Thomas de Willoughby, of Boston and Frampton

• Sir Thomas Willoughby, Sheriff of Lincolnshire1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
• M, #16790, b. circa 1372, d. circa 20 August 1417
• Father Sir Robert Willoughby, 4th Baron Willoughby de Eresby2,3,10,6,7,11 b. c 1349, d. 9 Aug 1396
• Mother Margery la Zouche12,2,3,10,6,7,11 d. 18 Oct 1391
• Sir Thomas Willoughby, Sheriff of Lincolnshire was born circa 1372.2 He married Elizabeth Neville, daughter of Sir John de Neville, 3rd Baron Neville, Ambassador to France, Admiral of the Fleet Northwards, Lt. of Aquitaine and Elizabeth Latimer, before 27 May 1396; His 2nd marriage. They had 1 son (Sir John).2,13,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Sir Thomas Willoughby, Sheriff of Lincolnshire died circa 20 August 1417; Date of administration of his estate. He married (1) Katherine Friskney whom he divorced in August 1381.2,3,6,7,9
• Family Elizabeth Neville b. c 1384
• Child
  • Sir John Willoughby, 7th Baron Latimer+2,3,6,7 b. c 1400, d. 24 Feb 1437
• Citations
• [S4479] Unknown author, Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 2588; Wallop Family, Vol. 4, line 1045.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 130.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 333.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 246.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 334.
• [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 324.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 573-574.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 231.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 361.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 332-333.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 359-360.
• [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. XII/2, p. 661-662, notes.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 539-540.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p559.htm#i... ____________________
• Sir Thomas de Willoughby1
• M, #16585, d. 1417
• Last Edited=13 Sep 2013
• Sir Thomas de Willoughby was the son of Robert de Willoughby, 4th Lord Willoughby de Eresby and Alice Skipwith. He married Elizabeth de Neville, daughter of John de Neville, 3rd Lord Neville and Elizabeth Latimer, Baroness Latimer (of Corby).2 He died in 1417.
• He held the office of Sheriff of Lincolnshire.
• Child of Sir Thomas de Willoughby and Elizabeth de Neville
  • John Willoughby+1 b. c 1400, d. 24 Feb 1436/37
• Citations
• [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2246. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• [S8] BP1999 volume 1, page 14. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p1659.htm#i16585 __________________________
• Thomas WILLOUGHBY
• Born: ABT 1380, Eresby, Lincolnshire, England
• Died: 1418, Boston and Frampton, Lincs., England
• Father: Robert WILLOUGHBY (4° B. Willoughby of Eresby)
• Mother: Marjory La ZOUCHE
• Married 1: Elizabeth NEVILLE
• Children:
  • 1. John WILLOUGHBY
• Married 2: Catherine FRISKNEY
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WILLOUGHBY3.htm#Thomas WILLOUGHBY1 ____________
• WILLOUGHBY, Sir Thomas (d.1418), of Boston and Frampton, Lincs.
• 3rd s. of Robert, 4th Lord Willoughby of Eresby (c.1349-1396), by his 2nd w. Margery (d.1396), da. of William, 2nd Lord Zouche of Harringworth (c.1321-1382). m. (1) Katherine, da. of Sir Thomas Friskney, div. Aug. 1381; (2) by July 1396, Elizabeth, da. of John, 3rd Lord Neville of Raby (d.1388) by his 2nd w. Elizabeth (c.1385-1395), da. of William, 4th Lord Latimer of Corby (1330-81), suo jure Baroness Latimer, 1s. Kntd. 11 Oct. 1399.1
• Offices Held
  • Sheriff, Lincolnshire 5 Nov. 1403-22 Oct. 1404.
  • Alderman of the guild of St. George, Boston by 12 Feb. 1404-d., Corpus Christi, Boston c.1406-7.2
  • Commr. of oyer and terminer, Lincs. Mar. 1406 (disorder at Friston); sewers (Lindsey) Nov. 1410, (Holland) Feb. 1412, May, Dec. 1415; to reinstate the abbot of Kirkstead Nov. 1410.
  • J.p. Lincs. (Holland) 20 May 1406-Feb. 1407, 14 Feb. 1412-Dec. 1417.
