Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameSir William WEST 
329,470, Sir William West
329,470, Sir William WestBirth1520, Warbleton, Wealden District, East Sussex, England470, Sir William West,329, abt 1525
DeathDec 30, 1595, Wherwell, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England470, Sir William West
BurialSt. Peter And Holy Cross Churchyard, Church St, Wherwell, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England470, Sir William West
FatherSir George WEST (1490-1538)
MotherLady Elizabeth MORTON (-1592)
Spouses
Birth1523470, Anne Swift West Kemis,329, abt 1530
DeathOct 6, 1611470, Anne Swift West Kemis
BurialSt Mary Churchyard, Church Close, Andover, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England470, Anne Swift West Kemis
ChildrenThomas (1550-1602)
Obituary Online notes for Sir William WEST
Baron De le Warr.
Adopted as heir by his half-uncle Thomas [West], 9th Baron la Warre (to the apparent exclusion of his father's elder brother of the whole blood, Sir Owen West, who dspm. 1551); found guilty of attempting to poison his half-uncle and disabled from all honours by Act of Parliament 1 Feb 1549/50; restored in blood 10 Apr 1563; joint Lord Lieutenant of Sussex 1569; knighted 5 Feb 1569/70.
Husband of (1) Elizabeth Strange, and (2) Anne Swift.
West married firstly, before 1555, Elizabeth Strange, the daughter of Thomas Strange of Chesterton, Gloucestershire, by whom he had two sons and three daughters.
1. Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr.
2. William West, who emigrated to Virginia in 1610, was killed later that year by Indians near the falls of the James River, and died unmarried and without issue.
3. Mary West, who married Richard Blount, esquire, of Dedisham in Slinfold, Sussex, by whom she had five daughters.
4. Jane West, who married firstly, 9 June 1572, Thomas Wenman, esquire, son and heir of Sir Richard Wenman, by whom she had three sons, Richard Wenman, 1st Viscount Wenman, Ferdinand Wenman and Sir Thomas Wenman, and a daughter, Elizabeth Wenman, who married Sir Thomas Tredway; secondly James Cressy of Wilton, Buckinghamshire, by whom she had a daughter Lettice Cressy, who married Sir John Tasburgh; thirdly, as his second wife, Thomas Tasburgh, esquire, of Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, by whom she had no issue; and fourthly, as his second wife, Ralph Sheldon, esquire, of Beoley, Worcestershire (d. March 1613).
5. Elizabeth West, who died unmarried. 470, Sir William West
Adopted as heir by his half-uncle Thomas [West], 9th Baron la Warre (to the apparent exclusion of his father's elder brother of the whole blood, Sir Owen West, who dspm. 1551); found guilty of attempting to poison his half-uncle and disabled from all honours by Act of Parliament 1 Feb 1549/50; restored in blood 10 Apr 1563; joint Lord Lieutenant of Sussex 1569; knighted 5 Feb 1569/70.
Husband of (1) Elizabeth Strange, and (2) Anne Swift.
West married firstly, before 1555, Elizabeth Strange, the daughter of Thomas Strange of Chesterton, Gloucestershire, by whom he had two sons and three daughters.
1. Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr.
2. William West, who emigrated to Virginia in 1610, was killed later that year by Indians near the falls of the James River, and died unmarried and without issue.
3. Mary West, who married Richard Blount, esquire, of Dedisham in Slinfold, Sussex, by whom she had five daughters.
4. Jane West, who married firstly, 9 June 1572, Thomas Wenman, esquire, son and heir of Sir Richard Wenman, by whom she had three sons, Richard Wenman, 1st Viscount Wenman, Ferdinand Wenman and Sir Thomas Wenman, and a daughter, Elizabeth Wenman, who married Sir Thomas Tredway; secondly James Cressy of Wilton, Buckinghamshire, by whom she had a daughter Lettice Cressy, who married Sir John Tasburgh; thirdly, as his second wife, Thomas Tasburgh, esquire, of Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, by whom she had no issue; and fourthly, as his second wife, Ralph Sheldon, esquire, of Beoley, Worcestershire (d. March 1613).
5. Elizabeth West, who died unmarried. 470, Sir William West