. penes meips.

■ Journal of the House of Commons, 5 Eliz. p. 68. eCamden's Life of Queen Elizabeth, in Hist. of England, p 437

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