William HOO

Abt 1342 - 1410  (~ 68 years)

• Name	William HOO  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1342	Offley, Hertfordshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	LWVS-3RS
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LWVS-3RS
  _UID	880C9EF7143D47A2A7029B9EDBE3020D128E
  Death	Nov 1410	Mulbarton, Norfolk, England   [1]
  Burial	22 Nov 1410	Mulbarton, Norfolk, England   [1]
  Person ID	I594784647	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Sir Thomas DE HOO,   b. Abt 1312, Litcham, Norfolk, England d. 28 Sep 1380, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Isabel ST. LEGER,   b. 19 May 1320, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England d. 22 Jul 1393, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	16 Jun 1335	Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, England
  Family ID	F536734009	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Alice ST OMER,   b. 25 Mar 1340, Britford, Wiltshire, England d. Bef 1376, Norfolk, England (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1360
  Children	1. Sir Thomas HOO,   b. Abt 1363, Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, England d. 23 Aug 1420, Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, England (Age ~ 57 years)
  Family ID	F536733963	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Eleanor WINGFIELD,   b. 1358, Letheringham, Suffolk, England d. Aft 1415 (Age 58 years)
  Children	1. John de HOO,   b. Abt 1367, Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom d. Yes, date unknown   2. Margaret HOO,   b. 1398, Wethersfield, Suffolk, England d. England
  Family ID	F536734010	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Biography Family and Estate Sir William de Hoo was the second-born son of Sir Thomas de Hoo and Isabel de St Leger. Sir Thomas married Isabel before 16 June 1335, when she was 15 years of age. [1] Given one brother born before him, William was probably born about 1340 or earlier. [2] [3] William's brothers were: Thomas, Robert, and John.[2] Thomas, the firstborn and presumptive heir, died before 1377, leaving William to inherit when Sir Thomas de Hoo died. By 1366, William had married Alice de St Omer, daughter of Sir Thomas de St Omer.[2] [4] They had a son Thomas, who became a knight and fought, like his father, in the Hundred Years War between England and France. Following several generations of marriages to heiresses, the Hoo estate was substantial, including the St Leger manor of Offley St. Legers, Hertfordshire, England, from WIlliam's mother Isabel St. Leger,[5] and Mulbarton in Norfolk, from the St Omers. [6] Sir William de Hoo died in 1410. He was buried with his first wife, Lady Alice, in the church of St Mary Magdalen in Mulbarton. "He it was that built the present church and tower, in the chancel of which he and his lady were interred; (fn. 11) he adorned the windows with the portraits of himself and lady, and her family and their arms; and till lately, one of the north windows had in it, the pictures of Sir Thomas de St. Omer on his knees in armour, with his sword by his side, and his arms on his surcoat, and his lady in the same posture behind him, with the arms of St. Omer and Malmains; and his daughter Alice behind them; and opposite was Sir Will. Hoo and the said Alice his wife, in the same posture." [6] He was patron of the rectory in 1367. Following the death of his first wife Alice de St Omer, William remarried in 1376 to Eleanor Wingfield, [7] with whom he had daughter Margaret, born about 1398, who married Thomas St Clair, Esq. [8] "Margaret Hoo, wife of Thomas Saint Clair, Esq. [born c.1403, died 1434], of Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, was the daughter of Sir William de Hoo, Knt. [died 1410], by his 2nd wife, Eleanor [living 1415], daughter of Thomas Wingfield, Knt." Richardson also names a son John born to the marriage, who was still living in 1428. [9] Career Blomefield writes: "This Sir William was a great warriour and a man of figure in his time, serving in the French wars many years, being one of the favourites of John Earl of Somerset, governour of the garrison at Calice, under whom he served."[6] In 1386, Sir William Hoo was captain of the castle of Oye, in Picardy, in which post he appears to have encountered bureaucratic impediments. [10] [11] He also served as captain of Hammes Castle in the Pas-de-Calais. Research Note: Some genealogists have suggested that William and Alice de Hoo had two additional sons, who left numerous descendants in Norfolk and Suffolk. Blomefield [12] states: "This family was descended from Robert Hoo, third son of Sir William Hoo, by Alice, daughter of Sir Thomas St. Omer, as the pedigree following testifies." The pedigree, however, names this third son as Richard of Blyburgh (Blyborough), not Robert. It is conceivable that the Robert meant could be William's brother Robert, of whom little is