WILLIAM DE WILLOUGHBY, whose parentage is unknown, held land in Sloothby, in Willoughby in the Marsh, in the time of King Richard. He witnessed charters at the end of the 12th and early in the 13th centuries, two being issued by Gilbert de Gant; appears in law-suits in 1200 and 1202.
In the 12th and 13th centuries there were two separate families of Willoughby
holding lands in Lincolnshire. One, from whom the Lords Willoughby descended,
took its name from Willoughby in the Marsh, in Lindsey, and the other from Silk
Willoughby, in Kesteven. Both families were tenants of the Gant fee. As to the
latter, Robert de Willoughby gave land in Silk Willoughby to the Templars before
1185.
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SPILSBY is set between the beautiful hilly countryside of the wolds and the
flatter country of fen and marsh. Spilsby is an idyllic rural market town which
shows Lincolnshire at its best. The name Spilsby is thought to have originated
from a Danish landowner called Spiller although some think that it is a corruption
of 'Spellows-by'. The 'by' ending means 'a place to dwell' and is characteristic
of many local Place names. According to the Domesday Book 'Spilsbei' belonged
to the Bishop of Durham, passing by marriage to the Bec family in 1166 and again
by marriage to Sir William de Willoughby in 1302. His son became the first Baron
Willoughby d'Eresby.
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Knight Thomas Willoughby was born about 1380 in Eresby, Lincolnshire, England.
John Willoughby was a descendent of Knight Thomas Willoughby who was born about
1380 in Eresby, Lincolnshire, England.
John was born about 1421 in Of, Latimer, , england. He died before Aug 1477.
John Willoughby married (1) Anne (Agnes) CHENEY before 4 Mar 1444/1445. Anne
was born 26 Jul 1426 in Brook Manor, Westbury, Wiltshire, England and was christened
in , Westbury, Wiltshire, England. She died 10 Jun 1470.
They had the following children:
+ 4752 M i Robert WILLOUGHBY
Robert Willoughby was a descendent of Knight Thomas Willoughby who was born about 1380 in Eresby, Lincolnshire, England.
Robert Willoughby married Blanche CHAMPERNON on 1472. Blanche was born
1452/1453 in Of, Bere Ferrers, Devonshire, England. She died about 1476. They
had the following children:
Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY was born about 1445 in Of, Portlemouth, Devonshire,
England.
Robert WILLOUGHBY Lord
Robert WILLOUGHBY Lord was born about 1472 in Of, Broke, , England.
He died 10 Nov 1521 in Probably Spms, Bere Ferrers, Devonshire, England and
was buried in Parish Church, Bere Ferrers, Devonshire, England.Robert also
married (2) Dorothy GREY BARONESS MOUNTJOY about 1515 in Devonshire, England.
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WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, son and heir of Sir Christopher WILLOUGHBY, of Parham,
Suffolk, by Elizabeth (buried there 12 December 1546) youngest daughter of Sir
George TAILBOYS, de jure LORD KYME, whose issue became coheirs of her brother
Gilbert, Lord Tailboys, of Kyme, co. Lincoln, which Christopher was next brother
and heir male to William, Lord Willoughby, who inherited that Barony in 1499.
He was born about 1515; succeeded his father between July 1538 and October 1540;
knighted in 1542; was of the Chamber in 1544, when he was to provide 10 archers
and 40 billmen for the Boulogne campaign in that year, and an Esquire for the
Body by 1545. He was created, 20 February 1546/7, BARON WILLOUGHBY OF PARHAM,
co. Suffolk. He took an active part, perhaps as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire,
in the supression of Kett's Rebellion, being present, with Warwick, at Mousehold
Heath, 27 August 1549; was Deputy of Calais, 13 August (as from 6 October) 1550-October
1552; Chief Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster (Northern parts), 5 February 1552/3
till his death; was one of the 26 peers who signed the letters patent, 16 June
1553, settling the Crown on Lady Jane Grey; Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire,
before 10 August 1557-29 October 1558, and joint Lord Lieutenant thereof, May
1559. He commandcd the rearguard in the force sent, under Lords Clinton and
Warwick, to quell the Northern Rebellion, December 1569. He married. 1stly,
about 1535, Elizabeth, daughetr and heir of Sir Thomas HENEAGE, of Hainton and
Knaith, co. Lincoln, Chief Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, by Katharine, daughter
of Sir John SKIPWITH, of Ormsby, in that co. She, who was aged 35 in 1553, was
living, 1 December 1555. He married, 2ndly (pre-nuptial settlement, 20 August
1559), Margaret, Dowager VISCOUNTESS HEREFORD, daughter of Robert GARNEYS, of
Kenton, Suffolk, by Anne, daughter and coheir of Thomas BACON, of Baconsthorpe,
Norfolk. He died 30 July 1570 at Minting Park, co. Lincoln, and was buried 15
August at Parham. His widow, by whom he had no issue, was buried (with her 1st
husband) 21 July 1599 at Stowe, by Chartley, Staffs.
