Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys (of the second creation of that title), KG (died 28 March 1419 or 1421), was an English peer and soldier.
De Camoys was the son of Sir John de Camoys (son of Ralph de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys(d.1336) of the 1st creation by his second wife Elizabeth Rogate) by his second wife Elizabeth Latimer. In August 1383 he was summoned to the House of Lords as Lord Camoys (second creation), the first creation of which barony had expired in 1372 on the death of his 1st cousin once removed Thomas de Camoys, 2nd Baron Camoys without a male heir. He fought in the Hundred Years' War and commanded the left wing of the English Army at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. He was made a Knight of the Garter the same year.
Lord Camoys married, firstly, Elizabeth, daughter of William Louches.
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He married, secondly, Lady Elizabeth Mortimer, daughter of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March[1] in 1403.
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Thomas de Camoys inherited the title of lord of the manor of Broadwater (which included what is now the town of Worthing), a title he had inherited from his uncle, also named Sir Thomas de Camoys.[2] On her marriage to Thomas, Elizabeth Louches brought with her the smaller of two manors at Chiselhampton, Oxfordshire. The fortified farm house of this manor is still known as Camoys Court.[3]
Camoys died in March 1419 or 1421 and was succeeded in the barony and the lordship of Broadwater by his grandson Hugh. He has a tomb in St. George's church, Trotton.
| Peerage of England | ||
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| Preceded by New Creation |
Baron Camoys 1383–1419/1421 |
Succeeded by Hugh de Camoys |