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Sir Edward Willoughby 1485 – 1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1485

Birth Location: Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England

Death Date: 26 Apr 1567

Death Location: Nottinghamshire, England

Father: Sir Willoughby

Mother: Margaret (Willoughby)

Spouse(s): Lady (Willoughby)

Children(s): Sir Willoughby

Sir Edward Willoughby was born in 1485 in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England, the child of Sir Henry Willoughby and Margaret Markham (Willoughby). Sir Edward Willoughby married Lady Anne Filliol (Willoughby), and had children including Sir Henry Willoughby. Sir Edward Willoughby passed away in 1567 in Nottinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Edward Willoughby was born in 1485 in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England, the child of Sir Henry Willoughby and Margaret Markham (Willoughby).
  • Sir Edward Willoughby married Lady Anne Filliol (Willoughby), and had children including Sir Henry Willoughby.
  • Sir Edward Willoughby passed away in 1567 in Nottinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Willoughby's Ancestors

Self
Sir Willoughby
1485 – 1567
Birth Place: Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England
Parents
Sir Henry Willoughby
1452 – 1528
England
Margaret (Markham) (Willoughby)
Grandparents
Sir (Robert) Willoughby
1427 – 1465
Nottinghamshire, England
Lady (Cecily Margaretha "Margaret" Wells Griffith \ Gruffydd) (Willoughby)
1430 – 1491
Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England
Sir (Robert) Markham
Joan (Daubeney) (Markham)
Great-Grandparents
Sir Willoughby
Margaret (Willoughby)
John Gruffydd
1395 – 1471
Katherine (Griffith)
1397 – 1457
Sir Daubeney
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Willoughby's Descendants

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Sir (Edward) Willoughby (1485 – 26 Apr 1567) m. Lady (Anne Filliol) (Willoughby) (1480 – 2 Jan 1541)
  1. 1. Sir (Henry) Willoughby (17 Jan 1517 – 27 Aug 1548) m. Anne (Grey) (Willoughby) (ABT 1513 – 17 Aug 1548)
    1. 1. Sir (Francis Willoughby, 6th Baron) Willoughby (1547 – 16 November 1596) m. Elizabeth (Lyttelton \ Littleton) (Willoughby) (1545 – 07 Aug 1597)
      1. 1. Margaret (Willoughby) (Spencer) (21 Oct 1571 – 17 Aug 1597) m. Robert Spencer (21 Jul 1567 – 25 Oct 1627)
        1. 1. William Spencer (4 January 1591 – 19 Dec 1636) m. Penelope (Wriothesley) (Spencer) (1592 – 16 Jul 1667)

Sir Willoughby's Timeline

2 Records

1485
1485
Birth of Sir Edward Willoughby in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England
Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England
1567
26 Apr 1567
Age 82
Death of Sir Edward Willoughby in Nottinghamshire, England
Nottinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1485
    Event Place: Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Apr 1567
    Event Place: Nottinghamshire, England

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