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Eleanor Willoughby 1433–1487 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1433

Birth Location: Nottinghamshire, England

Death Date: 2 AUG 1487

Death Location: Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Hugh Willoughby

Mother: Margaret Freville

Spouse(s): John Ettington

Children(s): Ralph Shirley, Richard Shirley, Baldwin Shirley, Margaret Shirley, Robert Shirley, Eleanor Shirley, Henry Shirley, Jane Shirley, Anne Shirley, Hugh Shirley, Thomas Shirley, Alice Shirley, Nicholas 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, 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 Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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  • 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, 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 Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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Eleanor Willoughby's Ancestors

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Eleanor Willoughby
1433–1487
Birth Place: Nottinghamshire, England
Parents
Hugh Willoughby
1390–1448
Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire, England
Margaret Freville
1400–1493
Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
Grandparents
Edmund Willoughby
1360–1396
Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England
Isabel Annesely
1378–1415
Wollaston Manor, Nottinghamshire, England
Baldwin Freville
1368–1400
Weoley, Northfield, Worcestershire, England
Maud Scrope
1375–1418
Masham, Yorkshire, England
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Eleanor Willoughby's Descendants

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Eleanor Willoughby (1433–2 AUG 1487) m. John (Shirley, Lord of) Ettington (ABT 1432–18 MAY 1486)
  1. 1. Ralph Shirley 1458–1517 m. Jane Sheffield 1484–1535 m. Anne Talbot 1459– m. Anne Warner 1478–1513
    1. 1. Francis Shirley 1515–1571 m. Dorothea Giffard 1510–1571
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Shirley) Pratt 1560–1620 m. Sir (Thomas) Cotton 1550–1614
        1. 1. Frances Cotton 1578–1620 m. Edward Montagu, 1562–1644
        2. 2. Andrew Cotton 1564–1642
        3. 3. Henry Cotton 1565–1614
        4. 4. Ferninand Cotton 1567–
        5. 5. Thomas Cotton 1572– m. Mary Price 1575–
        6. 6. Dorothy Cotton 1576– m. Maurice Bonde 1571–
        7. 7. Johanna Cotton 1578– m. John Bonde 1573–
        8. 8. Lucy Cotton 1574–
        9. 9. Richard Cotton –1583
        10. 10. Katherine Cotton 1573–1638 m. Ralph Bennett 1555–1626 m. George Taylor –1634
        11. 11. John Cotton 1585–1652 m. Joane Parkenson 1590– m. Johanne Chamberton 1588–1630
        12. 12. Robert (Bruce) Cotton 1570–1631 m. Elizabeth Brocas 1573–1657
      2. 2. Sir (John W) Shirley 1533–1570 m. Jane Lovett 1539–1582 m. Agnes Parker 1541–1598
      3. 3. Anne Shirley –1608 m. John (Brooke of Madeley) Court 1538–1598
  2. 2. Richard Shirley 1478–1540
  3. 3. Baldwin Shirley 1456–
  4. 4. Margaret Shirley 1464–
  5. 5. Robert Shirley 1461–1513
  6. 6. Eleanor Shirley 1464– m. Robert Hesilrige 1463–1500
  7. 7. Henry Shirley 1476–
  8. 8. Jane Shirley 1470–
  9. 9. Anne Shirley 1472–
  10. 10. Hugh Shirley 1468–1510
  11. 11. Thomas Shirley 1463–1516
  12. 12. Alice Shirley 1453–1531
  13. 13. Nicholas Shirley 1482–1515

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

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