• Although he was his father’s younger son, and had thus to make do with a comparatively modest income for most of his life, Thomas Willoughby was at least able to exploit the considerable reserves of influence which his family had exercised for over a century. He was one of the four sons of Lord Willoughby’s second marriage, his mother being the daughter of William, Lord Zouche of Harringworth, and his maternal grandmother a child of William, Lord Roos of Helmsley. On his father’s side he was descended from Cecily, the daughter of Robert Ufford, 1st earl of Suffolk; and so, even as a young man, he could boast an impressive range of connexions. At some point before 1381 he married Katherine Friskney, who belonged to a Lincolnshire family, but for a now unknown reason she (or her kinsmen) sued for divorce and the marriage was dissolved in the late summer of that year. By July 1396, when his father drew up his last testament at Eresby, Thomas had taken as his second wife Elizabeth, the daughter of John, Lord Neville of Raby, and Elizabeth, suo jure Baroness Latimer. They were already related by marriage, since on the death of Thomas’s mother in 1391, Lord Willoughby had decided to remarry, his choice falling upon the baroness, a widow of some three years’ standing. Long-term dynastic considerations made it advisable that their two children should marry each other, for although the baroness had a son to inherit her title, she was clearly anxious to secure the succession should he die without heirs. (This did, in fact, prove to be the case, and in 1430 Thomas’s son by Elizabeth became the 7th Lord Latimer.) Meanwhile, Lord Willoughby specified in his will that the young couple should receive a hostel and other property in Calais, although he did not then leave them any land in England, and an arrangement whereby they were promised the reversion of a sum of 250 marks to buy a suitable home never came into effect. Their joint legacy did, however, include a quantity of silver and gold plate and all the ornaments from Lord Willoughby’s portable chapel, as well as a newly painted chamber (la novelle sale stayne) which had belonged to the baroness. Elizabeth became the owner of a magnificent bed whose hangings bore the arms of her ancestors the Nevilles and the Latimers, together with other ornate household goods. She and Willoughby went to live at Frampton during this period, for in November 1396 Bishop Buckingham of Lincoln awarded them a licence for the private celebration of mass in their house there. The last years of the 15th century were, otherwise, an uneventful period in Thomas’s life, although in the spring of 1398 he and his younger brother, John, to whom he was very close, acted as co-feoffees of land in Skegness. At about the same time he and his wife obtained two papal indults, one permitting them to make use of a portable altar, and the other granting plenary remission of sins at the hour of death.3
• The accession of Henry IV brought with it a dramatic improvement in Thomas Willoughby’s career prospects. He was one of the 46 knights created by Henry IV on the eve of his coronation; and two months later he and an associate named John Toup were granted the farm of the petty custom at Bishop’s Lynn an initial term of five years which was subsequently extended to Easter 1411. The two men agreed to pay £114 a year at the Exchequer for this privilege, although by the spring of 1404 they had fallen badly into arrears and Toup was committed to the Fleet prison until his debts were paid. Willoughby, who was then serving as sheriff of Lincolnshire, easily managed to avoid this fate, no doubt because of his influential social position. His eldest brother, William, 5th Lord Willoughby, had indeed gone surety on his behalf when he became sheriff, and may well have been instrumental in securing him a seat on the county bench. It is, even so, worth noting that despite his popularity with the new regime Willoughby did not escape harassment at the hands of duchy of Lancaster officials trying to raise money to pay for Henry IV’s expedition against King Richard in the summer of 1399. He complained to the authorities that ‘graundes et excessives sommes’ had been demanded of his tenants in and around Frampton, and asked that these should be repaid at once. We do not know exactly when or how he acquired his property in Lincolnshire, although some of it had probably been settled upon him by his father when he was a child. In December 1402, he arraigned the vicar of Frampton and others on an assize of novel disseisin at Lincoln, but his claim to land in the village was found to be fraudulent. In June of the following year he settled the manor of Bicker (in Lincolnshire) upon trustees including his brother, John, and the merchant, John Bell*, who was a fellow member of the guild of Corpus Christi in Boston. His influence in the town must already have been quite strong, for by May 1404 he had been elected alderman of the rather less powerful guild of St. George. A dispute then arose between its members and those who belonged to the fraternity of St. Simon and St. Jude over the right to precedence at public assemblies and processions in Boston. The matter was submitted to three arbitrators, one of whom was Willoughby’s brother, the 5th Lord, while the other was his kinsman, William, Lord Roos. Needless to say, their decision went in his favour, and the guild of St. George was accorded priority. He appears still to have been in office when, in about 1406, he was made alderman of the Corpus Christi guild as well. Not all his affairs ran so smoothly at this time, however, as in May 1406 one of his former servants managed to avoid prosecution for failing to account satisfactorily for money received on his behalf.4
