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Paternal Family Tree: West
Around 1526 William West 1st Baron De La Warr was born to George West (age 16) and Elizabeth Morton (age 14). His date usually given as "Around 1520" however his father was born in 1510. Adjusted to "Around 1526".
On 30th December 1538 [his father] George West (age 28) died.
On 25th September 1554 [his uncle] Thomas West 9th Baron De La Warr 6th Baron West (age 79) died at Offington Worthing. Baron West and Baron De La Warr abeyant between the two daughters of his half-brother [his uncle] Owen West. A new barony Baron De La Warr was conferred on Thomas' heir-male William West 1st Baron De La Warr (age 28).
Before 1555 William West 1st Baron De La Warr (age 28) and Elizabeth Strange Baroness De La Warr (age 30) were married.
Around 1556 [his son] Thomas West 2nd Baron De La Warr was born to William West 1st Baron De La Warr (age 30) and [his wife] Elizabeth Strange Baroness De La Warr (age 32).
Henry Machyn's Diary. 30th June 1556. The last day of Juin was led from the Towre unto Yeld-halle Wylliam West (age 30) sqwyre odur-wyse callyd lord La Ware, and cast of he [high] treson, to be drane and quartered.
Note. P. 109. Ibid. Condemnation of lord La Warre—"for high treason," says our diarist; which statement has been adopted by Strype, Memorials, ii. p. 302, and thence by Bayley, History of the Tower of London, p. 452. But his crime was of a more private character, and one would rather suppose this was the date of his pardon than of his sentence. He had attempted to poison his [his uncle] uncle and predecessor, and was consequently by Act of Parliament, in 2 Edward VI disabled from succeeding him in title and estate. His uncle was now lately dead (see p. 339), and shortly after we find that the young lord joined the army in France, and distinguished himself at St. Quintin's. His claim to the dignity of a peer was not acknowledged until 1579; on that subject see Retrospective Review, 2d Ser. ii. 300. He died in 1595.
Around 1557 [his daughter] Mary West was born to William West 1st Baron De La Warr (age 31) and [his wife] Elizabeth Strange Baroness De La Warr (age 33).
Around 1558 [his daughter] Jane West was born to William West 1st Baron De La Warr (age 32) and [his wife] Elizabeth Strange Baroness De La Warr (age 34).
Henry Machyn's Diary. 14th October 1561. The xiiij day they wher a-for the consell at Westmynster hall [Map] the ij lordes [Note. Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 32) and William West 1st Baron De La Warr (age 35)].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 18th October 1561. The xviij day of October ther was (a) fray be-twyn my lord Montyguw('s) (age 32) men and my lord Delaware('s) (age 35) men, and after the ij lordes wher sent to the Flett [Map], and the men to the Masselsay [Map].
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 22nd October 1561. The xxij day of October my lord Montyguw (age 32) and my lord Delaware (age 35) wher delevered owtt of the Flett [Map] home.
On 17th November 1567 [his mother] Elizabeth Morton (age 55) died.
On 5th February 1570 William West 1st Baron De La Warr (age 44) was created 1st Baron De La Warr. [his wife] Elizabeth Strange Baroness De La Warr (age 46) by marriage Baroness De La Warr.
On 19th November 1571 [his son] Thomas West 2nd Baron De La Warr (age 15) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Knollys Baroness De La Warr (age 16) were married.
On 9th June 1572 [his son-in-law] Thomas Wenman (age 24) and [his daughter] Jane West (age 14) were married at St Dunstan's in the West, Fleet Street [Map].
Between 2nd May 1577 and 29th January 1603 [his son-in-law] Thomas Tasburgh (age 23) and [his daughter] Jane West (age 19) were married.
Around 5th May 1579 [his wife] Elizabeth Strange Baroness De La Warr (age 55) died.
On 30th December 1595 William West 1st Baron De La Warr (age 69) died. His son [his son] Thomas (age 39) succeeded 2nd Baron De La Warr. [his daughter-in-law] Anne Knollys Baroness De La Warr (age 40) by marriage Baroness De La Warr.
[his father] George West and [his mother] Elizabeth Morton were married.
[his daughter] Elizabeth West was born to William West 1st Baron De La Warr and Elizabeth Strange Baroness De La Warr.
[his son] William West was born to William West 1st Baron De La Warr and Elizabeth Strange Baroness De La Warr.
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Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
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Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas West
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas West 1st Baron West
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald West 6th Baron De La Warr 3rd Baron West 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger la Warr 3rd Baron de la Warr 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Ware Baroness West 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Mowbray 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard West 7th Baron De La Warr 4th Baron West 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Thorley Baroness De La Warr Baroness West
GrandFather: Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Hussey
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Peverell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor or Catherine Peverell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Courtenay 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Hungerford Baroness De La Warr Baroness West 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Botreaux 2nd Baron Botreaux
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth St Lo Baroness Botreaux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaumont 4th Baron Beaumont 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beaumont Baroness Botreaux 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Everingham Baroness Beaumont
Father: George West 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Copley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Copley
GrandMother: Eleanor Copley Baroness De La Warr and West
William West 1st Baron De La Warr 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
GrandFather: Robert Morton of Lechlade
Mother: Elizabeth Morton