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Sir William Willoughby 1430 – 1492 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1430

Birth Location: Dudley, Worcestershire, England

Death Date: 14 Feb 1492

Death Location: Sanctuary, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

Father: Sir Willoughby

Mother: Joan Arundel

Spouse(s): Jane Strangeways

Children(s): Lady Willoughby

The story of Sir William Willoughby began in 1430 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England. Sir William Willoughby married Jane Strangeways, and had children including Lady Cicely Margaret Willoughby. Sir William Willoughby passed away in 1492 in Sanctuary, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir William Willoughby began in 1430 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England.
  • Sir William Willoughby married Jane Strangeways, and had children including Lady Cicely Margaret Willoughby.
  • Sir William Willoughby passed away in 1492 in Sanctuary, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.

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Sir Willoughby's Ancestors

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Sir Willoughby
1430 – 1492
Birth Place: Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Parents
Sir Thomas Willoughby
1387 – 1432
Parham, Sussex, England
Joan (FitzAlan) Arundel
1407 – 1439
Arundel, Sussex, England
Grandparents
Sir (William de) Willoughby
1371 – 1409
Lincolnshire, England
Lucy (le) Strange
1364 – 1398
Knockin, Oswestry, Shropshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Willoughby's Descendants

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Sir (William) Willoughby (Abt. 1430 – 14 Feb 1492) m. Jane Strangeways (Abt. 1427 – 24 Feb 1485)
  1. 1. Lady (Cicely Margaret) Willoughby (Abt. 1463 – Aug 1539) m. Lord (Sir Knight Edward) Sutton (1469 – 11 Jan 1536)
    1. 1. Lord (Sir John 'Lord Quondam') Sutton-Dudley (Abt. 1494 – 1553) m. Lady (Cicely) Grey (Abt. 1496 – 28 Apr 1554)
      1. 1. Vice-Admiral (Sir Henry) Sutton-Dudley (1524 – 10 Aug 1557) m. Lady (Elizabeth Carrie) Ashton (1519 – 1558 (Age of death about 38 years))
        1. 1. Captain (Sir Knight Roger) Sutton-Dudley (24 Jun 1535 – 1586) m. Susannah ('Susan') Thorne (5 Mar 1558 – 29 Oct 1588)
    2. 2. Lady (Joane) Sutton (1504 – 15 OCT 1555) m. Lord (Robert) Alger (1480 – 1557)
      1. 1. Francis Alger (1536 – 1575) m. Eleanor (Lettice) Peacock (1551 – 1 Nov 1583)
        1. 1. Lettice Aggar (1577 – 14 Mar 1620) m. Sir (Bennett) Eliot (1562 – 1621)
    3. 3. Joyce Sutton (1501 – 22 Apr 1572) m. Sir (John) Leighton (1500 – 28 February 1532)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Leighton (1523 – 17 May 1606) m. Thomas Screven (1522 – 22 Nov 1587)
        1. 1. Eleanor Scryven (1555 – 8 May 1600) m. Rowland (Dutton of) Hatton (1552 – 08 Feb 1620)
    4. 4. Sir (John) Dudley (1502 – Abt 1549) m. Lady (Jane) Guilford (1509 – 15 Jan 1555)
      1. 1. Agnes Sutton (1528 – 7 Jun 1561) m. Baron (William Thomas) Wheeler (ABT 1526 – ABT 1569)
        1. 1. Baron (Seth) Wheeler (1545 – 1614) m. Countess (Agnes) Cooke (20 Nov 1545 – 29 Mar 1613)
      2. 2. Sir (Robert) Dudley (24 June 1533 – 1653) m. Lady (Elizabeth Douglas) Howard (10 Oct 1542 – 11 December 1608) m. Lady (Anne Guildford) Wood (1558 – 1580)
        1. 1. Sir (Robert) Dudley (1575 – Sep 1639) m. Lady (Bridget) Green (1574 – 1674)
    5. 5. Lady (Joane) Sutton (1 Jan 1509 – 15 Oct 1555) m. Lord (Sir Knight Thomas) Butler (1500 – Abt 1556)
      1. 1. Lady (Agnes) Butler (1524 – abt 1581) m. Lord (Henry 'the Elder of Colchester') Sherman (1520 – 25 July 1590) m. Sir (Henry 'the Elder of Colchester') Sherman (15 Jan 1520 – 25 Jul 1590)
        1. 1. Sir (Edmund) Sherman (8 June 1548 – 1610) m. Sarah (Elizabeth Ann) Cleare (1553 – 1609)
        2. 2. Lord (Sir Henry Butler) Sherman (8 Jun 1548 – 28 Aug 1610) m. Susan (Renee) Lawrence (21 May 1548 – 13 September 1610)

Sir Willoughby's Timeline

2 Records

1430
Abt. 1430
Birth of Sir William Willoughby in Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Dudley, Worcestershire, England
1492
14 Feb 1492
Age 62
Death of Sir William Willoughby in Sanctuary, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
Sanctuary, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1430
    Event Place: Dudley, Worcestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Feb 1492
    Event Place: Sanctuary, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

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