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Thomas Willoughby 1486 – 1545 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1486

Birth Location: Ersby,,Lincolnshire,England

Death Date: 1545-09-29

Death Location: Eresby,,Lincolnshire,England

Father: Christopher Willoughby

Mother: Margaret Jenny

Spouse(s): Bridget Read

Children(s): Robert Willoughby, Christopher Willoughby

In 1486, Thomas Willoughby entered the world in Ersby,,Lincolnshire,England, born to Christopher Willoughby and Margaret Jenny. Thomas Willoughby married Bridget Read, and had children including Robert Willoughby, Christopher Willoughby. Thomas Willoughby passed away in 1545 in Eresby,,Lincolnshire,England.

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Biography

  • In 1486, Thomas Willoughby entered the world in Ersby,,Lincolnshire,England, born to Christopher Willoughby and Margaret Jenny.
  • Thomas Willoughby married Bridget Read, and had children including Robert Willoughby, Christopher Willoughby.
  • Thomas Willoughby passed away in 1545 in Eresby,,Lincolnshire,England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Christopher Willoughby
1450 – 1499
Birth Location: Knotishall,,Suffolk,England
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Margaret Jenny
1460 – 1515
Birth Location: Knoddishall,,Suffolk,England
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Spouses(s)

Bridget Read
1487 – 1558
Birth Location: Horstal,,Kent,England
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Children(s)

Robert Willoughby
1511 –
Birth Location: Bore Place,,Kent,England
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Christopher Willoughby
1513 – 1586
Birth Location: St George,,Surrey,England
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Thomas Willoughby's Ancestors

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Thomas Willoughby
1486 – 1545
Birth Place: Ersby,,Lincolnshire,England
Parents
Christopher Willoughby
1450 – 1499
Knotishall,,Suffolk,England
Margaret Jenny
1460 – 1515
Knoddishall,,Suffolk,England
Grandparents
Robert Willoughby
1427 – 1465
Parham,,Sussex,England
Cecily Wells
1430 – 1480
Welle,,Lincolnshire,England
William Jenny
1420 – 1483
Knoddishall,,Suffolk,England
Elizabeth Cawse
1426 – 1466
Knoddishall,,Suffolk,England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Willoughby
1387 – 1432
Joan Fitzalan
1407 – 1427
Lionel Welles
1406 – 1461
Joan Waterton
1407 – 1434
John Jenney
1398 – 1460
Maud Bokill
1400 – 1498
Thomas Cawse
1400 – 1495
Ellen Moore
1404 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Willoughby
1371 – 1409
Lucy Strange
1367 – 1405
Richard Arundel
1366 – 1419
Alice Burley
1380 – 1436
Eudo Welles
1387 – 1421
Maud Greystok
1390 – 1416
Robert Waterton
1340 – 1425
Joan Everingham
1385 – 1422
William Jenney
1374 – 1397
Maude Jenney
1376 – 1400
John Bokill
1375 – 1466
Jane Layston
1380 – 1474
Edmund Moore
1381 –
Catherine Chattoke
1386 –

Thomas Willoughby's Descendants

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Thomas Willoughby (1486 – 1545-09-29) m. Bridget Read (1487 – 1558)
  1. 1. Robert Willoughby (1511 – ) m. Dorothy Willoughby (1525 – )
    1. 1. Thomas Willoughby (1537 – 1596) m. Catherine Hart (1540 – )
      1. 1. Thomas Willoughby (1566 – 1648-03-16) m. Clemence Willoughby (1575 – )
        1. 1. Thomas Willoughby (1601 – 1658-08-16) m. Alice Brewster (1600 – )
  2. 2. Christopher Willoughby (1513 – 1586-01-11) m. Margery Tottishurst (1516 – 1586)
    1. 1. Kenelm Willoughby (1540 – 1620)
      1. 1. Clemence Willoughby (1575 – ) m. Thomas Willoughby (1566 – 1648-03-16)

Thomas Willoughby's Timeline

2 Records

1486
1486
Birth of Thomas Willoughby in Ersby,,Lincolnshire,England
Ersby,,Lincolnshire,England
1545
1545-09-29
Age 59
Death of Thomas Willoughby in Eresby,,Lincolnshire,England
Eresby,,Lincolnshire,England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1486
    Event Place: Ersby,,Lincolnshire,England
    Record Source: OneWorldTree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1545-09-29
    Event Place: Eresby,,Lincolnshire,England
    Record Source: OneWorldTree
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