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Francis Willoughby 1547–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1547

Birth Location: Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 16 November 1596

Death Location: lodgings in London, London, London, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir GGF

Mother: Lady Wollaton

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Lyttelton, Lady Lyttleton-Willoughby

Children(s): Lady Spencer

Francis Willoughby was born in 1547 in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Henry Willoughby Baron Willoughby Of Wollaton Sheriff And Justice Of Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire And Warwickshire 14Th Ggf And Lady Anne Fitzalan Grey Audley Willoughby Von Wollaton. Francis Willoughby married Elizabeth Lyttelton, Lady Baroness Elisabeth Elizabeth Countess Von Lyttleton Willoughby, and had children including Lady Margaret Willoughby Baroness Spencer. Francis Willoughby passed away in 1596 in lodgings in London, London, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Francis Willoughby was born in 1547 in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Henry Willoughby Baron Willoughby Of Wollaton Sheriff And Justice Of Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire And Warwickshire 14Th Ggf And Lady Anne Fitzalan Grey Audley Willoughby Von Wollaton.
  • Francis Willoughby married Elizabeth Lyttelton, Lady Baroness Elisabeth Elizabeth Countess Von Lyttleton Willoughby, and had children including Lady Margaret Willoughby Baroness Spencer.
  • Francis Willoughby passed away in 1596 in lodgings in London, London, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Francis Willoughby's Ancestors

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Francis Willoughby
1547–1596
Birth Place: Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Henry Willoughby, Baron Willoughby of Wollaton, Sheriff and Justice of Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire 14th GGF
1517–1549
Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire, England
Lady (Anne FitzAlan Grey,, Audley, Willoughby Von) Wollaton
1520–1548
Groby Castle, Leicestershire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Lord Edward WILLOUGHBY van Wollaton, Baron de Broke and de) Jure
1494–1541
Shropshire, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Anne Margaret Filliol, De Neville Baroness of Wollaton,) Nottinghamshire
1501–1541
Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England
Lord (Thomas Sir Knight of the Garter 2nd Marquis of Dorcet, constable of Warwick Castle Grey van Groby) II
1500–1530
Groby Castle, Bashall, Yorkshire, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret Margaretha Wotton, Marchioness of Dorset, Baroness) Grey
1500–1535
Boughton Malherbe, Maidstone, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Willoughby
1445–1529
Margaret Markham
1479–1524
Richard Latimer
1468–1530
Anna Stafford
1472–1500
Sir Dorset
1457–1501
Lady Bonville
1460–1529
Robert Calais
1445–1524
Anne Belknape
1458–1536
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Latimer
1510–1565
Joan Neville
1510–1562

Francis Willoughby's Descendants

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Francis Willoughby (1547–16 November 1596) m. Elizabeth Lyttelton (1548–1594) m. Lady (Baroness Elisabeth\Elizabeth, Countess Von) Lyttleton-Willoughby (1546–04 June 1594)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret Willoughby, Baroness) Spencer 1571–1597 m. Sir (Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spenser of Wormleighton, KG,) MP 1570–1627
    1. 1. Lydia Kenden 1595–1620 m. John (Newdigate) Newgatte 1588–1665 m. Sir (George) Fane 1581–1640 m. John Newgatte 1580–1665
      1. 1. Mary Newgate 1615–1690 m. Thomas (1594 Townsend) -Newgate 1594–1677
        1. 1. Richard Townsend 1632–1670 m. Deliverance Coles 1632–1663 m. Elizabeth (Ann) Wickes 1640–1671 m. Elizabeth ((Wickes)) Weekes 1634–1689

Francis Willoughby's Timeline

2 Records

1547
1547
Birth of Francis Willoughby in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
1596
16 November 1596
Age 49
Death of Francis Willoughby in lodgings in London, London, London, England, United Kingdom
lodgings in London, London, London, England, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1547
    Event Place: Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 November 1596
    Event Place: lodgings in London, London, London, England, United Kingdom

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