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Sir Robert Willoughby, Kt. of Parham

Birthdate:
Birthplace: West Sussex, England (United Kingdom)
Death: May 30, 1465 (39-48)
Place of Burial: Campsey, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Thomas Willoughby, Kt., of Parham and Lady Joan Willoughby
Husband of Cecily Willoughby
Father of Christopher, 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
Brother of Sir William Willoughby, Kt.

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About Sir Robert Willoughby, Kt. of Parham

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  • Sir Robert Willoughby1,2,3,4
  • M, #34848, b. circa 1429, d. 30 May 1465
  • Father Sir Thomas Willoughby5,6,7 b. c 1395, d. b 1 Jul 1439
  • Mother Joan Arundel5,6,7 b. c 1407, d. b 1 Jul 1439
  • Sir Robert Willoughby was born circa 1429 at of Parham, Suffolk, England.5 He married Cicely Welles, daughter of Sir Lionel Welles, 6th Baron Welles, Lt. of Ireland and Joan Waterton, circa 1448; They had 2 sons (Robert; & Sir Christopher, 10th Lord Willoughby) & 1 daughter (Margaret).8,5,9,2,3,4,10 Sir Robert Willoughby died on 30 May 1465; Buried at Campsey, Suffolk.5,3,10
  • Family Cicely Welles b. c 1420, d. 1480
  • Child
    • Sir Christopher Willoughby, 10th Lord Willoughby+11,3,10 b. c 1453
  • Citations
  • [S10789] Unknown author, The Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, by Gerald Paget, Vol. II, p. 408.
  • [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 308.
  • [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 339.
  • [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 335.
  • [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 762.
  • [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 337.
  • [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 363.
  • [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 758-759.
  • [S15] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, p. 876.
  • [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 365.
  • [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 762-763.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1160.htm#... _________________
  • Sir Robert Willoughby
  • M, #16873, d. 1465
  • Last Edited=2 Nov 2014
  • Sir Robert Willoughby was the son of Sir Thomas Willoughby and Joan Arundell. He married Cicely Welles, daughter of Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles and Margaret Beauchamp. He died in 1465.
  • He was invested as a Knight.
  • Children of Sir Robert Willoughby and Cicely Welles
    • Sir Christopher Willoughby+ d. bt 1 Nov 1498 - 13 Jul 1499
    • Sir Robert Willoughby
  • From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p1688.htm#i16873 ________________________
  • Robert WILLOUGHBY
  • Born: ABT 1420, Parham, Suffolk, England
  • Died: 30 May 1465/6
  • Father: Thomas WILLOUGHBY (Sir Knight)
  • Mother: Jane FITZALAN
  • Married: Cecilia De WELLES
  • Children:
    • 1. Christopher WILLOUGHBY (Sir Knight)
    • 2. Richard WILLOUGHBY
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WILLOUGHBY1.htm#Robert WILLOUGHBY1 ______________
  • Sir Robert Willoughby
  • Birth: unknown, England
  • Death: May 30, 1465, England
  • Knight of Parham, Suffolk, of Wychampton, Dorset.
  • Son and heir to Sir Thomas Willoughby and Joan Arundel FitzAlan, grandson of Sir William Willoughby and Lucy LeStrange, Sir Richard Arundel and his wife, Alice.
  • Sir Robert married Cecily Welles, the daughter of Sir Lionel Welles and Joan Waterton, daughter of Sir Robert. they had two sons, Robert and Sir Christopher, the 10th Lord Willoughby of Eresby.
  • Family links:
  • Children:
    • Christopher Willoughby (1453 - 1499)*
  • Burial: Campsey Priory, Campsey Ash, Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk, England
  • Find A Grave Memorial# 114515248
  • From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114515248 _______________
  • 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]
  • After the death of Joan Waterton, Lionel Welles married Margaret Beauchamp (c.1410 – c. 3 June 1482), widow successively of Sir Oliver St John (c.1398 – 1437) and John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (d. 27 May 1444), and daughter of Sir John Beauchamp of Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, by his second wife, Edith Stourton, daughter of Sir John Stourton (died c.1414) of Stourton, Wiltshire.[7][8]
  • By her second marriage to John Beaufort, Margaret Beauchamp was the mother of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. Christopher Willoughby's mother, Cecily Welles, was thus a half sister of Margaret Beaufort.[9]
