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Christopher Willoughby 1453 – 1499 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1453

Birth Location: Parham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 13 JUL 1499

Death Location: England, United Kingdom

Father: Robert Willoughby

Mother: Margaret Griffith

Spouse(s): Lady Jenney

Children(s): Thomas Willoughby, Margaret Willoughby, Dorothy Willoughby, Elizabeth Vere, William Willoughby, Christopher Willoughby, William Willoughby, George Willoughby, Ursela Vere, John Willoughby, Richard Willoughby, Isabel Willoughby, Charles Willoughby, Hugh Willoughby, Robert Willoughby, Edmund Willoughby, George deEresby, Dorothy Willoughby, John deEresby, Robert Willoughby, Elizabeth Willoughby, Edward Woodard, Catherine deEresby

In 1453, Christopher Willoughby entered the world in Parham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, born to Robert Willoughby and Margaret Griffith. Christopher Willoughby married Lady Margeret Jenney, and had children including Thomas Willoughby, Margaret Willoughby, Dorothy Willoughby, Elizabeth de Vere, William Willoughby, Christopher Willoughby, William Willoughby, George Willoughby, Ursela Vere, John Willoughby, Richard Willoughby, Isabel Willoughby, Charles Willoughby, Hugh Willoughby, Robert Willoughby, Edmund Willoughby, George Willoughby deEresby, Dorothy Willoughby, John Willoughby deEresby, Robert Willoughby, Elizabeth Willoughby, Edward Woodard, Catherine Willoughby deEresby. Christopher Willoughby passed away in 1499 in England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1453, Christopher Willoughby entered the world in Parham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, born to Robert Willoughby and Margaret Griffith.
  • Christopher Willoughby married Lady Margeret Jenney, and had children including Thomas Willoughby, Margaret Willoughby, Dorothy Willoughby, Elizabeth de Vere, William Willoughby, Christopher Willoughby, William Willoughby, George Willoughby, Ursela Vere, John Willoughby, Richard Willoughby, Isabel Willoughby, Charles Willoughby, Hugh Willoughby, Robert Willoughby, Edmund Willoughby, George Willoughby deEresby, Dorothy Willoughby, John Willoughby deEresby, Robert Willoughby, Elizabeth Willoughby, Edward Woodard, Catherine Willoughby deEresby.
  • Christopher Willoughby passed away in 1499 in England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Willoughby
1421 – 1474
Birth Location: Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
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Margaret Griffith
1425 – 1491
Birth Location: Burton Agnes, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Lady Jenney
1452 – 1515
Birth Location: Knettishall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Thomas Willoughby
1472 – 1521
Birth Location: Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
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Margaret Willoughby
1475 – 1543
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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Dorothy Willoughby
1475 –
Birth Location: Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
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Elizabeth Vere
1480 – 1559
Birth Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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William Willoughby
1480 –
Birth Location: Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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Christopher Willoughby
1482 – 1527
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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William Willoughby
1483 – 1503
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
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George Willoughby
1484 – 1553
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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Ursela Vere
1488 – 1588
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
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John Willoughby
1488 –
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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Richard Willoughby
1489 – 1546
Birth Location: Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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Isabel Willoughby
1491 –
Birth Location: Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
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Charles Willoughby
1492 –
Birth Location: Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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Hugh Willoughby
1493 –
Birth Location: Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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Robert Willoughby
1511 –
Birth Location: Bore, Kent, England, UK
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Edmund Willoughby
1487 –
Birth Location: Parham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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George deEresby
1488 –
Birth Location: Parham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Dorothy Willoughby
1489 – 1503
Birth Location: Eresby, Lincolnshire, England
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John deEresby
1489 –
Birth Location: Parham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Robert Willoughby
1490 –
Birth Location: Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Willoughby
1492 –
Birth Location: Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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Edward Woodard
1500 – 1550
Birth Location: Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
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Catherine deEresby
Birth Location: –
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Christopher Willoughby's Ancestors

