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WEST, Robert (c.1574-94), of the Inner Temple, London.
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b. c. 1574, 1st s. of Thomas West II by Anne, da. of Sir Francis Knollys; bro. of Thomas III. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1588, BA 1591; I. Temple 1592. m. prob. by 1592, Elizabeth, da. of Henry Cocke of Broxbourne, Herts.Al. Ox. 1601; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 59.
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Main residence: the Inner Temple, London.
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WEST, Robert (c.1574-94)
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WENTWORTH, Walter (c.1569-1627), of ?Devon and Castle Bytham, Lincs.
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b. c. 1569, 3rd s. of Peter Wentworth of Lillingstone Lovell, Oxon. by his 2nd w. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. Oct. 1584, aged 15. m. (1) Mary (d.1614), da. of Griffith Hampden of Great Hampden, Bucks., at least 1s. 1da.; (2) the wid. of one Russell, s.p.
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?Servant of 3rd Earl of Bedford.
Main residences: ?Devon; Castle Bytham, Lincs.
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WENTWORTH, Walter (c.1569-1627)
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WEST, Thomas II (c.1550-1602), of Offington, Suss. and Wherwell, Hants.
Family and Education
b. c. 1550, 1st s. of William West, 1st Baron Delaware by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Strange of Chesterton, Glos. m. 1571, Anne, da. of Sir Francis Knollys of Rotherfield Greys, Oxon., 6s. inc. Robert and Thomas III 6da. Kntd. 1587; suc. fa. as and Baron Delaware 1595.
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J.p. Hants from 1582, Suss. from 1596; chamberlain of the Exchequer from 1590, warden of the forests of Woolmer and Alice Holt 1595–d.
Main residences: Offington, Suss.; Wherwell, Hants.
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WEST, Thomas II (c.1550-1602)
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WEST, Thomas I (d.1622), of Testwood in Eling, Hants.
Family and Education
2nd s. of Sir George West of Warbleton, Suss. by Elizabeth, 1st da. and coh. of Sir Robert Morton of Lechlade, Glos. m. a da. and coh. of one Hotofts of Hants, 1da. Kntd. 1591.
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J.p. Hants from c. 1573, sheriff 1585 – 86, collector of the loan 1598, dep. lt. 1599; freeman, Southampton 1585.
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Main residence: Testwood in Eling, Hants.
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WEST, Thomas I (-d.1622)
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WEST, Thomas III (1577-1618), of Wherwell, Hants.
Family and Education
b. 9 July 1577, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Thomas West II, and bro. of Robert educ. Queen’s Oxf. 1592; travelled abroad 1596-7. m. 25 Nov. 1602, Cecily, da. of Thomas Shirley I of Wiston, 9ch. prob. 3s. Kntd. 1599; suc. fa. as 3rd Baron Delaware 1602.
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Gov. and capt. gen. Virginia 1610.
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Main residence: Wherwell, Hants.
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WEST, Thomas III (1577-1618)
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WESTON, Sir Henry (1534/5-92), of Sutton Place, Surr.
Family and Education
b. 1534 /5, s. of Sir Francis Weston by Anne, da. and h. of Sir Christopher Pickering of Killington, Westmld.; half-bro. of Henry Knyvet and Thomas Knyvet I. m. (1) 1559, Dorothy, da. of Sir Thomas Arundell of Wardour castle, Wilts. and Shaftesbury, Dorset, 2s. inc. Richard I 1da.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of Sir Francis Lovell of Harling, Norf., wid. of Henry Repps (d.1566), of West Walton, Norf., s.p. suc. fa. 17 May 1536, gd.-fa. Sir Richard Weston 7 Aug. 1541. KB Jan. 1559.F. Harrison, Annals of an Old Manor House, 87-96; DNB (Weston, Sir Francis); Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 8; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 191; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch. Soc.), i. 195-6; C142/235/90; PCC 100 Cope; EHR, xxv. 553.
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J.P. Surr. from c. 1559, Norf. 1557, Isle of Ely from c. 1579; sheriff, Surr. 1568 – 69; commr. musters 1574.
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Main residence: Sutton Place, Surr.
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WESTON, Sir Henry (1534/5-92)
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