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CHARLES (WILLOUGHBY), BARON WILLOUGHBY OF PARHAM, only son and heir, by 1st
wife, was born 1536-37); matriculated at Cambridge (St. John's College) Easter
1549; was much employed in local administration in Lincolnshire; and was a Commissioner
for the trial of Philip (Howard), Earl of Arundel, 14 April 1589. He married
Margaret, 3rd daughter of Edward (CLINTON), 1st EARL OF LINCOLN, by his 1st
wife, Elizabeth (sometime Mistress of Henry VIII), Dowager BARONESS TAILBOYS,
1st daughter of Sir John BLOUNT, of Kinlet, Salop. He died late in December
1611 and was buried 31 December 1611 or 1 January 1611/12.
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"The Lords Willoughby were also known as Earls of Lindsey." Margaret (for Britfinders).
Lindsey includes an area in northern Lincolnshire where the town of Great Grimsby
is located. The name Willoughby derives from a combination of Old English and
Old Scandanavian Wilig+by, or "farmstead by the willow trees". It appeared in
the 1086 Domesday Book as Wilgeby. ["A Dictionary of English Place-Names," A.
D. Mills, Oxford University Press, 1991]
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Willoughby/
"Richard Bertie, Esq., who married Catherine
Willoughby, Baroness Willoughby, daughter and heir of William Willoughby, X
Lord Willoughby, widow of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, K.G. He died in
the 64th year of his age, on the 9th April 1582, having survived his Duchess
two years, she deceasing on the 19th of September, 1580, leaving issue by him
an only son, Peregrine Bertie, XI Lord Willoughby."
http://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-02/moa-13.html
WILLIAM (WILLOUGHBY), BARON WILLOUGHBY OF PARHAM, grandson and heir, being son and heir of William WILLOUGHBY, by Elizabeth his wife, was born 1584; knighted at Belvoir Castle, 23 April 1603, by James I; had licence to travel for 3 years, September 1605; a Commissioner for the trials of the Earl and Countess of Somerset, 24 and 25 May 1616. He married (licence Lincoln, 4 February 1602/3, to marry at Woolsthorpe) Frances, youngest daughter of John (MANNERS) 4th EARL OF RUTLAND, by Elizabeth, 4th daughter of Francis CHARLTON, of Apley Castle, Salop. He died 28 August 1617 at Knaith and was buried in Lincoln Cathedral. His widow, who was born (posthumous) 22 October 1588 at Winkbourne, Notts, seems to have died about 1643. Father of Francis, William and Henry Willoughby.
