WEST, Thomas (d.1467), of Sudbury, Suff. and London.

Commr. to purvey corn for the royal household Nov. 1438; appraise goods, Essex July 1439; E159/215, recorda Easter rot. 5, commissiones Trin. rot. 1. of inquiry, Hants, Kent July 1448 (a breach of the truce with Portugal).

Collector of customs and subsidies, Ipswich 22 July 1439–22 Feb. 1442. E356/19, rots. 26–27.

Clerk of the market of the Household Oct. 1445 – Mar. 1461.

Jt. armourer, Tower of London (with John Roger III*) 7 Apr. 1455-July 1461. In 1453 he and Roger had been granted the office in reversion, to take effect on the death of John Malpas: CPR, 1452–61, p. 67. They accordingly took up the post in 1455, but West, unlike Roger, was not reappointed after the deposition of Hen. VI: E159/231, brevia Trin. rot. 10d; CPR, 1461–7, p. 96.

Jt. constable and parker of Leeds castle, Kent Mich. 1449-Mar. 1461. E159/226, brevia Easter rot. 5d; 227, brevia Hil. rot. 11d.