• The Willoughbys were a close-knit family: on the death of the 5th Lord in 1409, Sir Thomas transferred his loyal attachment to his nephew, Robert, who then succeeded to the title. They served together on various local commissions and were frequently associated on the Lincolnshire bench. Our Member’s presence in the Parliament of 1411 also owed something to his brother, John, who was one of the electors named on the return. A few months after his second and last appearance in the appearance in the House of Commons, some three years later, he began preparations for Henry V’s expedition to France, during which he and John served under the command of their young nephew. In July 1415 he obtained royal letters of protection pending his departure overseas, but whereas his brother and three other kinsmen were struck down with dysentery at Harfleur, he appears to have emerged from the siege unscathed.5 Having already managed to secure a pardon for not appearing in court to answer a London draper for debt, Sir Thomas himself went to law after his return to England for the recovery of sums totalling £24. He was unsuccessful, because the delaying tactics which he had previously used to such advantage were now employed against him. He did, however, obtain a licence for the guild of St. George (of which he was still head) to hold in mortmain additional property for the support of a chantry; and it was also during this period that Sir Thomas Dymock engaged his services, together with those of Sir Thomas Hawley* and John Bell, as a trustee.6
• Sir Thomas Willoughby died intestate shortly before 6 May 1418, when the sequestrator of Lindsey and Holland granted letters of administration to three local men, including the merchant, John Glaston. As already noted, he left at least one son, who eventually succeeded to the barony of Latimer, and whose descendants became the Lords Willoughby de Broke.7
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/wi... _____________
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  • BOSVILE
• HENRY II, King of England, by a mistress, IDA DE TONY.
• WILLIAM LONGESPEE, Knt., Earl of Salisbury, married ELA OF SALISBURY.
• WILLIAM LONGESPEE, Knt., of Amesbury, Wiltshire, married IDOINE DE CAMVILLE.
• ELA LONGESPEE, married JAMES DE AUDLEY, Knt., of Heleigh (in Audley), Staffordshire.
• HUGH DE AUDLEY, Knt., Lord Audley, married ISEULT ____ .
• ALICE DE AUDLEY, married RALPH DE NEVILLE, Knt., 2nd Lord Neville of Raby.
• JOHN DE NEVILLE, K.G. 3rd Lord Neville of Raby, married ELIZABETH LATIMER (desc. King Henry II) [see NEVILLE 8].
• 9. ELIZABETH NEVILLE, was a legatee in the 1386 will of her father. She married before 27 May 1396 (as his 2nd wife) THOMAS WILLOUGHBY, Knt., of Boston, Bicker, and Frampton, Lincolnshire, Sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1403-4, Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire, Alderman of the Guilds of both St. George and Corpus Christi, Boston, 2nd son of Robert de Willoughby, Knt., 4th Lord Willoughby of Eresby, of Eresby, Lincolnshire, by his 1st wife, Margery, daughter of William la Zouche, Knt., 2nd Lord Zouche of Harringworth. They had one son, John, Knt. He married (1st) KATHERINE FRISKNEY, daughter of Thomas Friskney, Knt., from whom he was divorced in Aug. 1381. He was a legatee in the 1395 will of his father, Robert de Willoughby, 4th Lord Willoughby of Eresby. He was granted protection 5 July 1415, he being in the retinue of Robert, Lord Willoughby. SIR THOMAS WILLOUGHBY died shortly before 20 Aug. 1416 (date of adminstration on his estate).
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• 10. JOHN WILLOUGHBY, Knt., of Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire, son and heir by his father's 2nd marriage, born about 1400 (aged 30 in 1430). He married JANE WELBY. They had two sons, John, Knt., and probably Robert, Esq., and one daughter, Joan (wife of John Kyme, Esq.). He was heir in 1430 to his uncle, John Neville, 6th Lord Latimer, who before his death settled the greater part of his estates on his half-brother Ralph Neville, K.G., Earl of Westmorland. he was employed on various commissions in Lincolnshire from 1430 to 1436. In 1430 Thomas Stevenson of Boston, Lincolnshire, Gentleman, granted him 4 acres of pasture in Boston. He was not smmoned to Parliament. SIR JOHN WILLOUGHBY, de jure 7th Lord Latimer, died 24 Feb. 1436/7.
