Sir Thomas West, 8th Lord la Warre succeeded to the title of 5th Lord West [E., 1322] on 10 March 1475/76. He succeeded to the title of 8th Lord la Warre [E., 1299] on 10 March 1475/76.1 He was invested as a Knight on 18 January 1477/78.1 On 5 March 1485/86 he was granted the Sussex estates of the attainted Duke of Norfolk.1 In 1497 he helped quell the Cornish uprising in support of Perkin Warbeck. He was invested as a Knight Banneret on 18 August 1513.
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1. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1075. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
2. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 105. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.