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Sir Robert Willoughby 1427–1465 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1427

Birth Location: Parham, Sussex, England

Death Date: 30 May 1465

Death Location: Wollaton, Nottingham Unitary Authority, Nottinghamshire, England

Father: Sir knight

Mother: Lady Willoughby

Spouse(s): Margaret Gruffydd

Children(s): Alice Willoughby, Jane Willoughby, Sir Wollaton

Sir Robert Willoughby was born in 1427 in Parham, Sussex, England, the child of Sir Hugh Willoughby Of Wollaston Baron Knight And Lady Margaret De Freville Baroness Of Willoughby. Sir Robert Willoughby married Margaret Griffith Gruffydd, and had children including Alice Willoughby, Jane Willoughby, Sir Henry Willoughby Of Wollaton. Sir Robert Willoughby passed away in 1465 in Wollaton, Nottingham Unitary Authority, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert Willoughby was born in 1427 in Parham, Sussex, England, the child of Sir Hugh Willoughby Of Wollaston Baron Knight And Lady Margaret De Freville Baroness Of Willoughby.
  • Sir Robert Willoughby married Margaret Griffith Gruffydd, and had children including Alice Willoughby, Jane Willoughby, Sir Henry Willoughby Of Wollaton.
  • Sir Robert Willoughby passed away in 1465 in Wollaton, Nottingham Unitary Authority, Nottinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Willoughby's Ancestors

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Sir Willoughby
1427–1465
Birth Place: Parham, Sussex, England
Parents
Sir Hugh Willoughby of Wollaston, Baron, knight
1393–1448
Wollaton Hall, Willoughby, Nottinghamshire, England
Lady (Margaret de Freville, Baroness of) Willoughby
1397–1493
Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Edmund Willoughby,) Knight
1380–1400
Wollaston, Nottinghamshire, England
Lady (Isabel Annesley, Baroness of) Willoughby
1383–1415
Nottinghamshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Willoughby's Descendants

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Sir (Robert) Willoughby (1427–30 May 1465) m. Margaret (Griffith) Gruffydd (1431–1485)
  1. 1. Alice Willoughby 1440–1508 m. Richard Curzon 1400–1496
    1. 1. Lady (Catharine de) Cruzon 1430–1530 m. Sir (Nicholas II Griffin, Knight, Lord of) Latimer 1426–1482
      1. 1. John (Griffin, 9th Baron) Latimer 1454–1485 m. Emmote Whetehill 1461–1521
        1. 1. Sir (Nicholas Griffin, 10th Baron Latimer of Braybrooke,) knight 1476–1509 m. Alice Thornburgh 1485– m. Anne (Throckmorton () Throgmartin) 1477–1505
        2. 2. George Griffin 1478–
        3. 3. David Griffin 1480–
        4. 4. Mary (Griffin, Baroness) Audley 1485–1520
        5. 5. Agnes (Jane) Griffin 1476–
        6. 6. George Griffin 1495–
      2. 2. Edward Griffin 1464–1485
      3. 3. Isabel (Griffin) (Neville) 1459–1514 m. Thomas Neville 1455–1503
      4. 4. Katherine Griffin 1455–1517 m. John (Digby, 3rd Earl of Bristol, knight, Battle of Bosworth Field (War of the) Roses) 1450–1533
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Digby) (Hercy) 1500–1561
        2. 2. Simon Digby –1560
        3. 3. Parnel Digby 1490–1518
        4. 4. Dorothy Digby 1510–1560
        5. 5. William Digby 1495–1558
      5. 5. Lady (Joyce) Griffin 1446–1490
  2. 2. Jane Willoughby 1450–1481
  3. 3. Sir (Henry Willoughby of) Wollaton 1452–1528
    1. 1. Sir (Edward Willoughby, 3rd Lord of) Broke 1490–1541 m. Lady (Elizabeth Margaret de Neville (Danby) Baroness of) Broke 1501–1571
      1. 1. Sir (Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron of Willoughby) (Knight) 1517–1551 m. Lady (Anne de Grey - Willoughby, Baroness) Willoughby 1520–1548
        1. 1. Sir (Francis Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby, Sheriff of) Nottinghamshire 1547–1596 m. Lady (Elizabeth Lyttleton, Countess of Lyttleton, Baroness) Willoughby 1546–1594 m. Dorothy Colby 1555–1621
        2. 2. Thomas Willoughby 1537–1596 m. Catherine Hart 1540–1602
      2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth of Wiltshire, 2nd Baroness of Brooke) Willoughby 1512–1562
      3. 3. Anne Willoughby 1517–1528

Sir Willoughby's Timeline

2 Records

1427
1427
Birth of Sir Robert Willoughby in Parham, Sussex, England
Parham, Sussex, England
1465
30 May 1465
Age 38
Death of Sir Robert Willoughby in Willoughby, Nottinghamshire, England
Willoughby, Nottinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1427
    Event Place: Parham, Sussex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 May 1465
    Event Place: Willoughby, Nottinghamshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Age:
    37-38

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wollaton, Nottingham Unitary Authority, Nottinghamshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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