  • .... 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]
    • .... etc.
  • From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Willoughby,_10th_Baron_Wi... ________________
  • Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles, KG (c.1406 – 29 March 1461) was an English peer who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Joint Deputy of Calais. He was slain fighting on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of Towton, and was attainted on 21 December 1461. As a result of the attainder, his son, Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles, did not succeed him in the barony of Welles until the attainder was reversed by Parliament in June 1467.
  • .... etc.
  • Welles married firstly Joan Waterton, daughter of Robert Waterton, esquire, of Methley, Yorkshire,[2] and his second wife, Cecily Fleming, daughter of Sir Robert Fleming, by whom he had one son and four daughters:[7]
    • Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles.[8]
    • Cecily Welles, who married Sir Robert Willoughby of Parham, Suffolk and was the mother of Christopher Willoughby, 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.[9]
    • Margaret Welles (d. 13 July 1480), who married firstly Sir Thomas Dymoke (executed 12 March 1470), and secondly Robert Radcliffe, esquire.[10][9]
    • Eleanor Welles, who married Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings (d. 13 February 1455).[11]
    • Katherine Welles, who married firstly Sir Thomas de la Launde (executed 15 March 1469), and secondly Robert Tempest (d. 23 April 1509), esquire.[9]
  • He married secondly, by licence dated 14 April 1447, he married Margaret Beauchamp, widow successively of Sir Oliver St John (d.1437) and John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (d. 27 May 1444), and daughter of Sir John Beauchamp of Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, by his second wife, Edith Stourton, daughter of Sir John Stourton, by whom he had one son:[7]
    • John Welles, 1st Viscount Welles, who married Cecily of York, the daughter of Edward IV of England.[7]
  • By his second marriage Welles became the stepfather of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII.
  • From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_de_Welles,_6th_Baron_Welles _______________
  • Americans of royal descent: collection of genealogies showing the lineal ... By Charles H. Browning *http://books.google.com/books?id=eyik0rO0HlsC&pg=PA288&lpg=PA288&dq...
  • Pg.287
  • .... etc.
  • SIR LIONEL DE WELLES, sixth Baron, Governor of Ireland, k. 1461, whose daughter
  • LADY CICELY DE WELLES, m. Sir Robert Willoughby, a grandson of Sir William, Baron Willoughby de Eresby, and his wife 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 :
  • .... etc. ____________
  • The historic peerage of England: exhibiting, under alphabetical arrangement ... By Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, William Courthope
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=5HwaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA503&lpg=PA503&dq...
  • Pg.511
  • .... etc.
  • VII. 1455. *RICHARD WELLES, s. and h. apparent of leo VI. Baron Welles, he was summ. to Parl. jure uxoris as "Richardo de Welles, Domino Willoughby Militi," from 26 May, 33 Hen. VI. 1455, to 28 Feb. 6 Edw. IV. 1466; beheaded, together with his only son Robert Welles, in 1469, and were both attainted in 1475. Joane, only sister and heir of Robert, m. Richard Hastings, who was summ. to Parl. in 1482 as Baron Welles; he died S. P. in 1503, and his wife Joane in 1505, likewise without issue, when this Barony devolved upon her next heir, jure matris, viz.,
  • VIII. 1509. 7 WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, he being s. and h. of Christopher, bro. and h. of Robert, eldest son of Robert, s. and h. of Thomas Willoughby, next bro. of Robert VI. Baron, summ. to Parl. from 17 Oct. 1 Henry VIII. 1509, to 15 Apr. 14 Hen. VIII. 1523; ob 1525, S. P. M.
  • .... etc. ________________
  • Links
  • http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114515771

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Sir Robert Willoughby, Kt. of Parham's Timeline

1421
1421
West Sussex, England (United Kingdom)
1453
1453
Knotishall, Suffolk, England (United Kingdom)
1465
May 30, 1465
Age 44
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Campsey, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom