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About Sir Thomas Willoughby, Esquire

  • Sir Thomas Willoughby, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas1
  • M, #62546, b. circa 1485, d. 1545
  • Father Sir Christopher Willoughby, 10th Lord Willoughby b. c 1453
  • Mother Margaret Jenney1 b. c 1460, d. bt 1515 - 1516
  • Sir Thomas Willoughby, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas was born circa 1485 at of Parham, Suffolk, England.1 He married Bridget Read, daughter of Sir Robert Reade, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Margaret Alphey, circa 1510 at of Chiddingstone, Kent, England.1 Sir Thomas Willoughby, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas died in 1545.1
  • Family Bridget Read b. c 1488
  • Children
    • Robert Willoughby+2 b. c 1511, d. 1590
    • Christopher Willoughby+2 b. c 1513, d. 11 Jan 1586
  • Citations
  • [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. XII/2, p. 670, 672.
  • [S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by PWKuhn49.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2081.htm#... _________________
  • Sir Thomas Willoughby1
  • M, #105270, d. 1545
  • Last Edited=2 Nov 2014
  • Sir Thomas Willoughby was the son of Sir Christopher Willoughby.1 He married Bridget Read, daughter of Sir Robert Read.1 He died in 1545.1
  • He held the office of Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.1
  • Child of Sir Thomas Willoughby and Bridget Read
    • Robert Willoughby+1
  • Citations
  • [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2679. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  • From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p10527.htm#i105270 ____________________
  • Thomas WILLOUGHBY (Sir Chief Justice)
  • Born: ABT 1486
  • Died: 1543
  • Notes: Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Ancestor of the Barons Middleton.
  • Father: Christopher WILLOUGHBY (Sir Knight)
  • Mother: Margaret JENNEY
  • Married: Bridget READ
  • Children:
    • 1. Henry WILLOUGHBY
    • 2. Robert WILLOUGHBY of Bore Place
    • 3. Christopher WILLOUGHBY
    • 4. Mary WILLOUGHBY
    • 5. Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WILLOUGHBY1.htm#Thomas WILLOUGHBY (Sir Chief Justice) __________________
  • Sir Thomas Willoughby
  • Birth: unknown
  • Death: Sep. 28, 1545
  • Family links:
  • Parents:
  • Christopher Willoughby (1453 - 1499)
  • Spouse:
  • Bridget Read Willoughby (____ - 1558)
  • Burial: St Mary Churchyard, Chiddingstone, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
  • Find A Grave Memorial# 138890067
  • From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=138890067 _________________
  • Sir Christopher Willoughby, de jure 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1453 – between 1 November 1498 and 13 July 1499), was heir to his second cousin, Joan Welles, 9th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, in her own right Lady Willoughby, as well as great-grandson and heir male to William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Christopher Willoughby was also heir to his elder brother, Robert Willoughby, who died unmarried and underage on 24 March 1467.[1] He was unable to enjoy his inherited title as a result of the attainders of his cousin Joan Welles' father, Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles, and brother, Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.[2]
  • Christopher Willoughby, born in 1453,[3] was the second son of Sir Robert Willoughby (d. 30 May 1465) of Parham, Suffolk, and Cecily Welles, the daughter of Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles (d. 29 March 1461), and his first wife, Joan Waterton, the daughter of Robert Waterton (d.1425), esquire, of Methley, Yorkshire, by his second wife, Cecily Fleming, daughter of Sir Robert Fleming.[4] He was the grandson of Sir Thomas Willoughby and Joan Arundel (born c.1407), daughter and co-heiress of Sir Richard Arundel and his wife Alice, and the great-grandson of William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (d. 4 December 1409), and Lucy Le Strange.[5][6]
  • .... etc.
  • Willoughby married, before 28 March 1482, Margaret Jenney (d.1515/16), the daughter of Sir William Jenney of Knodishall, Suffolk, by his first wife, Elizabeth Cawse, daughter of Thomas Cawse, by whom he had nine sons and three daughters:[21]
    • William Willoughby, 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, who married, as his second wife, María de Salinas, Lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon, by whom he had a daughter, Katherine, Duchess of Suffolk.[2][22]
    • Sir Christopher Willoughby (d.1438-40), who married Elizabeth Tailboys (d.1546), youngest daughter of Sir George Tailboys (d. 24 September 1538), by whom he was the father of William Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby of Parham.[2][23][24]
    • Robert Willoughby, a cleric.[2][24]
    • George Willoughby.[2][24]
    • Richard Willoughby.[2]
    • Edmund Willoughby.[2]
    • Hugh Willoughby.[2]
    • Sir John Willoughby, who married Cecily Wentworth), the widow of Robert Southwell, esquire.[2][24]
    • Sir Thomas Willoughby (d.1545), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, who married Bridget Rede (d.1558), daughter of Sir Robert Rede (d.1519), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, heiress of Bore Place in Chiddingstone, Kent, by whom he was the father of Robert Willoughby of Bore Place. Sir Robert Rede was an executor of the will of Henry VII.[2][23][25][24]
    • Katherine Willoughby, who married Sir John Heydon (d. 16 August 1550), eldest son and heir of Sir Henry Heydon.[2]
    • Margaret Willoughby, who married Sir Thomas Tyrrell (d.1551) of Gipping, Suffolk, eldest son of Sir James Tyrrell (beheaded 6 May 1502) and Anne Arundel, daughter of Sir John Arundel (d. 12 November 1473) of Lanherne, Cornwall, by his first wife, Elizabeth Morley, daughter of Thomas, Lord Morley, by whom she had a son, Sir John Tyrrell (d.1574), who married Elizabeth Munday, the daughter of Sir John Munday (d.1537), Lord Mayor of London, and a daughter, Anne Tyrrell, who married Sir John Clere of Ormesby, Norfolk.[26][27]
    • Elizabeth Willoughby (born c.1483), who married William Eure, 1st Baron Eure (d. 15 March 1548), by whom she had three sons and three daughters.[28][27]
  • From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Willoughby,_10th_Baron_Wi... _________________
  • Americans of royal descent: collection of genealogies showing the lineal ... By Charles H. Browning
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=eyik0rO0HlsC&pg=PA287#v=onepage&q...
  • Pg.287
  • .... etc.
  • LADY CICELY DE WELLES, m. Sir Robert Willoughby, a grandson of Sir William, Baron Willoughby de Eresby, and his wie, Lady Lucy le Strange, also of Royal Descent, and had:
  • SIR CHRISTOPHER WILLOUGHBY, K.B., 1453-1499, who m. Lady Margaret, daughter of Sir William Jenney, of Knottishall, Suffolk and had:
  • CHIEF JUSTICE SIR THOMAS WILLOUGHBY, will proved 5 November, 1545, who m. Lady Bridget, daughter of Sir Robert Reade, of Bore Place, Kent, chief justice, etc., and had:
  • CHRISTOPHER WILLOUGHBY, will proved 11 January, 1586, m. Margery Tottishurst, and had:
  • .... etc. __________________________
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Sir Thomas Willoughby, Esquire's Timeline

1486
1486
Ersby, Lincolnshire, England (United Kingdom)
1511
1511
Bore Place, Kent, England
1513
1513
St George & The English Martyrs Church, Skellow, South Yorkshire, England
1514
1514
Chevening, Kent, England, UK
1515
1515
Of Ersby, Lincolnshire, England
1545
September 29, 1545
Age 59
Ersby, Lincolnshire, England
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