his services, had a grant in fee, for return of all writs and summons of the Exchequer, within his manor of Swacliff, and Sutton, in Wiltshire. In 16 Edward III. the Countess of Montford sending from Brittany to the King for succours, and Laurence de Hastings, Earl of Pembroke, being dispatched, he accompanied him in that expedition into France, wherein he behaved so well, and merited so much in other his great employments, that, the same year, the King thonght him" worthy of a seat in parliament, among the BARONS of this realm. And deceasing in 17 Edward III. left issue, by Eleanor his wife, aforesaid, SIR THOMAS, his son and heir, who then became possessed of the manors of HempstonCantilupe, and Great Torington, in com. Devon. as is evident from the inquisition taken after the death of his said father. By the same wife he had also another son, John, besides Thomas. Which THOMAS, in 19 Edward III. was in the French wars, in the retinue of Richard Earl of Arundel; in which year, divers strong towns and castles were taken. The year after, 1346, he was with the King in his wars in France, and in the famous battle of Cressy. In 29 Edward III. he was in the wars of Scotland. In 33 Edw. III. he went with the Lord Chamberlain, Thomas de Cherleton, into Gascony, and was in the service there, the 44th year of that King's reign. In 1 Richard II.d he was on board that fleet sent to scour the seas of the French and Scots; and in 3 Richard II. in the wars of France. In 8 Richard II.f he was retained to serve in the wars against the Scotch for forty days, the King being in person there; and in 9 Richard II. for one quarter of that year, in fortifying of Calais. In 1386, 10 Richard II. he was again retained to serve against the French. He died k on September 3d, the same year, seised of the manor Rot. Vasc. 13 Edward III. m. 10. 1 R. Franc. 16 Edward III. m. 26. • Barnes's Hist. Edw. III. p. 256. u R. Claus. ejusd. ann. x Rot. Franc. 19 Edward III. m. 16. y Barnes's Hist. Edward III. p. 31, to p. 328. a Rot. Scot. 29 Edward III. m. 9. Ibid. Rot. Vasc. 33 Edward III. p. 2. d Rot. Franc. 1. R. II. p. 2. m. 6. f Ex Autog. penes Cler. pell. h Rot. Franc. 10 Richard II. m. 13. Esc. 10 Richard II. n. 52. k Writs of Summons were not always regularly continued at this time from father to son; and I do not find that this Sir Thomas received a writ. of Compton-Valence, in Dorsetshire; of the third part of the manor of Trente, in com. Somerset; of the manors of Snyterfelde, in com. War,; Welneford (now Wetford), Weston, and Willerseye, in com. Gloucest.; Hempston-Cantilupe, in com. Devon.; Okehangre, Newton-Valence, and Terstwode, in com. Southampt. Wyke, and Haseldene, in com. Lanc.; East Hacche, Napprede, Roughcombe, Swalclyve, Eston near Berewyck, Upton, Bradmore, Sutton-Mandevile, and Stratford-Tony, and Newton-Tony, in com. Wilts. By Alice his wife, daughter of Reginald Fitz-Piers, Baron of Wolverley, in Worcestershire (and of Joan his wife, daughter and heir of Sir Edm. Hallet, Knt.),m he had Thomas, his son and heir, twenty-one years of age, in the said 10 Richard II. Alice, his said wife, surviving him, made her will at HyntonMartel, in com. Dorset, "on Thursday, July 15th, 1395, wherein she orders her body to be buried in the priory of the Canons of Christ-church, in com. Southamp. with her ancestors; and gave to Thomas, her son, a bed of tapiters work, as also a pair of matyn-books, a pair of beads, and a ring wherewith she was espoused to God, which were the Lord her father's: to Joan, her son's wife, a bed paled black and white, a mass-book, and all her books of Latin, English, and French; also the vestments of her chapel, and what belongs to the altar, with all other apparel thereunto belonging; as silver basons, with escutcheons of her ancestors arms, &c. to Sir Nicholas Clyfton, Knt. and Eleanor his wife, her daughter, and Thomas Clyfton, her son, one hundred and twenty pounds: to her sister, dame Lucy Fitz-Herbert, Prioress of Shaftesbury, forty pounds: to her sister, Thomasine Blount, a nun at