The Prosperous
Voyages are listed at name on Ship List
May, 1610 The Prosperous, from London, arrived at Virginia
Ship and Passenger Information:
Willoby, Thomas (Ensign) . -- Age 23 in Virginia Muster, February 7, 1624/5
"FRANCIS (WILLOUGHBY), LORD WILLOUGHBY OF PARHAM, brother and heir, was born
1613-14;Being opposed to the King's policies, he was appointed by Parliament
Lord Lieutenant of Lidsey, within Lincolnshire, 5 March, and of the whole of
that co., 26 March 1642, and sided with the Parliament on the outbreak of the
Civil War. As Colonel of a Regiment of Horse, till 30 April 1644, he joined
the Earl of Essex's army shortly after Edge Hill (23 October 1642) and held
the chief command in Lincolnshire during 1643, being thanked by the House of
Lords for his great service. "
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WILLIAM (WILLOUGHBY), BARON WILLOUGHBY OF PARHAM, only surviving brother and
heir male, was born circa 1616, educated (with his elder brother) at Eton, 1623-24;
was in Venice, February 1635/6; joint Keeper, with John Carey, of Bestwood Park,
Notts, 16 October 1638. He presumably sided with the Parliament in the Civil
War, during which, 1641-55, he was living at Stanstead Bury, Herts, and afterwards
at Hunsdon, in that co.; admitted Middle Temple, 14 December 1652. On his brother's
death in 1666 he was appointed Captain General and Governor of the Caribbee
Islands, 3 January 1666/7, also (by the Duke of York) Vice Admiral of Barbados
&c., 26 January following, his commission as Governor, being renewed, 6 December
1669 and 29 June 1672. Arriving in Barbados, 23 April 1667, he maintained a
firm but conciliatory rule there, while pursuing an aggressive and successful
policy against the French and Dutch. Under his orders Cayenne was captured from
the French and Surinam retaken (by his son Henry) from the Dutch in 1667; he
subdued the Indians in St. Vincent and Santa Lucia and restored order in Antigua
in 1668; and Tobago was recaptured from the Dutch, December 1672. He married,
in or before 1638, Anne, 3rd daughter of Sir Philip CAREY, of Hunslet, by Leeds,
co. York, and of St. Olave's, Silver Street, London (younger brother of Henry,
1st VISCOUNT FALKLAND [SCT), by Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Richard BLAND,
of Carleton, in Rothwell, co. York. She, who was baptised 10 June 1615 at St.
Olave's, Silver Street, was buried 12 January 1671/2 at Aldenham, Herts, aged
56. M.I. He died 10 April 1673 at Barbados, aged about 57, his body being removed
thence by sea in the St. David, 22 May following, for burial at Knaith.
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21 Sep 1627 Richard Sparrowe married Marye Willowbey in St Nicholas, Durham,England.
A Charles Sparrowe transported John Blackard to Charles City County, Virginia
around 1643.
May 13, 1643 "Skirmish at Grantham, Lincolnshire. In his first independent action as a cavalry commander, Oliver Cromwell routs a Royalist force twice the size of his own."
July 20 1643 "Lord Willoughby captures Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, for Parliament but is threatened by Charles Cavendish's Royalists. Oliver Cromwell and Sir John Meldrum move to support Willoughby"
July 30 1643 "Gainsborough recaptured by the Royalists."
Having obtained meanwhile from the Earl of Carlisle, 17 February 1646/7, a 21 years' lease of the Caribbee Islands, with, 26 February, the post of Lieutenant General thereof, he was now appointed, by Charles II, Governor of Barbados. Arriving there, 29 April 1650, he held that island for the King against the Parliament until 11 January 1651/2. "http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=utzing&id=I080631
"Bagatelle Great House is one of the best examples of early Barbadian
vernacular architecture. A classic double staircase
leads up to the living quarters. This old house goes back as far in time as
St. Nicholas' Abbey and Drax Hall. Originally
owned by the Earl of Carlisle who was once the proprietor of the entire island!
In 1651 it was handed over to Lord Willoughby of Parham and it was called Parham
Park House, the Lord became the governor
of Barbados and all the Caribbean Islands. Unfortunately he drowned off Guadeloupe
in the 1665 hurricane. "
Barbados Wills and Administrations, Vol. I Page number: 327
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Will of Richard SKYRING, merchant of London, aboard ship Davis, Thomas WILLOUGHBY master.
1 June 1653, RB6/11, p. 567
Bro Johyn Skyrnige - Xtr; wrote a will in England dated 1652.
signed Richard Skiring
Wit: Richard Faireman age 24, Robert Rudoll age 22, Thomas Cook
Proved 7 June 1653
In 1663, Francis Lord Willoughby arrived in Barbados, as Governor. Died at sea in a hurricaine in 1666.
Biography of Francis Lord Willoughby
WILLOUBHBYE, Francis Lord of Parham
17 July 1666, RB6/10, p. 47
Debt of Lucas Lucy merchant; dau Frances Breraton, wf of William
Lord Brereton; dau Elizabeth Jones, wf of Richard Jones Esq the
eldest son to Lord Viscount Rannallange; plantations in Antigua
& adjoining islands; plantation in Parham Hill in the River of
Surinam; nephew William Willoughbye Esq; mentions Maj. William
Bate; Jane Ffrith, wf of William Ffrith clk; servants John
Fowler & Robert Stockes; page Edward Sprigh; servants
Dodswroth, Nicholas Walker, & Richard Willis; Xtrs - nephew
Henry Willoughby Esq, Thomas Wardell, Samuall Barwicke Esq, Dr
Peter LaRouse, & sec; Henry Hangleton; bro William Willoughbye
Esq, Sir Bulstroade Whittlocke Knight, & Sir Charles Pym Knight
& Baronett - Overseers in trust; John Champantee of London
merchant. signed F. Willoughby
Wit: Will: Frich, Jno: Fowles, Robert Stookes
Proved 8 July 1688
After death of brother became commander of the guard and governor of Barbados.
