Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr

Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr and 4th Baron West (28 October 1430 – 10 March 1476) was the son of Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, by his first wife, Margaret Thorley, daughter of Robert Thorley, esquire, of Tybesta, Cornwall, and his first wife, Anne de la Pole, widow of Sir Gerard de Lisle, and daughter of Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk.[2][3]

Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr
Born28 October 1430
Died10 March 1476 (aged 45)
Noble familyDe La Warr
Spouse(s)Katherine Hungerford
IssueThomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr
John West
Reginald West
Edward West
Richard West
Francis West
Alice West
Katherine West
Margery West
FatherReginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr
MotherMargaret Thorley
Arms of West: Argent, a fess dancettée sable. As borne today by Sackville (formerly Sackville-West), Earl De La Warr, Viscount Cantelupe, etc., heirs of Cantilupe[1]

He fought on the Lancastrian side in the Wars of the Roses,[4] receiving an annuity of £40 for his services on 19 December 1459.[2][3]

On 1 July 1463, he had licence to travel abroad for three years with a retinue of 12 servants. He obtained a general pardon on 15 October 1471.[2][3]

Marriage and issue

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He married, before 10 June 1451, Katherine Hungerford (d. 12 May 1493), daughter of Robert Hungerford, 2nd Baron Hungerford, of Heytesbury, Wiltshire, and Margaret Botreaux, daughter of William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux, of Boscastle, Cornwall, by whom he had six sons and three daughters:[2][3]

After West's death, his widow married, before 1 November 1476, as her second husband Geni -, Nicholas Leventhorpe (died c.1505), esquire, of Bramham, West Yorkshire, King's Yeoman and Receiver of Pontefract, son of Geoffrey Leventhorpe.[6]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Kidd, Charles, Debrett's peerage & Baronetage 2015 Edition, London, 2015, p.P336
  2. ^ a b c d Richardson IV 2011, pp. 318–19.
  3. ^ a b c d Cokayne 1916, pp. 153–4.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i The West Family Register: Important Lines Traced, 1326-1928, by Letta Brock Stone, Washington, DC: W. F. Roberts Company, 1928
  5. ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1075.
  6. ^ Richardson IV 2011, p. 319.

References

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  • Cokayne, George Edward (1916). The Complete Peerage, edited by H.A. Doubleday. Vol. IV. London: St. Catherine Press. pp. 152–5. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  • Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Vol. IV (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. pp. 319–23.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) ISBN 1460992709
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Peerage of England
Preceded by Baron De La Warr
Baron West

1450–1475
Succeeded by