Jane West 1558-1606

Paternal Family Tree: West

Before 1555 [her father] William West 1st Baron De La Warr [aged 28] and [her mother] Elizabeth Strange Baroness De La Warr [aged 30] were married.

In 1557 [her future husband] Ralph Sheldon [aged 20] and Anne Throckmorton [aged 17] were married.

Around 1558 Jane West was born to William West 1st Baron De La Warr [aged 32] and Elizabeth Strange Baroness De La Warr [aged 34].

On 5th February 1570 [her father] William West 1st Baron De La Warr [aged 44] was created 1st Baron De La Warr. [her mother] Elizabeth Strange Baroness De La Warr [aged 46] by marriage Baroness De La Warr.

On 19th November 1571 [her brother] Thomas West 2nd Baron De La Warr [aged 15] and [her sister-in-law] Anne Knollys Baroness De La Warr [aged 16] were married.

On 9th June 1572 Thomas Wenman [aged 24] and Jane West [aged 14] were married at St Dunstan's in the West, Fleet Street [Map].

In 1573 [her son] Richard Wenman 1st Viscount Wenman was born to [her husband] Thomas Wenman [aged 25] and Jane West [aged 15]. He married in or before 1596 Agnes Fermor and had issue.

Between 2nd May 1577 and 29th January 1603 Thomas Tasburgh [aged 23] and Jane West [aged 19] were married.

On 23rd July 1577 [her husband] Thomas Wenman [aged 29] died. He left significant debts to the Crown requiring some of his lands to be sold. Eaton, Berkshire was sold to John Danvers [aged 37] for £7700. [her son] Richard Wenman 1st Viscount Wenman [aged 4] was made a ward of his mother Jane West [aged 19] and Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 45]. Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester sold his interest to James Cressy who subsequently married Jane West.

Around 5th May 1579 [her mother] Elizabeth Strange Baroness De La Warr [aged 55] died.

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On 30th December 1595 [her father] William West 1st Baron De La Warr [aged 69] died. His son [her brother] Thomas [aged 39] succeeded 2nd Baron De La Warr. [her sister-in-law] Anne Knollys Baroness De La Warr [aged 40] by marriage Baroness De La Warr.

In or before 1596 [her son] Richard Wenman 1st Viscount Wenman [aged 22] and [her daughter-in-law] Agnes Fermor [aged 20] were married.

On 23rd March 1602 [her brother] Thomas West 2nd Baron De La Warr [aged 46] died. His son [her nephew] Thomas [aged 25] succeeded 3rd Baron De La Warr. Cecily Shirley Baroness De La Warr by marriage Baroness De La Warr.

Before 29th January 1603 [her husband] Thomas Tasburgh [aged 49] died.

In 1605 Ralph Sheldon [aged 68] and Jane West [aged 47] were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.

Around 1606 Jane West [aged 48] died.

On 31st March 1613 [her former husband] Ralph Sheldon [aged 76] died.

Royal Ancestors of Jane West 1558-1606

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Louis VIII of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Ancestors of Jane West 1558-1606

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas West 1st Baron West

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald West 6th Baron De La Warr 3rd Baron West 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Ware Baroness West 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard West 7th Baron De La Warr 4th Baron West 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Thorley Baroness De La Warr Baroness West

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor or Catherine Peverell 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Hungerford Baroness De La Warr Baroness West 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux 14 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beaumont Baroness Botreaux 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Grandfather: George West 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Copley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Copley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Copley Baroness De La Warr and West

father: William West 1st Baron De La Warr 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Morton of Lechlade

Grandmother: Elizabeth Morton

Jane West 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Grandfather: Thomas Strange

mother: Elizabeth Strange Baroness De La Warr