Thomas (Camoys) de Camoys KG (abt. 1351 - 1421)

Born about 1351 in Sussex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Mortimer) Camoys — married after 3 Jun 1406 in England

Descendants

Died 28 Mar 1421 at about age 70 in Trotton, Sussex, England

Biography

Thomas, Lord Camoys (Camois)^[1] alias Thomas, Lord Camois^[2]

d. 28 Mar 1420/2, "wrongly given as 28 Mar 1419 on the brass of himself and his wife in the parish church in Trotton, Sussex, where he may also have commissioned wall-paintings."^[1]

Parents

Father: John Camoys^[1]

Marriage

m.1 Elizabeth Louches. Issue:^[3]

• Richard (d. ante 28 Mar 1420/1), eldest son predeceased father, leaving Thomas' grandson Hugh as heir;^[1]

• Alice m. Sir Leonard de Hastings (d.1456).^[2]

m.2 (probably) after Jun 1406 Elizabeth Mortimer (d. by 01 May 1417). Widow of Henry "Hotspur" Percy CPR, 1405–8, 232–3 ^[1] Issue:

• Roger, seneschal of Guyenne, Lord Camoys, 2nd son;^{[1] [4]}

Occupation

"Thomas Camoys was more an organizer of war than a warrior, but his work at Agincourt earned him his place in history.

Camoys served with the retinue of his kinsman William, Lord Latimer, in a French expedition in 1380 and was knighted by the earl of Buckingham.^[1]

1383: "Allied with more royalist courtiers, Camoys was elected member of parliament for Surrey, but disqualified because he was a banneret, who ‘were not to be elected knights of the shire.^[5] Thereafter Camoys was summoned as baron to parliament and to the Scottish expedition of 1385.^[1]

Trier of Petitions in Parliament, 1419.

Property

• heir to uncle Thomas, Lord Camoys (d.11 Apr 1372), whose lands he inherited 12 Oct 1372.^[1]

• 1386: inherited dower lands from uncle's widow, notably the manor of Trotton, Sussex, re-enfeoffed to him 01 Apr 1386"^[1]

Burial of Sir Thomas Camoys, 1st Lord Camoys

(Royal Ancestry) Sir Thomas Camoys, 1st Lord Camoys, died 28 March 1421. His wife Elizabeth (had) died 20 April 1417. He an his 2nd wife Elizabeth were buried at Trotton, Sussex. England.

The parish church for Trotton is St. George's. Per an e-mail in August 2006 Rector Edward Doyle of St. George's stated to Alton Rogers: Elizabeth de Mortimer died 20 April 1417 and was buried in a tomb at the Trotton church with her 2nd husband, Sir Thomas Camoys. The tomb is in the chancel and goes right up to the altar rails. It is a very imposing tomb with brass plate of Elizabeth and Lord Camoys and a son.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Hodgson, J. & Hodgson, J. H., (1827). A History of Northumberland: The topography and local antiquities, arranged in parishes. 3 v pp.240. Northumberland: E. Walker. Google Books.
3. ↑ dau. and h. of William Louches (Richardson, 2004)
4. ↑ Wikipedia: Henry Percy (Hotspur)
5. ↑ CClR, 1381–1385, 398–9

See also:

• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. page 175
• Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. IV p. 355-357
• Foster, J. (1884). The royal lineage of our noble and gentle families. Together with their paternal ancestry, (Vol 2). London: Hatchards. archive.org
• Richardson, D. (2004). Plantagenet Ancestry. N.p.
• Marlyn Lewis.
• TAG 275 Vol. 69 No. 3 July 1994
• Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London (J.B. Nichols and Son, for The Society of Antiquaries, Somerset House, London, 1849) Vol. 1, Page 68
• Wikipedia:Thomas_de_Camoys_1st_Baron_Camoys
• Visitation of Sussex Page 28: Lewknor
• British History online: Trotton