Romesey, in com. Southampt. forty marks. And she bequeathed eighteen pounds ten shillings, for four thousand four hundred masses, to be sung and said for the soul of Sir Thomas West, her lord and husband, her own soul, and all Christian souls, in the most haste that might be, within fourteen nights next after her decease: also forty pounds to the Canons of Christchurch, to read and sing mass for her Lord's soul, and her own, while the world shall last. She further bequeaths to the nuns of St Olaves, in London, and to the priests of the said house, one hundred shillings, for to pray for the soul of her Lord and husband, Sir Thomas West, her own soul, and for the estate of I Lib. Gen. Eng. & Irel. MS. no. 257. p. 22. in Bibl. Lambeth. n Reg. Rous. qu. 26. in cur. Prærog. Cant. Thomas, her son, Joan his wife, and their children: to the religious women dwelling without Aldgate, London; and to those of the houses of Shaftesbury, Romerslye, Wilton; the friars within Newgate, London; the friars preachers within Ludgate, London; the friars in Fleet-street; the friars Augustines within Bishopsgate; the friars preachers of Winchester; the friars Mendicant of Winchester; the friars of Southampton; the friars preachers of Salisbury; the friars Mendicant of Salisbury; the friars preachers of Bristol; to cach of them one hundred shillings. The rest of her goods, &c. she bequeaths to Thomas, her son, requiring, wherever she dies, that her body should be carried to the priory of Christ-church, and there buried at the first mass, with a taper of six pounds of wax standing and burning at her head, and another at her feet; and constitutes Thomas, her son, sole executor. Given and written in Cherlton, without Newgate, in the parish of St. Sepulchre, London, the day and year aforesaid. She deceased the same year, as by inquisition appears. Sir THOMAS, LORD WEST, her son, succeeding his father, was in the wars of France 11 Rich. II. and in 1395, 19 Rich II on the death of his mother, Alice, doing his Phomage, had livery of the lands which she held in dower. In 1399, being at that time a Knight, and to go with Edward Duke of Albemarle into ¶ Ireland, for the defence of that realm, he had the King's protection,' dated April 20th, that year. He was summoned to parliament, among the BARONS of the realm, in 2 and 5 Henry IV. and by his will, dated April 8th, 1405 (6 Henry IV.) ordered his body to be laid in the new chapel, in the minster of Christ-churchTwyneham Monastery, in Hampshire; bequeathing to the work of that church one hundred pounds, and another hundred to the Treasury there, conditionally, that the Canons of that priory, once in a year, keep solemnly the obit of Thomas his father, Alice his mother, and Joan his wife. He also bequeathed eighteen pounds, eighteen shillings, and four pence, for four thousand five hundred masses for his soul, to be said within half a year after his decease. Likewise to his daughter, Joan, one thousand pounds. He died on Easter-day, April 17th, the same year, seised of the manors" of Burton-Peverell, Okebangre, • Rot. Franc. 11 Richard II. m.9. P R. Fin. 19 Richard II. m. 19. s Claus. de ejusd. ann. in dors. Ex Reg. Arundel. fol. 108. infr. Lambeth. u Esc. 7 Henry IV. n. 26. Winkton, Newton-Valence, Terstwode, and Hale, in com. South, Hempston-Cantelupe, in com. Devon.; Blackington, in com, Sussex; and Wolverton, Bere, and Newton-Peverell, in com. Dorset. By another inquisition, taken in 14 Henry IV. it was found that he also died seised of the manors of Bloxham, in Lincolnshire; Burstal, and Herdeby, in com. Leicest.; and Snyterfield, in com. Warw.y By Joan, his said wife, sister and heir to Thomas De la Warr, Lord and Baron De la Warr, and daughter of Roger Lord De la Warr,a by Eleanor, his second wife, daughter of John Lord Moubray, son of John, by Joan his wife, daughter of Henry Duke of Lancaster, grandson to King Henry III. and lineally descended from Roger De la War, summoned to parliament, as a Baron," June 8th, 1294, 22 Edward I. he had issue three sons; 1. Thomas. 