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Christopher Willoughby
1453 – 1499
Birth Place: Parham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Robert Willoughby
1421 – 1474
Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Griffith
1425 – 1491
Burton Agnes, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Hugh Willoughby
1380 – 1448
Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Freville
1401 – 1493
Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
John (A. Griffith "Justice of the King's bench" Hopkyns ap) Gruffund
1395 – 1471
Wichnor, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Catherine Tyrwhitt
1395 – 1457
Wrawby, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Baldwin Freville
1368 – 1400
Maud Scrope
1378 – 1419
Gruffydd Hopkins
1377 – 1431
Ann Blount
1386 – 1415
Robert Try
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Baldwin Freville
1332 – 1388
Joyce Botetourt
1349 – 1418
Stephen Scrope
1351 – 1406
Margaret Welles
– 1422
Walter Blount
1351 – 1403
Sancha Gomez
1360 – 1418

Christopher Willoughby's Descendants

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Christopher Willoughby (ABT 1453 – 13 JUL 1499) m. Lady (Margeret) Jenney (ABT 1452 – 16 MAY 1515)
  1. 1. Thomas Willoughby (1472 – 10 NOV 1521) m. Bridget Rede (1487 – 1558)
    1. 1. John Willoughby (1507 – )
    2. 2. Henry Willoughby (1508 – 1528)
    3. 3. Katherine Willoughby (1509 – )
    4. 4. William Willoughby (1509 – )
    5. 5. Bridget Willoughby (1510 – )
    6. 6. Robert Willoughby (1511 – 1559) m. Alice Byron (1511 – 1561) m. Dorothy (De) Grey (1525 – 4 APR 1552) m. Dorothy (De) Grey (1515 – 4 APR 1552)
    7. 7. Edward Willoughby (1512 – )
    8. 8. Christogher Willoughby (ABT 1513 – 11 JAN 1586) m. Margery Tottishurst (ABT 1516 – 1586)
      1. 1. Kellom Willoughby (ABT 1534 – BEF 1620) m. Catherin Goldwell (ABT 1540 – )
      2. 2. Anthony Willoughby (ABT 1536 – )
      3. 3. Christopher (Iii) Willoughby (1538 – DEC 1634) m. Martha Bennett (1566 – OCT 1649)
        1. 1. William Willoughby (1588 – 30 MAR 1651) m. Elizabeth Eaton ( – 15 SEP 1662) m. Elizabeth Wouller (1590 – 15 SEP 1662)
        2. 2. William ("Col") Willoughby (ABT 1588 – 28 AUG 1617) m. Elizabeth Lock (ABT 1590 – 15 SEP 1662) m. William Willoughby (ABT 1592 – )
        3. 3. Kenelm Willoughby (1590 – 1649)
        4. 4. Odette Willoughby (1590 – )
        5. 5. John Willoughby (1591 – 24 AUG 1633) m. Katherine Collins (1596 – 1689)
        6. 6. John Willoughby (1592 – 24 AUG 1633) m. Anne Wortley (ABT 1595 – )
        7. 7. Alice (Mary) Willoughby (1596 – )
      4. 4. Christopher Willoughby ( – ABT MAR 1631) m. Martha (ABT 1570 – )
    9. 9. Elizabeth Willoughby (1514 – 10 APR 1580) m. Thomas Tottishurst (1511 – 27 MAR 1577)
      1. 1. Ann Totteshurst (1540 – 15 APR 1633) m. John Thomas (1547 – 17 AUG 1603)
        1. 1. Richard Thomas (24 MAY 1567 – 11 AUG 1614) m. Mary Clark (ABT 1574 – 30 JUN 1638)
        2. 2. Michael Thomas (29 SEP 1569 – )
        3. 3. Doritie ((Dorothy)) Thomas (13 MAY 1571 – ) m. Henrie Smith (ABT 1569 – ) m. Henry Smith (ABT 1571 – )
        4. 4. Jasper Thomas (11 JUN 1573 – 15 AUG 1597)
        5. 5. John Thomas (8 JUL 1575 – ) m. Jocamine Broughe (1554 – ) m. Elizabeth Leonard (1 JAN 1576/1577 – )
