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Robert Willoughby 1343 – 1396 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1343

Birth Location: Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 9 Aug 1396

Death Location: Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England

Father: John Willoughby

Mother: Cecily Ufford

Spouse(s): Alice Skipwith, Margaret Zouch, Elizabeth Latimer

Children(s): William Willoughby, Sir Garter, Katherine Willoughby, Thomas Willoughby, Robert Willoughby, Brian Willoughby, John Willoughby

In 1343, Robert Willoughby entered the world in Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, born to John Willoughby and Cecily De Ufford. Robert Willoughby married Alice Skipwith, Margaret (Margery) la Zouch, Elizabeth de Latimer, and had children including William Willoughby, Sir Lord William 5th Barron De Garter, Katherine Willoughby, Thomas Willoughby, Robert Willoughby, Brian Willoughby, John Willoughby. Robert Willoughby passed away in 1396 in Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1343, Robert Willoughby entered the world in Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, born to John Willoughby and Cecily De Ufford.
  • Robert Willoughby married Alice Skipwith, Margaret (Margery) la Zouch, Elizabeth de Latimer, and had children including William Willoughby, Sir Lord William 5th Barron De Garter, Katherine Willoughby, Thomas Willoughby, Robert Willoughby, Brian Willoughby, John Willoughby.
  • Robert Willoughby passed away in 1396 in Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Robert Willoughby's Ancestors

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Robert Willoughby
1343 – 1396
Birth Place: Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
John Willoughby
1323 – 1372
Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
Cecily (De) Ufford
1327 – 1372
Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
Grandparents
John Willoughby
1323 – 1372
Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England
Joan (De) Roscelyn
1304 – 1354
Edgefield, Norfolk, England
Robert (de) Ufford
1298 – 1369
Thurston, Suffolk, England
Margaret ((Countess Of Suffolk) DE) NORWICH
1300 – 1368
Mettingham, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Willoughby
1260 – 1317
Margaret Deincourt
1275 – 1333
Peter Roscelyn
– 1266
Mabel Eresby
1275 – 1307
Robert Ufford
1279 – 1316
Cecily Valoignes
1284 – 1325
Walter Norwich
1274 – 1329
Katherine Hedersett
1275 – 1343
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Willoughby
1230 – 1300
Alice Beke
1245 – 1311
Edmund Deincourt
1245 – 1327
Isabel Mohun
1243 – 1280
Thomas Roscelyn
1245 – 1266
Mabel Roscelyn
1249 –
Robert Ufford
1234 – 1298
Mary
– 1280
Robert Valoines
1247 – 1282
Eve Criketot
Geoffrey Norwich
1245 – 1308
Cecily Valoines
1234 – 1325
John Hedersete
1240 – 1300
Margery Hedersete
1246 –

Robert Willoughby's Descendants

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Robert Willoughby (1343 – 9 Aug 1396) m. Alice Skipwith (1345 – 1412) m. Margaret ((Margery) la) Zouch (Abt 1339 – 18 Oct 1391) m. Elizabeth (de) Latimer (1357 – 5 Nov 1395)
  1. 1. William Willoughby (1370 – 4 Dec 1409) m. Lucy (Le) Strange (1367 – 28 Apr 1405)
  2. 2. Sir (Lord William 5th Barron De) Garter (1371 – 4 Dec 1409) m. Lucy (Le) Strange (1367 – 28 Apr 1405)
    1. 1. Thomas Willoughby (1387 – 1 Jul 1439) m. Joan (Arundel) FitzAlan (Jul 1403 – 1 Jul 1439)
      1. 1. Isabel Willoughby (3 Mar 1418 – 28 Oct 1471) m. Phillip Boteler (29 Nov 1414 – 28 Jul 1453) m. Knight (John Thomas) Austen (1418 – 1471) m. John Blessingby (1418 – Nov 1477) m. William Botelier
      2. 2. Margaret DeWilloughby (1420 – ) m. William (De) BELGRAVE (1419 – 1468) m. Godfrey Hilton (9 Nov 1419 – 18 May 1472)
      3. 3. Dorothy Willoughby (1425 – ) m. Ralph Hopton (Abt 1521 – 15 Dec 1571)
      4. 4. Sir (Robert of Parham Knight) Eresby (1427 – 30 May 1465) m. Cecily Welles (1430 – 30 May 1465) m. Cecily (Margaret De) Welles (1425 – 28 Jan 1491)
        1. 1. Christopher Willoughby (1453 – 13 Jul 1499) m. Margaret (Jenney) Willoughby (1457 – 16 May 1515)
      5. 5. Robert Willoughby (1427 – 30 May 1465) m. Cecily (Margaret) Welles (1430 – 3 Jul 1480) m. Cecily (Margaret De) Welles (1425 – 28 Jan 1491)
      6. 6. William Willoughby (1430 – ) m. Joan Strangeways (Abt 1427 – Feb 1485)
      7. 7. Cecily Willoughby (Dec 1430 – 1480)
      8. 8. Henry Willoughby (1431 – 30 May 1465)
      9. 9. Joan Willoughby (1432 – 13 Feb 1461)
  3. 3. Katherine Willoughby (Abt 1373 – Deceased) m. William Astley (Abt 1375 – )
  4. 4. Thomas Willoughby (Abt 1374 – 4 Dec 1409) m. Elizabeth Neville (Abt 1382 – 12 Nov 1428)
  5. 5. Robert Willoughby (Abt 1375 – Deceased) m. Matilda Willoughby (Abt 1379 – )
  6. 6. Brian Willoughby ( – Deceased)
  7. 7. John Willoughby ( – Deceased)

Robert Willoughby's Timeline

3 Records

1343
1343
Birth of Robert Willoughby in Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
1396
9 Aug 1396
Age 53
Death of Robert Willoughby in Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
1396
Aft 9 Aug 1396
Age 53
Burial of Robert Willoughby in Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1343
    Event Place: Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Aug 1396
    Event Place: Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Aft 9 Aug 1396
    Event Place: Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England

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