known, and who might be the father of this Richard. There are other minor errors in the pedigree, as possibly mistaking Sir Thomas de Hoo with his son Thomas, Lord of Hoo and Hastings, so that it is difficult to have full confidence in the lineage he presents. The second-named son is William of Wissett. Augustine Page [13] states: "William, second son of SIr William Hoo, and Alice his wife, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas St. Omer, was seated in this parish (Wisset). He married Rose, daughter of Sir John Glemham, Knt., and died about the reign of King Edward VI, leaving issue Wm. and Thos. Hoo." Elsewhere, however, [14] Page appears to mix the family members up in a manner almost unrecognizable, greatly diminishing the credibility of his account. The Visitation of Norfolk [7] has perhaps the most impossible account, as it places William of Wisset in both Norfolk and Suffolk as two different men, one the father of the other, with the elder William named as Sir William de Hoo's grandson, son of his son Thomas, and thus a brother of Thomas, Lord of Hoo and Hastings. This can not be true. Lord Hoo is known to have left his estate to his half-brother Thomas Hoo, precisely in default of other possible heirs, and Thomas dying without issue, it was divided amongst Lord Hoo's daughters. A brother William, even a half-brother, would have been an heir. The Visitation places Richard of Blyburgh as a son of WIlliam of Wisset (the 2nd-listed, who seems to be the actual William). Richard is listed as marrying Margaret, daughter of John Glemham, while William married Rose Glemham. These may be supposed to be sisters, but it is not clear which John Glemham is the father; John Glemham seems the most likely, as his wife was named Rose, assuming the same generations are involved. Hopefully, further research will clarify these issues and establish how the later generations of Hoos are descended, if they are, from the branch of Luton Hoo, or if they descend from indigenous Norfolk Hoos, who seem to have been plentiful from an early age. It would certainly be possible for genealogists to have attempted to attach descendants to titled ancestors, where in fact there were not. Sources ? Sharp, J E E S, and A E Stamp. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 42." Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 7, Edward III. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1909. 448-458. British History Online. Web. 26 July 2021. IPM#664, 16 June 9 Edward III ? 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cokayne, G E. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. 2nd edition, vol. 6, 1926. p. 566. Cokayne ? Bedfordshire Archives: Hoo of Luton Hoo. Hoo of Luton Hoo ? Dawes, M. C. B., and J. B. W. Chapman. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 188." Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 12, Edward III. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1938. 51-65. British History Online. Web. 26 July 2021.[ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol12/pp51-65 #79] ? "Parishes: Offley," in A History of the County of Hertford. Volume 3, ed. William Page (Victoria County History, London, 1912), pp. 39-44. British History Online Offley ? 6.0 6.1 6.2 Blomefield, Francis. "Hundred of Humble-Yard: Mulbarton." An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 5. London: W Miller, 1806. 75-83. British History Online. Web. 25 July 2021. Mubarton ? 7.0 7.1 The visitacion [i.e., visitation] of Norfolk, made and taken by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, anno 1563. Walter Rye, ed. Visitation ? Douglas Richardson, comment: soc.genealogy.medieval Narkive ? "Close Rolls, Henry VI: March-April 1428." Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry VI: Volume 1, 1422-1429. Ed. A E Stamp. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1933. 397-400. British History Online. Web. 30 July 2021. John de Hoo ? "Close Rolls, Richard II: February 1386." Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II: Volume 3, 1385-1389. Ed. H C Maxwell Lyte. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921. 55-56. British History Online. Web. 26 July 2021. Hoo ? "Close Rolls, Richard II: October 1390-May 1391." Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II: Volume 4, 1389-1392. Ed. H C Maxwell Lyte. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1922. 223-227 British History Online. Web. 26 July 2021. membrane #28.Oye ? Blomefield, Francis. "Launditch Hundred: Scarning." An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 10. London: W Miller, 1809. 38-47. British History Online. Web. 25 July 2021. Scarning ? Page, Augustine. A topographical and genealogical history of the County of Suffolk Ipswich Suffolk, 1844. Wissett ? Page, p. 107.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 17 Dec 2024), entry for William Hoo, person ID LWVS-3RS. (Reliability: 3).