        6. 6. Tristram Thomas (1579 – 13 OCT 1615)
        7. 7. Allexander Thomas (APR 1579 – ) m. Mary
        8. 8. Elizabeth Thomas (8 SEP 1582 – 20 JUN 1601)
        9. 9. Benjamin Thomas (ABT 1584 – 15 DEC 1675) m. Wilhelmina (Minne Amanda) Voigt (1590 – 15 DEC 1671)
        10. 10. Henry Thomas (15 AUG 1585 – )
        11. 11. Johan Thomas
      2. 2. Dorothy Tottishurst (ABT 1560 – ) m. Richard Carr (ABT 1573 – 13 JUL 1616) m. Humfrey Brugge ( – 1592)
      3. 3. Elizabeth Tottenhurst (ABT 1574 – ) m. Richard Thomas (ABT 1547 – )
    10. 10. Mary Willoughby (ABT 1515 – 30 NOV 1556) m. Humffrey Waldron (ABT 1500 – 7 APR 1586)
    11. 11. Langley Willoughby (1517 – )
    12. 12. Norman Willoughby (1520 – )
    13. 13. Kate Willoughby (1521 – )
    14. 14. Henry Willoughby (1528 – )
    15. 15. Eleanora Willoughby (1529 – )
  2. 2. Margaret Willoughby (1475 – 27 JUL 1543) m. Thomas Tyrrell (1470 – 1551) m. Thomas Tyrrell (1500 – 1551) m. Thomas Tyrell (ABT 1495 – 1551) m. Thomas Tyrrell
  3. 3. Dorothy Willoughby (1475 – )
  4. 4. Elizabeth (de) Vere (1480 – ABT 13 NOV 1559) m. Sir (Anthony) Wingfield (1475 – 18 NOV 1553) m. Anthony (K. G.) Wingfield (ABT 1492 – 1552) m. Anthony Wingfield (1475 – 15 AUG 1552)
  5. 5. William Willoughby (ABT 1480 – )
  6. 6. Christopher Willoughby (1482 – 1527) m. Elizabeth ((Margaret)) Tallboys (1504 – 1546)
  7. 7. William Willoughby (ABT 1483 – 1503) m. Maria (de) Salinas (aproximadamente 1483 – mayo 1539) m. Mary Hussey (1480 – 5 JUN 1516)
  8. 8. George Willoughby (ABT 1484 – 1553) m. Anastasia (1486 – ) m. Elizabeth Tallboys (1486 – )
  9. 9. Ursela Vere (1488 – 1588) m. George Windsor (ABT 1492 – BEF NOV 1520) m. Edmund Knightley (1474 – 15 DEC 1542)
  10. 10. John Willoughby (ABT 1488 – ) m. Cecelia (1488 – )
  11. 11. Richard Willoughby (ABT 1489 – 16 APR 1546) m. Ann Parmater (1490 – )
  12. 12. Isabel Willoughby (ABT 1491 – ) m. William Yed (<1490> – )
  13. 13. Charles Willoughby (ABT 1492 – )
  14. 14. Hugh Willoughby (ABT 1493 – )
  15. 15. Robert Willoughby (1511 – )
  16. 16. Edmund Willoughby (ABT 1487 – )
  17. 17. George (Willoughby) deEresby (ABT 1488 – )
  18. 18. Dorothy Willoughby (1489 – 1503)
  19. 19. John (Willoughby) deEresby (ABT 1489 – )
  20. 20. Robert Willoughby (ABT 1490 – )
  21. 21. Elizabeth Willoughby (ABT 1492 – )
  22. 22. Edward Woodard (1500 – 1550) m. Anne Blount (1514 – 1545) m. Lee (Anne) Willoughby (1501 – 1600) m. Edward Woodward (ABT 1503 – )
  23. 23. Catherine (Willoughby) deEresby

Christopher Willoughby's Timeline

3 Records

1453
ABT 1453
Birth of Christopher Willoughby in Parham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Parham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
1499
13 JUL 1499
Age 46
Death of Christopher Willoughby in England, United Kingdom
England, United Kingdom
1499
JUL 1499
Age 46
Burial of Christopher Willoughby in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1453
    Event Place: Parham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 JUL 1499
    Event Place: England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: JUL 1499
    Event Place: Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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