Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby of Broke

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A leader of Buckingham's Rebellion

Baron Willoughby de Broke is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ in 1491 for Sir Robert Willoughby, de jure (according to modern doctrine) 9th Baron Latimer. On the death of his son, the two baronies (the recognised barony of Willoughby de Broke and the de jure barony of Latimer) fell into abeyance. Around 1535, the abeyance was naturally terminated when the 2nd Baron's granddaughter Elizabeth, who had married Sir Fulke Greville, became the only surviving co-heir. The title stayed in the Greville family until the death of the 5th Baron, when the title passed to his sister, Margaret Verney. Thereafter the title has remained in the Verney family. The Barons Willoughby de Broke remain de jure Barons Latimer (which title predates their recognised Barony by almost 200 years).

Sir Robert Willoughby, 1st Lord Willoughby de Broke, 9th Lord Latimer, Under-Sheriff of Cornwall & Sheriff of Devonshire, Admiral of the Fleet, Marshal of the Army was born circa 1452 at of Brook in Westbury, Wiltshire, England; Age 27 in 1479. He married Blanche Champernoun, daughter of John Champernoun, Esq., Sheriff of Cornwall and Elizabeth Bikebery, circa 1472; They had 2 sons (Sir Robert, 2nd Lord Willougby; & Sir Anthony) and 1 daughter (Elizabeth, wife of Sir John, Lord Dinham, & of Sir William Arundel, 18th Earl of Arundel). Sir Robert Willoughby, 1st Lord Willoughby de Broke, 9th Lord Latimer, Under-Sheriff of Cornwall & Sheriff of Devonshire, Admiral of the Fleet, Marshal of the Army left a will on 19 August 1502. He died on 23 August 1502 at of Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, England; Buried at Callington, Cornwall. His estate was probated on 25 December 1502.

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Robert Willoughby was born at Brooke-in-Westbury, Wiltshire, the son of Sir John Willoughby of the family of the Barons Willoughby of Eresby, seated at Eresby Manor near Spilsby, Lincolnshire. His mother was Anne Cheney, 2nd daughter of Sir Edmund Cheyne (d.1430) of Brooke-in-Westbury, by Alice Stafford, daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford II of Hooke, and aunt to Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon(d.1469). Edmund Cheyne was the eldest son of Sir Ralph Cheyne (c. 1337–1400) of Poyntington, Somerset, by Joan Pavely, daughter & co-heiress of Sir John Pavely of Brooke/Broke manor, Heywood, near Westbury, Wiltshire

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