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William 5th Lord Willoughby 1371–1409 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1371

Birth Location: Eresby, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 06 Dec 1409

Death Location: Spilsby, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England

Father: Robert Willoughby

Mother: Margery Willoughby

Spouse(s): Lucy Eresby

Children(s): Lady Ravensworth, Robert Willoughby, Margaret Oldhall, Elizabeth Beaumont, Lord Willoughby, Robert Willoughby

William 5th Lord Willoughby was born in 1371 in Eresby, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Robert 4Th Lord Willoughby And Margery Willoughby. William 5th Lord Willoughby married Lucy Le Strange Baroness Willoughby And Eresby, and had children including Elizabeth Willoughby Baroness Of Beaumont, Lady Margaret Margery Willoughby Baroness Fitzhugh Of Ravensworth, Lord William Willoughby, Margaret Oldhall, Robert Eresby Willoughby, Robert Willoughby, Thomas Willoughby. William 5th Lord Willoughby passed away in 1409 in Spilsby, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England.

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  • William 5th Lord Willoughby was born in 1371 in Eresby, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Robert 4Th Lord Willoughby And Margery Willoughby.
  • William 5th Lord Willoughby married Lucy Le Strange Baroness Willoughby And Eresby, and had children including Elizabeth Willoughby Baroness Of Beaumont, Lady Margaret Margery Willoughby Baroness Fitzhugh Of Ravensworth, Lord William Willoughby, Margaret Oldhall, Robert Eresby Willoughby, Robert Willoughby, Thomas Willoughby.
  • William 5th Lord Willoughby passed away in 1409 in Spilsby, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England.

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William Willoughby's Ancestors

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William Willoughby
1371–1409
Birth Place: Eresby, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
Robert 4th Lord Willoughby
1349–1396
Lincolnshire, England
Margery Willoughby
–1391
England
Grandparents
John (3rd Lord) Willoughby
1328–1372
Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England
Cecily Ufford
1327–1372
Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Willoughby
1303–1349
Joan Willoughby
–1354
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Willoughby's Descendants

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William (5th Lord) Willoughby (1371–06 Dec 1409) m. Lucy (Le Strange, Baroness Willoughby and) Eresby (1367–28 Apr 1405)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret Margery Willoughby, Baroness FitzHugh of) Ravensworth 1389–1452 m. Lord (William, 4th Baronet Fitzhugh, Fitzhugh, 4th Baron) Ravensworth 1398–1452 m. Thomas (Skipwith Sir, K.G., Baron, Sheriff) Lincolnshire 1380–1417
    1. 1. Lady (Maude Fitz) Hugh 1435–1516 m. Sir (William Sheriff of Northumberland) Bowes 1446–1512 m. Sir (William Sheriff of Northumberland) Bowes 1446–1512 m. William Bowes 1435– m. William Bowes 1415–
      1. 1. Sir (Robert Christopher Danbie) II 1448–1546 m. Lady (Elizabeth Neville (Beauchamp of) Baueauney) 1456–1571
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Danby) Wentworth 1478–1554 m. John Dickinson 1474–1554
      2. 2. Sir (Ralph) Bowes 1468–1512
      3. 3. Margery Bowes 1471–1503
      4. 4. Sir (Ralph) Bowes 1468–1512
      5. 5. Margery Bowes 1471–1503
    2. 2. Lora Fitzhugh 1416–1472
    3. 3. Lady (Elizabeth) FitzHugh 1420–1445
    4. 4. Isabel Fitzhugh 1422–
    5. 5. Sir (Henry, 5th Lord Baronet Fitzhugh of Ravensworth,) Fitzhugh 1424–1472
    6. 6. Lucy Fitzhugh 1424–
    7. 7. Lady (Margery) FitzHugh 1425–1475
    8. 8. Lady (Eleanor Fitzhugh, Baroness of) Gillesland 1431–1468
    9. 9. Lady (Maude) FitzHugh 1446–1516
    10. 10. William (Skipwith Sir, K.G., Ch. Justice of England, Sheriff) Lincolnshire 1415–1482
  2. 2. Robert Willoughby 1385–1452
  3. 3. Margaret Oldhall –1455
  4. 4. Elizabeth (Willoughby, Baroness of) Beaumont 1384–1428
  5. 5. Lord (William) Willoughby 1387–1432
  6. 6. Robert (Eresby) Willoughby 1385–1452

William Willoughby's Timeline

2 Records

1371
1371
Birth of William 5th Lord Willoughby in Eresby, Lincolnshire, England
Eresby, Lincolnshire, England
1409
06 Dec 1409
Age 38
Death of William 5th Lord Willoughby in Edgefield, Lincs, England
Edgefield, Lincs, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1371
    Event Place: Eresby, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 Dec 1409
    Event Place: Edgefield, Lincs, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Spilsby, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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