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Thomas Willoughby

Male - Bef 1417


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas Willoughby was born in of Boston, Lincolnshire, England; died before 20 Aug 1417.

    Notes:

    Sheriff of Lincolnshire 1403-04. Knight of the shire for Lincolnshire. Alderman of the guilds of both St. George and Corpus Christi, Boston.

    Thomas married Elizabeth Neville before 27 May 1396. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. John Willoughby  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1400 in of Kirton-in-Holand, Lincolnshire, England; died on 24 Feb 1437.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Willoughby Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born about 1400 in of Kirton-in-Holand, Lincolnshire, England; died on 24 Feb 1437.

    Family/Spouse: Jane Welby. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. John Willoughby  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1422 in of Kirton-in-Holand, Lincolnshire, England; died between Dec 1475 and Aug 1477.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  John Willoughby Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.Thomas1) was born about 1422 in of Kirton-in-Holand, Lincolnshire, England; died between Dec 1475 and Aug 1477.

    Notes:

    Sheriff of Wiltshire 1453-54, 1472-73. Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset 1455-56. Knight of the shire for Wiltshire. Knight of the shire for Somerset.

    Knighted 3 May 1461 by Edward IV at Grafton by Tewkesbury. Fought at Towton as a Lancastrian.

    John married Anne Cheyne before 4 Mar 1445. Anne (daughter of Edmund Cheyne and Alice Stafford) was born on 26 Jul 1428 in Brook in Westbury, Wiltshire, England; died after 1473. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Robert Willoughby  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1452; died on 23 Aug 1502; was buried in Callington, Cornwall, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Robert Willoughby Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) was born about 1452; died on 23 Aug 1502; was buried in Callington, Cornwall, England.

    Notes:

    Under-sheriff of Cornwall 1478. Sheriff of Devon 1480-81, 1487-88. Knight of the Body to Henry VII. King's councillor. Lord Steward of the Household. Receiver of the Duchy of Cornwall. Admiral of the Fleet and Marshal of the Army in the Boulogne campaign of 1492.

    He was with Buckingham's rebels against Richard III in 1483, and upon its failure, he took refuge in Brittany with Henry Tudor. Attainted in 1484, he was in exile at the court of Charles VIII of France until 1485, when he returned to England and fought at Bosworth Field.

    He was summoned to Parliament by writ 12 Aug 1491.

    Family/Spouse: Blanche Champernoun. Blanche (daughter of John Champernoun and Elizabeth Bikebery) was born about 1453; died before Dec 1480. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Robert Willoughby  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 1470 and 1472 in of Brook in Westbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 10 Nov 1521.