Sir William WEST

Abt 1520 - 1595  (75 years)

• Name	William WEST  [1, 2]
  	William West, having been adopted as heir by his uncle, the last Lord, he 'being not content to stay till his uncle's natural death, prepared poison to dispatch him quickly,' and was consequently, by Act of Parliament on 1 Feb 1549/50, disabled from all honours. He was restored in blood on 10 Apr 1563 under the style of "William West, Esquire". He was created Baron Delaware on 5 Feb 1569/70. He was summoned to Parliament from 15 Sep 1586 by writs directed 'Willielmo West de la Warr Chl'r.' [1]
  Prefix	Sir
  Birth	Abt 1520  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Lord Delaware (de la Warre)   [1, 2]
  Death	30 Dec 1595	Wherwell,co. Northampton   [2]
  Person ID	I80568	Main Tree
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Sir George WEST   d. Sep 1538
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth MORTON   d. Aft 1554
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F32452	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth STRANGE
  Marriage	Bef 1555  [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Sir Thomas WEST,   b. Abt 1556, Wherwell, co. Hamps d. 24 Mar 1601/2, Salisbury, co. Wilts (Age 46 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F32453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Anne SWIFT   d. Aft 6 Oct 1611
  Family ID	F37540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.). [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.