West, Thomas (1457 - 1525)

Biographical Overview

Titles - 3
Properties - 2
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1457
Death Date: 1525-10-11

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Mortimer, Elizabeth ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Copley, Eleanor ( - 1536)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 3 sons

Primary Title

8th Baron La Warre

Titles

  • Baron West
    Assumed 1475/6-03-10
    Vacated 1525-10-11
  • 8th Baron La Warre
    Assumed 1475/6-03-10
    Vacated 1525-10-11
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1510-05-11
    Vacated 1525-10-11

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Sussex 1478 1525
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1484 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Surrey 1486 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1486 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Sussex 1488 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1490 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1495 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1495 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1495 1496
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1495 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1496 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Sussex 1496 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1502 1503

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Sussex

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1520-1521 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Lord De La Warr's Minstrels
Performance 1521-1522 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Lord De La Warr's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord De La Warr's Minstrels West, Thomas (1457 - 1525) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Offington House Sussex Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)