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Eleanor Willoughby 1433–1486 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1433

Birth Location: Middleton, Warwickshire, England

Death Date: 02 Aug 1486/87

Death Location: Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England

Father: (Sir) Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire-Lincolnshire)

Mother: Margaretha Freville

Spouse(s): John Shirley

Children(s): Ralph Shirley

Eleanor Willoughby was born in 1433 in Middleton, Warwickshire, England, the child of Sir Hugh Willoughby Van Wollaton Sheriff Of Nottinghamshire Derbyshire Lincolnshire And Margaretha De Freville. Eleanor Willoughby married John Shirley, and had children including Ralph Shirley. Eleanor Willoughby passed away in 1486 in Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Eleanor Willoughby was born in 1433 in Middleton, Warwickshire, England, the child of Sir Hugh Willoughby Van Wollaton Sheriff Of Nottinghamshire Derbyshire Lincolnshire And Margaretha De Freville.
  • Eleanor Willoughby married John Shirley, and had children including Ralph Shirley.
  • Eleanor Willoughby passed away in 1486 in Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England.

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Eleanor Willoughby's Ancestors

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Eleanor Willoughby
1433–1486
Birth Place: Middleton, Warwickshire, England
Parents
(Sir) Hugh Willoughby Van Wollaton (Sheriff of Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire-Lincolnshire)
1393–1448
Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England
Margaretha (De) Freville
1400–1493
Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
Edmund (Sir Willoughby van) Wollaton
1365–
Wollaton, Nottinghamshire
Isabelle Annesley
1380–
Baldwin (III de) Freville
1368–1400
Weoley Castle, Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Maud
1378–1419
England
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Eleanor Willoughby's Descendants

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Eleanor Willoughby (1433–02 Aug 1486/87) m. John Shirley (1432–18 May 1486)
  1. 1. Ralph Shirley 1458–1517 m. Jane Sheffield 1474–1528
    1. 1. Francis Shirley 1515–1571 m. Dorothy Gifford 1520–1571
      1. 1. John (Sale) Searles 1537–1577 m. Agnes Parker 1541–1599
        1. 1. John Searle 1564–1631 m. Sarah Baldwin 1566–1613
      2. 2. Ann Shirley 1550–1608
    2. 2. Francis Shirley 1515–1571

Eleanor Willoughby's Timeline

2 Records

1433
1433
Birth of Eleanor Willoughby in Middleton, Warwickshire, England
Middleton, Warwickshire, England
1486
02 Aug 1486/87
Age 53
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: 02 Aug 1486/87
    Event Place: Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England

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