Background
The younger Thomas almost certainly served alongside his father under Richard World War II One of them was in active service in Calais in 1386, the year of his father"s death.
The younger Thomas almost certainly served alongside his father under Richard World War II One of them was in active service in Calais in 1386, the year of his father"s death.
A knight banneret, he served in Ireland with the Duke of Aumale in 1399, and attended Richard"s young Queen Isabella homeward to Calais in 1401.
Thomas West, 1st Baron West (1365 – 19 April 1405) West was knighted in 1399, and summoned to Parliament as Lord West in 1402, by which time he held the manor of Harby, Nottinghamshire. He inherited the manor of Newton Tony, Wiltshire, from his father, and the manors of Midsomer Norton, Somerset, and Hinton Martell, Dorset, from his mother. He was later granted joint custody of Beaulieu Abbey.
He died in 1405 and was interred at Christchurch Priory, Dorset.