Biography of William Willoughby
Barbados Wills and Administrations I
WILLOUGHBY, William Lord of Parham
31 Mar 1673, RB6/8, p. 482
My estate in Antigua & Bdos; to be buried in England; indebted
to Sir Robert Clayton Knt & alderman of London & John Morriss Esq
of London scribner; sons John Willoughby & Charles Willoughby -
Xtrs; debt du to Thomas Knights & John Bandon of London
merchants; Edward Bushell of London merchant; bought of Matirez
Sanna in Madera merchant; mentions servant Mary Hallum; friends
Sir Peter Colleton barrister, Henry Holley, Daniel Searle,
Samuel Barwick, Thomas Wardall, Samuel Farmer, John Knights,
Wikkiam Sharp Esq - Overseers; daus Ann Willoughby* & Catherine
Willoughby*, signed W. Willoughby
Wit: Robert Rich Sr, John Byne, Thomas Speed
Proved 16 Apr 1673
WILLOUGHBY, John, Lord of Parham
10 June 1678, RB6/9, p. 455
To be buried at Knaith in Co. Lincoln among my ancestors; wf Ann
- estate in Bdos & Antigua or any part of America; bro Charles
Willoughby - estate in England; sisters Lady Frances Harper,
Lady Ann Harper, & Catherine Willioughby; Rebecca Tudd, wf of
Samuel Tudd; Dr.Richard Laford; Richard Collins; friends Hon.
Henry Walron Sr Esq. Capt. Thomas Coletan, John Hackett Esq,
Frances Bond, & John Goning merchants; Xtrx - wf Ann Willoughby;
Xtrs - uncle John Carey, bro Charles Willoughby Esq, Sir William
Hickman Barront:, & Sir John Harper Xnight of Swarviston; friend
Hon. John Witham Esq. sined John Willoughby
Wit: Jeremiah Coolie, Abraham Luickford (also spelled
Longfoard), John Harris
Proved 27 Feb 1678
Barbados Wills and Administrations II
WILLOUGHBYE, Dame Ann, widow of the Right Hon. John Lord Willoughbe of Parham
decd.
23 Aug 1683, RB6/12, p. 347
To be buried according to my quality under my pew in the parish
church of St Georges; cousin Elizabeth Gonning at 15, the dau of
niece Ann Gonning; friends John Witham Esq & Mary Witham* his
wf; Willoughby Chamberlaine & Butler Chamberlain his sis; sis
Elizabeth Harris; Abraham Langford now in Bdos; my gossip hammer
Sickford widow; William Clarke Sr overseer of my plantation &
his son Anthony Clarke; servant Charles Prigg & his bro William
Prigg; John Mills; servant Letitia Croxton; Thomas Beale the Dr.
of my plantation; John Gray & Richard Gray, sons of Maj. Richard
GRay decd & cousin Frances GRay widow of said Richard; Col.
Richard Guy; Daniell Dyke Jr; Ann Poore, the widow of John Poore
formerly the clerk of St Georges Parish; Katherine Rogers widow;
my chn John, William Willoughbye*, Ann Willoughbye*, Marian
Willoughbye*, & Precilla Willoughbye*; Alce Strange of Hannam,
Co. Somerset, England, cousin Thomas Gonning at 21, son of neice
Ann Gonning, mentions her 2nd son & husband; I gave a writing to
Edward Pye Esq in trust for payment of legacies; cousin John
Gray the uncle to John & Richard Gray; cousin John Gonning the
fa of Elizabeth & Thomas Gonning & Lt. Col. Rowland Buckley -
Xtrs in trust; Charles Priggs to live in my plantation & assist
in the management of affairs. signed Anne Willoughby
Wit: Thomas Townes, George Murcott, Thomas Wilbraham, Thomas
Riches
Proved 10 Sep 1683
Cod, 29 Aug 1683, Mrs. Judd in England; cousin Kathering Rogers.
Wit: John Mills, Thomas Riches
Proved 20 Sep 1683