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  • BROOK
• ROBERT DE ROOS, of Helmsley, Yorkshire, married ISABEL OF SCOTLAND.
• WILLIAM DE ROOS, Knt., of Helmsley, Yorkshire, married LUCY FITZ PETER.
• ROBERT DE ROOS, Knt., of Helmsley, Yorkshire, married ISABEL D'AUBENEY.
• WILLIAM DE ROOS, Knt., 1st Lord Roos of Helmsley, married MAUD DE VAUX.
• WILLIAM DE ROOS, Knt., 2nd Lord Roos of Helmsley, married MARGERY DE BADLESMERE.
• ELIZABETH DE ROOS, married WILLIAM LA ZOUCHE, Knt., 2nd Lord Zouche of Harringworth
• MARGERY LA ZOUCHE, married ROBERT DE WILLOUGHBY, Knt., 4th Lord Willoughby of Eresby [see WILLOUGHBY 7].
• 8. THOMAS WILLOUGHBY, Knt., of Boston, Bicker, and Frampson, Lincolnshire, Sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1403-4, Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire, Alderman of the Guilds of both St. George and Corpus Christi, Boston, younger son by his father's 1st marriage. He married (1st) KATHERINE FRISKNEY, daughter of Thomas Friskney, Knt. They were divorced in Aug. 1381. He was a legatee in the 1395 will of his father, Robert de Willoughby, 4th Lord Willoughby of Eresby. He married (2nd) before 27 May 1396 ELIZABETH NEVILLE, daughter of John de Neville, K.G., 3rd Lord Neville of Raby, by his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Latimer, suo jure Lady Latimer, daughter and heiress of William le Latimer, K.G., 4th Lord Latimer [see NEVILLE 7 for her ancestry]. They had one son, John, Knt. He was granted protection 5 July 1415, he being in the retinue of Robert, Lord Willoughby, SIR THOMAS WILLOUGHBY died shortly before 20 Aug. 1417 (date of administration on his estate).
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• JOHN WILLOUGHBY, Knt., of Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire, son and heir by his father's 2nd marriage, born about 1400 (aged 30 in 1430). He married JANE WELBY. They had two sons, John, Knt., and probably Robert, Esq., and one daughter, Joan (wife of John Kyme, Esq.). He was heir in 1430 to his uncle John Neville, Knt., 6th Lord Latimer, who before his death settled the greater part of his estates on his half-brother, Ralph Neville, K.G., Earl of Westmorland. He was
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• employed on various commissions in Lincolnshire from 1430 to 1436. In 1430 Thomas Stevenson of Boston, Lincolnshire, Gent., granted him 4 acres of pasture in Boston. He was not summoned to Parliament. SIR JOHN WILLOUGHBY, de jure 7th Lord Latimer, died 24 Feb. 1436/7.
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• Robert 4th Lord Willoughby
• Birth: 1349 Lincolnshire, England
• Death: Aug. 3, 1396 Lincolnshire, England
• Born in Erecby Manor in Lincolnshire. Son of John Willoughby and Cecily de Ufford. Married Alice Skipwith in 1370 who died without issue. Secondly, he married Margery La Zouche, the daughter of William La Zouche and Elizabeth de Roos. They had five sons; Sir William, Robert, Sir Thomas, John and Brian. Margery died 18 Oct 1391, buried at Spilsby. Thirdly, he married Lady Elizabeth Latimer, the daughter of William Latimer and widow of Sir John Neville. They had one daughter, Margery. Elizabeth died 05 Nov 1395, buried at Spilsby.
• Family links:
• Parents:
• John 3rd Lord Willoughby (1328 - 1372)
• Cecily Ufford Willoughby
• Spouses:
• Alice Skipwith Willoughby (1355 - 1412)
• Margery La Zouche Willoughby (____ - 1391)*
• Elizabeth Latimer Neville (1357 - 1395)*
• Children:
  • William 5th Lord Willoughby (1370 - 1409)*
• Burial: Saint James Churchyard, Spilsby, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England
• Find A Grave Memorial# 49143078
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49143078 ____________________________
• Links
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Neville,_3rd_Baron_Neville_de_Raby
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Neville,_John_de_(DNB00)
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83998196
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114490425

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http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/wi... Disagrees with thepeerage, agrees with tudorplace, adds a failed "first marriage" (probably a childhood pre-contract) to Katherine Friskney, which was annulled in summer 1381.

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