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Margaret Jane (Joan) Willoughby 1485 – 1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Jun 1485

Birth Location: Wollaton (Nottinghamshire) England

Death Date: 26 November 1567

Death Location: Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Father: Henry Derbyshire

Mother: Margaret Markham

Spouse(s): Guiscard Harbottle

Children(s): Lady Harbottle

Margaret Jane (Joan) Willoughby was born in 1485 in Wollaton (Nottinghamshire) England, the child of Henry Willoughby, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire and Margaret Markham. Margaret Jane (Joan) Willoughby married Guiscard Harbottle, and had children including Lady Mary Harbottle. Margaret Jane (Joan) Willoughby passed away in 1567 in Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Margaret Jane (Joan) Willoughby was born in 1485 in Wollaton (Nottinghamshire) England, the child of Henry Willoughby, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire and Margaret Markham.
  • Margaret Jane (Joan) Willoughby married Guiscard Harbottle, and had children including Lady Mary Harbottle.
  • Margaret Jane (Joan) Willoughby passed away in 1567 in Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Derbyshire
1452 – 1528
Birth Location: Middleton, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
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Margaret Markham
1461 – 1487
Birth Location: Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Guiscard Harbottle
1485 – 1513
Birth Location: Horton, Northumberland, England
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Children(s)

Lady Harbottle
1507 – 1556
Birth Location: Dalton Michael, Yorkshire, England
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Margaret Willoughby's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Willoughby
1485 – 1567
Birth Place: Wollaton (Nottinghamshire) England
Parents
Henry Willoughby, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire
1452 – 1528
Middleton, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Markham
1461 – 1487
Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Willoughby's Descendants

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Margaret (Jane (Joan)) Willoughby (12 Jun 1485 – 26 November 1567) m. Guiscard Harbottle (06 January 1485 – 09 September 1513)
  1. 1. Lady (Mary) Harbottle (1507 – 12 Dec 1556) m. Sir (Edward Fitton (Sheriff of) Cheshire) (1500 – 17 February 1550)
    1. 1. Catherine (of Gosworth Cheshire) Fitton (1534 – 25 Jan 1607) m. John MERE\MERRYE (1530 – Dec 1592)
      1. 1. Ellen Merrye (1554 – Jul 1664) m. Robert HARDING (Nov 1556 – Jan 1596)
        1. 1. Mary (Anne) HARDING (5 Sep 1590 – 1635) m. Thomas (Warriner) Chapman (3 May 1590 – 1652)

Margaret Willoughby's Timeline

2 Records

1485
12 Jun 1485
Birth of Margaret Jane (Joan) Willoughby in Wollaton (Nottinghamshire) England
Wollaton (Nottinghamshire) England
1567
26 November 1567
Age 82
Death of Margaret Jane (Joan) Willoughby in Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Jun 1485
    Event Place: Wollaton (Nottinghamshire) England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 November 1567
    Event Place: Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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