'West05'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: West of Aylesbury, West of Cotton End, West of Marsworth

                               
Berry identifies the arms of this family, quartered with those of Cantelupe, as "Argent, a Fess, dancettée, Sables".
Charles West of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (a temp Henry VI who r. 1421-1471)
m. Joane
1. Thomas West of Aylesbury
  m. Joane Pigott
  A. Thomas West of Aylesbury
m. Joan Wilson (dau of Edward Wilson of Brill)
  i. Richard West of Marsworth, Buckinghamshire
  a. Thomas West of Marsworth
  m. Elizabeth Sankey of Ellesborough (Eldesborough?)
(1) Nicholas or Richard West of Marsworth
  m. Jane Hawtrey (d 1585, dau of Thomas Hawtrey of Ellesborough, widow of Robert Russell of Welford)
  (A) William West possibly the William of Marsworth who married ...
  m. Jane Hynd or Hinde (bur 01.12.1633, m2. John Catesby (d 1592), m3. Edward Radcliff)
  (B) Edmund (Edward?) West of Marsworth (d 1618)
  m1. Mary Crofts (dsp, dau of Sir James Crofts)
m2. Theodosia Tirrell (bur 1629, dau of Sir Edward (not Richard) Tirrell (father of Sir Edward, Bart), m2. Gregory (Pratt?))
  (i) Edmund (Edward?) West of Marsworth (a 1634)
  m. Anne Beake (dau of Henry Beake of Castleacre)
  Berry ends this line showing that Edmund & Anne were parents of Edmund & Anne and reporting that "This branch is supposed extinct."
  (a) daughter possibly of this generation
  m. Sir Charles Cotterell (b 1615, d by 1686, Master of the Ceremonies then Master of the Requests)
  (b)+ other issue (a 1634) - Edmund (b c1631), Anne
  Edmund was possibly father or uncle of ...
  ((1)) Roger West of Marsworth
  m. Eleanor Knatchbull (b after 1658, dau of Sir John Knatchbull, 2nd Bart)
  (ii)+ other issue - Elizabeth, Frances, Bridget
  (2)+ other issue - Anthony, Thomas, Robert, Mathew
  ii. Alexander West of Cotton End
  a. John West of Cotton End
  (1) Thomas West of Cotton End
m. Dorothy Lane (sister of Sir Richard Lane, Lord Keeper)
  (A) Richard West (Rector of Arvingworth)
  m. Elizabeth Pyke of Nuneaton
  (i) Richard West (b c1670, d 1716, Archdeacon of Berkshire, Prebendary of Durham)
  Some details on Richard and his descendants, in particular the sons of Richard's grandson Balchen, come from Wikipedia.
  m. Maria Temple (sister of Lord Cobham & Countess Temple, Maria m2. Sir John Langham)
  (a) Wilbert West of West Wickham, Kent (b 1703, dsp 1756, Poet)
  m. Catherine Bartlett
  (b) Temple West (b 1713, d 09.08.1757, Vice Admiral, MP)
  m. (06.06.1737) Frances Balchen (b 1710, d 1793, dau of Admiral Sir John Balchen (son of John by Ann Edspur))
  ((1)) Temple West (b 1739, d 1783, Lt. Colonel)
  m. Jane Drake (d 1800)
  ((A)) Temple West of Mathom Lodge, Worcestershire (dsp 1837)
  m. (1831) Andalusia Grant Carstairs (dau of James Bruce Carstairs of Kinross)
((B)) Sir John West of Brainwick, Northamptonshire (b 28.07.1774, d 18.04.1862, Vice Admiral of the White) had issue
  m. (05.1817) Harriet Adams (dau of John Adams of Northamptonshire)
  ((C))+ other issue (d unm) - Dawson (d c1831, Colonel), Frances (d 1834), Sophia (a 1857)
((2)) Balchen Drake (b 1746, d 1793, Receiver General for Hertfordshire)
  m. Mary Folkes ((half-)sister of Sir Martin Folkes, Bart)
  ((A)) Sir Edward West (b 01.03.1782, dspms 18.08.1828, Chief Justice of Bombay) had issue
  m. (26.08.1822) Lucretia Folkes (d 1828, dau of Martin Browne Folkes (Ffolkes))
  ((B)) (John) Martin West (b 1785, d 1870, Recorder of Lynn) had issue
  m. Maria Walpole (dau of Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford)
  ((3)) Thomas West (d unm, Admiral)
  (c) Maria West (d 12.09.1786)
  m. (1761) Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (dsp 1814, Admiral, m2. Maria Sophia Bray)
  (2) Anne West probably of this generation, might be one earlier
  m1. Edward Langham of Guilsborough (bur 05.05.1607)
  m2. Henry Sharpe of Banbury

Main source(s): CountyGen (Buckinghamshire, Berry, p96+)
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