“ID: I21764
Name: Thomas HOO IV
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1396 in Litcham, Mitford, Norfolk, England 1
Death: 13 FEB 1455 2
Death: 1455 1
Occupation: 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings 3
Occupation: 1445 Knight of the Garter 1
Note:
Thomas Hoo, 4th (ca 1396-1455) was a member of a distinguished family of England, which has been traced as far back as the 10th century. The name also appears in records as "de Hoo", implying a Norman connection.

The ancestral home of the Hoo family was Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire. It was held by the Hoo family from the time of King Canute the Dane until the death of Thomas in 1455.

Thomas was the son of Sir Thomas Hoo, 3rd and Eleanor Felton. His paternal ancestors include Hawise Fitzwarin, a descendent of WIlliam the Conqueror and Charlemagne, and Princess Dernell Canmor, daughter of King Alexander II of Scotland.

Thomas inherited the estates of his father as Lord of Hoo. He was made a Knight of the Garter for his service fighting in France. He also held titles as Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Chancellor of France. He became a great statesman and performed such services to the king as to be granted the barony of Hastings in 1443, thereby becoming Lord of Hoo and Hastings. Thomas married twice and had three daughters, but no sons. Upon his death in 1455, the barony became extinct.

Lord Thomas had a half brother, entitled Sir Thomas, son of his father's second wife, Elizabeth de Etchyngham; he was born in about 1416. Upon the death of Lord Thomas, Sir Thomas inherited Luton Hoo, being the only male heir. Apparently the brothers had an agreeable relationship. They are interred together in the Dacre Tomb at Herstmonceux All Saints Church in Sussex.
(Wikipedia)


Father: Thomas HOO III
Mother: Eleanor FELTON

Marriage 1 *Elizabeth WYCHINGHAM b: ABT 1396 in Witchingham, St Faith's, Norfolk, England
Children
Anne HOO b: ABT 1425 in Etchingham, Sussex, England

Marriage 2 *Eleanor WELLES b: ABT 1428 in Well, Lincolnshire, England
Married: ABT 1446 4
Children
*Jane HOO b: ABT 1447 in Litcham, Mitford, Norfolk, England
Eleanor HOO b: ABT 1450
Elizabeth HOO b: ABT 1451

Sources:
Title: 1Wikipedia
Title: http://www.thepeerage.com/p326.htm#i3254
Title: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Title: Pedigrees of Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. I, De La Warr, West, Sackville-West, Bedford
Page: 161
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