Bridget Willoughby

Bridget is named in the 1518 will of her father Sir Robert Rede as the wife of Thomas Willoughby and the mother of Robert Willoughby who is the God Son of Sir Robert Rede.

Origins

Dorothy is named in the 1518 will of Sir Robert Rede as daughter, husband of Edward Wotton and mother of Robert Wotton.

In the 1470s Rede married Margaret Alfegh, daughter of John Alphegh, by whom he had two sons and five daughters:[1]

• Edmund Rede (d.1501), who predeceased his father.[1]
• John Rede, who became a member of the Inner Temple, and predeceased his father.[1]
• Mary Rede, who married Sir William Barantyne.[1][3]
• Jane Rede, who married John Caryll (d.1523), Serjeant-at-law.[1][3]
• Bridget Rede (d.1558), who married Thomas Willoughby (d.1545) of Lincoln's Inn, Justice of the Common Pleas. She inherited Bore Place under her father's will.[1][3]
• Dorothy Rede, who married Edward Wotton (d.1551) of Lincoln's Inn. She inherited a house in St Sepulchre's, London, under her father's will.[1][3]