2. Reginald. 3. John. THOMAS LORD WEST, his eldest son and heir, was fourteen years old at his father's death; and, in 7 Henry IV. having married Ida, one of the daughters and coheirs of Almaric de St. Amand; and making proof of her age, had livery of the lands of her inheritance. In 8 Henry IV. he was one of those Peers in parliament, who set their hands and seals for settling the succes sion of the crown on Henry Prince of Wales, and the heirs of his body; with remainder to his brothers, Thomas, John, and Humphry, and the heirs male of their bodies; by which the female heirs were excluded. In 3 Henry V. he was in the wars of d France with that victorious King; and, whilst he was abroad, made his will, on the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula, August 1st, 1415, dated at Stone-brigge, beyond the seas; wherein he ordered that no more than forty pounds should be laid out in meat, * Bar. extinct. MS. penes meips. p. 5. b. y From some early branch of this family, settled in Buckinghamshire, descended Gilbert West, the poet, and his brother, Admiral West, father of the present Admiral West. z Esc. 14 Henry IV. n. 8. a Roger De la Warr, Lord De la Warr, having been instrumental in making John, King of France, prisoner at the battle of Poictiers, on September 19th, 1356, had the crampet, or chape, of that Monarch's sword, as a memorial of his share in that exploit; and he and his successors wore it, as an honourrble augmentation in their armorial bearings. b Dugdale's Summons to Parliament, p. 6, and 7. c Claus. 7 Henry IV. m. 6. of Vol. II. d Rot. Franc. 3 Henry V. m. 17. Reg. Chichley, p. 1. p. 297. drink, and tapers, upon the day of his funeral; and twenty-four pounds given to two priests, to celebrate divine service for his soul, for two years after his decease, as also for the souls of his progenitors, and all the faithful deceased. On May 13th ensuing, being then a Knight, he was appointed, with Thomas Montagu, Earl of Salisbury, and Sir Thomas de Camoys, Knight, to array and muster all persons fit to bear arms, both hoblers and archers, in the counties of Southampton, Wiltshire and Dorsetshire, to serve the King against the French and Genoese. On September 30th following, he departed this life beyond the sea,. being then in France with the King; and died seised of the manors of Bloxam in Kestewen, in com. Linc.; Hempston-Cantilupe, in com. Devon; Snyterfield, in com. Warw.; Burstall, and Herdeby, in com. Leic.; Compton-Valence, Hynton-Martell, Bere, Newton near Sturmyster-Marshall, and Mapoudre, in Dorsetshire; Norton-Midsomer, in Somersetshire; Burton-Peverell, Okehangre, Newton-Valence, Terstwode, and Winketon, in com. Southamp.; Stratford-Tony, and Newton-Tony, in Wiltshire; also of the manors of Iwehurst, Sutton-Peverell, Offington, Bletchington, and Rype, and honour of Aquila (or the Eagle), in com. Sussex; leaving Reginald, his brother and heir, at that time twenty-one years old. n Which REGINALD, LORD DE LA WARR AND WEST, doing his homage soon after, had livery of his lands; and before the end of that year1 (4 Henry V.), was in the French wars, and made governor of m St. Cloue, in Constantine, in Normandy, on the surrender thereof to the Duke of Gloucester. Also, in 7 Henry V. he was made Captain of the castle of la Mote, in' Normandy; and in 9 Henry V. was again in the French wars. In 5 Henry VI. on the death of Thomas Lord De la Warr, he had livery of the lands of his mother's inheritance, she being sister and heir to the said Lord. And the same year, having petitioned that he might have place and precedency among the barons in parliament as Lord De la Warr," he had summons to parliament as Lord De la Warr, on July 5th, 1427, and on July 13th, 1428. In 8 Henry VI. he was again retained to serve in f Rymer's Fœd. tom. IX. p. 351. A Lib. Geneal. præd. Rot. Fin. 4 Henry V. m. 7. Esc. 4 Henry V. n. 28. i Ex Chart. penes Duc. Novi-Castri. 1 Rot. Franc ejusd. ann. m. 4. A Rot. Norm. 7 Henry V. p. I. m. 2. p Rot. Fin. an. 5 Henry VI. m. 4. Autog. penes Cler. Pel. |