Person:Thomas Westcote (1)

Thomas Westcote
b.Est 1375
 
Facts and Events
Name Thomas Westcote
Alt Name Thomas Wescott
Gender Male
Birth? Est 1375 based on marriage year
Marriage Abt 1400 to Elizabeth de Littleton

Thomas was born on the ancient family estate at Wescote, and is mentioned by Lord Coke, who calls him "the king's servant at court, a gentleman of Devonshire, anciently descended"[1].

References
  1. Whitman, Roscoe L. (Roscoe Leighton). History and genealogy of the ancestors and some descendants of Stukely Westcott: one of the thirteen original proprietors of Providence Plantation and the colony of Rhode Island with especial mention of the Westcotts of Cheshire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and the Westcotts of Milford, Otsego County, New York and some of the allied families. (Oneonta, New York: Otsego Publishing Co., 1932)
    1:5.

    Placed in this volume as the grandson of St. Leger de Wescote, the second volume has an additional generation, placing him as the great-grandson of St. Leger de Wescote, which seems more likely, as the two were married approx. 100 years apart (a good average for 3 generations).