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Eleanor Willoughby 1433–1471 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1433

Birth Location: Middleton, Warwickshire, England

Death Date: 1471

Death Location: Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England

Father: Hugh Willoughby

Mother: Margaret Freville

Spouse(s): John Shirley

Children(s): Ralph Shirley, Thomas Shirley, Margaret Shirley, Hugh Shirley, Robert Shirley, Alice Shirley, Jane Shirley

Eleanor Willoughby was born in 1433 in Middleton, Warwickshire, England, the child of Hugh Willoughby And Margaret De Freville. Eleanor Willoughby married John Shirley, and had children including Alice Shirley, Hugh Shirley, Jane Shirley, Margaret Shirley, Ralph Shirley, Robert Shirley, Thomas Shirley. Eleanor Willoughby passed away in 1471 in Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Eleanor Willoughby was born in 1433 in Middleton, Warwickshire, England, the child of Hugh Willoughby And Margaret De Freville.
  • Eleanor Willoughby married John Shirley, and had children including Alice Shirley, Hugh Shirley, Jane Shirley, Margaret Shirley, Ralph Shirley, Robert Shirley, Thomas Shirley.
  • Eleanor Willoughby passed away in 1471 in Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England.

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Eleanor Willoughby's Ancestors

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Eleanor Willoughby
1433–1471
Birth Place: Middleton, Warwickshire, England
Parents
Hugh Willoughby
1400–1448
Wollaston Hall, Nottinghamshire, England
Margaret (de) Freville
1397–1491
Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
Edmund (II) Willoughby
1380–1414
Wollaston, Nottinghamshire, England
Isabel Annesley
1383–1415
Wollaston Manor, Nottinghamshire, England
Baldwin (IV de) Freville
1368–1401
Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, England
Joan (de) Green
1370–1401
Norton, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Willoughby
1345–1414
Alice Somerville
1354–
Hugh Annesley
1375–1429
Benedicta Babington
1390–1426
Baldwin Freville
1332–1388
Joyce Botetourt
1350–1420
Thomas Greene
1343–1391
Margery Mablethorpe
1345–1374
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Willoughby
1310–1362
Joan Charron
1300–1345
James Somerville
1275–1306
Thomas Annesley
1341–1429
Agnes Clifton
1355–
John Babington
1335–1409
Benedictia Ward
1339–1382
Baldwin Freville
1286–1375
Elizabeth Montfort
1296–1360
John Botetourt
1322–1372
Joan Gernon
1328–1366
Henry Greene
1310–1369
Catherine Drayton
1313–1370
John Mablethorpe
1319–1370

Eleanor Willoughby's Descendants

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Eleanor Willoughby (1433–1471) m. John Shirley (1432–18 MAY 1486)
  1. 1. Ralph Shirley 1458–1517 m. Jane Sheffield 1464–1528 m. Elizabeth Walsh 1449–1505
    1. 1. George (Francis) Shirley 1515–1571 m. Dorothy Giffard 1486–1571
      1. 1. John Shirley 1537–1577 m. Agnes (Byrch) Parker 1525–1599
        1. 1. Thomas (Sale) Searles 1559–1619 m. Elizabeth Kynge 1567–1620
        2. 2. Edward (Sale) Searles 1563–1620
        3. 3. Joan (Sale) Searles 1566–1607
        4. 4. John (Sale) Searles 1567–1567
        5. 5. Ellen (Sale) Searles 1568–1611
        6. 6. Josias (Sale) Searles 1570–1622
        7. 7. Richard Sale 1567–1567
      2. 2. Elizabeth Shirley 1540–1620
      3. 3. Arthur Shirley 1544–1539
      4. 4. Cassandra Shirley 1546–
      5. 5. Ralph (V) Shirley 1548–
      6. 6. Mary Shirley 1550–
      7. 7. Ann Sherley 1550–1608
      8. 8. Alice Shirley 1552–
    2. 2. Anne Shirley 1472–1540
  2. 2. Thomas Shirley 1460–1513 m. Joyce Boothe 1464–1523
    1. 1. Joyce Shirley 1483–1504 m. Thomas Blount 1496–1564
      1. 1. Elizabeth Blount 1504–1528 m. William Clifton 1479–1584
        1. 1. Hester Clifton 1528–1570 m. Myles Sands 1520–1601
        2. 2. John Clifton 1541–1593
        3. 3. Jane Clifton 1552–1627
  3. 3. Margaret Shirley 1464–
  4. 4. Hugh Shirley 1468–1510
  5. 5. Robert Shirley 1462–1513
    1. 1. Ralph Shirley 1482–1535 m. Amee Lolle 1484–
      1. 1. Eleanor Shirley 1528–1595 m. Nicholas Browne 1525–1587
        1. 1. William Browne 1559–1610 m. Mary Savage 1558–1632
        2. 2. Gertrude Browne 1560–
        3. 3. Richard Browne 1558–
      2. 2. Francis Shirley 1526–
      3. 3. Helena Shirley 1530–
  6. 6. Alice Shirley 1466–1531 m. Robert Brokesby 1450–1531
    1. 1. Alice Brokesby 1490– m. Lawrence Saunders 1490–1545
      1. 1. Thomas Saunders 1516–1551 m. Alice Walsingham 1517–1596
        1. 1. Thomas Saunders 1540–1609 m. Anne Blake 1555–1601
        2. 2. Edmond Saunders 1541–1615
        3. 3. John Saunders 1542–
      2. 2. Dorothy Saunders 1518–
      3. 3. William Saunders 1519–1576
      4. 4. Audrey Saunders 1519–
      5. 5. Anne Saunders 1512–1564
      6. 6. Alice Saunders 1515–
    2. 2. Anthony Brokesby 1486–1552
    3. 3. Richard Brokesby 1470–1550
  7. 7. Jane Shirley 1470–

Eleanor Willoughby's Timeline

2 Records

1433
1433
Birth of Eleanor Willoughby in Middleton, Warwickshire, England
Middleton, Warwickshire, England
1471
1471
Age 38
Death of Eleanor Willoughby in Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England
Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1433
    Event Place: Middleton, Warwickshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1471
    Event Place: Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England

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