Joan D'abridgecourt

Origins

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/colle... Biography of Sir Richard Willoughby (c.1290-1362) Richard was the son of Sir Richard Willoughby of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, a lawyer, who served as Chief Justice of the Bench in Ireland from 1323-1325. Richard attended Parliament in 1324 and inherited the estate from his father the following year. Richard was a successful lawyer and increased his wealth greatly by his legal career. He was appointed one of the justices of Common Pleas in 1328 and one of the justices of King's Bench in 1330. He was briefly Chief Justice between 1338-1340, but was demoted and charged with corruption. He threw himself on the King's mercy and was pardoned on payment of 1200 marks. In 1343 he was re-appointed as a justice, and served until 1357.

His father had purchased Wollaton Old Hall and its estate from Roger Morteyn in around 1314-1319. Through his marriage to Roger's daughter, Richard acquired land in Derbyshire and in Dunsby, Lincolnshire. He also purchased additional land in Nottinghamshire and other counties.

Sir Richard was buried at Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, where there is a monumental effigy. The core of the family estates at Willoughby and Wollaton were inherited by his son Edmund, but the Risley estate in Derbyshire passed to his son Hugh and his descendants.

According to the tree at this site Joan died in 1422. When her father John D'abridgecourt wrote his will in 1415, Joan was married to Hugh Willoughby, so Joan was likely born before 1395.

Margery / Maud and John Dabrichecourt had 1 son (Robert) and 5 daughters (Joan, wife of Hugh Willoughby; Joan, wife of Sir John Cokayne; Marion; Agnes; & Philippe.