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Eleanor Willoughby 1433–1487 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1433

Birth Location: Nottinghamshire, England

Death Date: 2 AUG 1487

Death Location: Garendon Abbey, Shepshed, Charnwood Borough, Leicestershire, England

Father: Hugh Willoughby

Mother: Margaret Freville

Spouse(s): John Ettington

Children(s): Robert Shirley, Baldwin Shirley, Anne Shirley, Alice Shirley, Thomas Shirley, Eleanor Shirley, Ralph Shirley, Margaret Shirley, Jane Shirley, Hugh Shirley, Henry Shirley, Nicholas Shirley, Ann Shirley

Eleanor Willoughby was born in 1433 in Nottinghamshire, England, the child of Hugh Willoughby And Margaret Freville. Eleanor Willoughby married John Shirley Lord Of Ettington, and had children including Alice Shirley, Ann Shirley, Anne Shirley, Baldwin Shirley, Eleanor Shirley, Henry Shirley, Hugh Shirley, Jane Shirley, Margaret Shirley, Nicholas Shirley, Ralph Shirley, Richard Shirley, Robert Shirley, Thomas Shirley. Eleanor Willoughby passed away in 1487 in Garendon Abbey, Shepshed, Charnwood Borough, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Eleanor Willoughby was born in 1433 in Nottinghamshire, England, the child of Hugh Willoughby And Margaret Freville.
  • Eleanor Willoughby married John Shirley Lord Of Ettington, and had children including Alice Shirley, Ann Shirley, Anne Shirley, Baldwin Shirley, Eleanor Shirley, Henry Shirley, Hugh Shirley, Jane Shirley, Margaret Shirley, Nicholas Shirley, Ralph Shirley, Richard Shirley, Robert Shirley, Thomas Shirley.
  • Eleanor Willoughby passed away in 1487 in Garendon Abbey, Shepshed, Charnwood Borough, Leicestershire, England.

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Spouses(s)

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Eleanor Willoughby's Ancestors

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Eleanor Willoughby
1433–1487
Birth Place: Nottinghamshire, England
Parents
Hugh Willoughby
1392–1448
Nottinghamshire, England
Margaret Freville
1400–1493
Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
Grandparents
Edmund (De) Willoughby
1357–1395
Nottinghamshire, England
Isabelle (de) Annesley
1378–1415
Annesley, Nottinghamshire, England
Baldwin (de) Freville
1368–1400
Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
Maud Scrope
1380–1418
England
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Willoughby
1335–1414
Alice Somerville
1336–
Hugh Annesley
1360–1423
Benedicta Babington
1360–1448
Baldwin Freville
1342–1389
Joyce Botetourt
1350–1420
Stephen Scrope
1343–1406
Margery Welles
1350–1422
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Willoughby
1310–1369
Joan Grey
1306–1385
James Somerville
1280–
James Somerville
1290–
Thomas Esquire
1325–1413
Agnes Clifton
1348–1395
John Babington
1333–1409
Benidicta Warde
1339–1376
Baldwin Freville
1317–1375
Ida Clinton
1320–1368
John Botetourt
1322–1385
Joyce Zouche
1318–1372
Henry Scrope
1315–1391
Joan
1317–1386
John Welles
1334–1361
Maud Ros
1328–1388

Eleanor Willoughby's Descendants

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Eleanor Willoughby (1433–2 AUG 1487) m. John (Shirley, Lord of) Ettington (1432–18 MAY 1486)
  1. 1. Robert Shirley 1461–1513 m. Mary Giffard 1464–1513 m. Jane 1460–1527
    1. 1. Ralph Shirley 1483–1535 m. Amee Lolle 1484–1535
      1. 1. Jeanne (Searle) Shirley 1510–1566 m. Leidovico Pasquier 1500–1551
      2. 2. Eleanor Shirley 1525–1595 m. John Holland 1510–1574 m. Thomas VERNON 1522–1556 m. Nicholas Browne 1525–1587
        1. 1. Richard Browne 1556–
        2. 2. William, (Sir) Browne 1558–1610
        3. 3. Patrick Browne 1559–1610
        4. 4. Gertrude Browne 1560–
        5. 5. Nicholas Browne 1560–
        6. 6. Anne (Agnes) Browne 1562–1648
        7. 7. William Browne 1558–1610 m. Mary Hall 1560–1613 m. Sybil Brown 1562– m. Mary (Elizabeth) Savage 1556–1633
  2. 2. Baldwin Shirley 1456–
  3. 3. Anne Shirley 1451–1522 m. Thomas (Challoner) Sr. 1446–1518
  4. 4. Alice Shirley 1453–1531 m. Robert Brokesby 1440–1531
  5. 5. Thomas Shirley 1463–1516 m. Joyce Boothe 1464–1523 m. Margaret Wroth 1446–
  6. 6. Eleanor Shirley 1464– m. Robert Hesilrige 1463–1500
  7. 7. Ralph Shirley 1458–1517 m. Jane (Joan) Sheffield 1484–1535 m. Anne Waner 1478–
  8. 8. Margaret Shirley 1464–
  9. 9. Jane Shirley 1470– m. Richard Kniveton 1466–
  10. 10. Hugh Shirley 1468–1510 m. Anne Hevyn 1471–1510
  11. 11. Henry Shirley 1476–
  12. 12. Nicholas Shirley 1482–1515
  13. 13. Ann Shirley 1472– m. Thomas Poultney 1480–1540
    1. 1. Margaret Poulteney 1500– m. Christopher Pycroft 1500–1551
      1. 1. Thomas Pycroft 1535–1627 m. Elizabeth Sabin 1531–
        1. 1. Thomas Pycroft 1560–1627 m. Mare Dafferne 1563–1627
        2. 2. Edward Pycroft 1558–
        3. 3. Margerie Pycroft 1558–
        4. 4. Christopher Pycroft 1561–
        5. 5. Edward Pycroft 1562–1613
        6. 6. Robert Pycroft 1565–
        7. 7. William Pycroft 1552– m. Alice Shippe 1552–1592
      2. 2. Maria Whitfield 1517–1580 m. William Picroft 1518–1592
      3. 3. Amy Pycroft 1528–
      4. 4. Robert Pycroft 1527–
      5. 5. Christopher Pycroft 1538–
      6. 6. William Picroft 1518–1592 m. Maria Whitfield 1517–1580
    2. 2. Dorothy Pulteney 1521– m. Thomas Hodges 1521–
    3. 3. Richard Poultney 1524–
    4. 4. Francis Poultney 1506–1550 m. Francis Poultney 1527– m. Margaret Vaux 1513–
    5. 5. Rohesia Poultney 1520–1581 m. George Sherard 1537–1575

Eleanor Willoughby's Timeline

2 Records

1433
1433
Birth of Eleanor Willoughby in Nottinghamshire, England
Nottinghamshire, England
1487
2 AUG 1487
Age 54
Death of Eleanor Willoughby in Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1433
    Event Place: Nottinghamshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 AUG 1487
    Event Place: Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Garendon Abbey, Shepshed, Charnwood Borough, Leicestershire, England

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