Penelope WEST

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Sister of Sir Thomas West, 3d Lord De la Warr, first Governor of the Virginia Colony

Penelope married Sir Herbert 'the younger' PELHAM, Esq. about 1599. Herbert (son of Herbert PELHAM, Esq. and Katherine THATCHER) was born about 1580; died on 20 Jul 1624 in Boston, co, Lincoln. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Capt Herbert PELHAM, Esq. was born in 1601 in Boston, co. Lincs; died on 29 Jun 1674 in Bures, co. Essex; was buried on 1 Jul 1674 in Bures, co. Suffolk.
2. Thomas PELHAM was born in 1602/3 in Dockenfield, co. Sussex.
3. Margaret PELHAM was born in 1605 in Dockenfield, co. Sussex; died in 1661 in Bures, co. Essex.
4. Katherine PELHAM was born on 22 Aug 1606 in Dockenfield, co. Sussex; was christened on 28 Jun 1607 in Hellingly, co. Sussex; died on 19 Apr 1659 in Boston, co. Lincs.
5. Mary PELHAM was born in 1608/9 in Catsfield, co. Sussex; was christened on 26 Feb 1608/9 in Catsfield, co. Sussex.
6. William PELHAM was born in 1610 in Boston, co. Lincs; was christened on 23 Sep 1610 in Hellingly, co. Sussex; died in 1667 in Boston, co. Lincs.
7. Helen PELHAM was born in 1611 in Hastings, co. Sussex; was christened on 1 Dec 1611 in St. Clement\'s Church, Hastings, co. Sussex; died on 1630 or 1631 in Hastings, co. Sussex.
8. Anthony PELHAM was born in 1615 in Hastings, co. Sussex; was christened on 2 Jul 1615 in St. Clement's Church, Hastings, co. Sussex; died on 5 Oct 1615 in Hastings, co. Sussex.
9. Edward PELHAM was born in 1616 in Hastings, co. Sussex; died in London, England.
10. Anne PELHAM was born in 1617 in Hastings, co. Sussex; was christened on 17 Aug 1617 in St. Clement's Church, Hastings, co. Sussex; died in Mar 1622/3 in Hastings, co. Sussex; was buried on 10 Mar 1622/3.
11. Penelope PELHAM was born in 1618 in Hastings, co. Sussex; was christened on 11 Oct 1618 in St. Clement's Church, Hastings, co. Sussex; died on 28 May 1702 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 2d Lord De la Warr, Member of Parliament
• Fact 2: 2nd Baron De La Warr
• Fact 1: 7 Dec 1587, Knighted
• Fact: 1571-1593, Member of Parliament

Notes:

Name:
Thomas West, Knt., of Wherwell, co. Hants, 2nd Lord Delaware, Sheriff of Hampshire, M.P. son and heir by first marriage.

He was Sheriff of Hampshire, Burgess for Chichester, East Looe, Yarmouth and Aylesbury. Thomas West was Knight of the Shire and Sheriff of Hampshire. He and Anne had five sons (including Robert, Knt. who remained in England) and six daughters (including Lucy, Katherine, Eleanor and Anne, who all remained in England). The Wests settled in Sussex during the middle ages, where they acquired considerable property in the county by early 16th century, principally through marriage, including two large houses at Offington and Halnaker. The family interest spread into Hampshire with the acquisition in 1540 of the estates formerly belonging to the monastery of Wherewell. Offington and Wherwell were henceforth their principal residences and no doubt they resided for part of the year in each location.

Thomas West was in the Low Countries with Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and was knighted by him at Flushing. Ir as probably through the influence of West's father-in-law Knollys, with Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford that West was returned for East Looe in 1571. It was his relation, Sir Georg Carey, captain of the Isle of Wight, who secured the nephew's return for Yarmouth in 1586 and yet another relation provided him with a seat in 1593. Thomas West took part in the trials of both Essex and Southampton. However, his estates were not extensive enough to support the dignity of a peer. He suffered financially from the extended travels and involvement of his son Thomas in Essex rebellion.

Thomas married Lady Anne KNOLLYS on 19 Nov 1571. Anne (daughter of Sir Francis KNOLLYS and Katherine CARY) was born on 19 Jul 1555 in Rotherfield Greys, co. Oxon; died on 30 Aug 1608 in Salisbury, co. Wilts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
She was possibly the granddaughter of Henry VIII, as purported in an article by noted genealogist Anthony Hoskins. He offers a compelling case (accepted by many genealogists) that Catherine Carey was the daughter of Henry VIII by Mary Boleyn, his mistress during the birth of her two (Carey) children before he married her sister, Anne Boleyn.