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1452 - 1502 (50 years)
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Name |
Robert Willoughby |
Title |
Sir |
Suffix |
Knight, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke |
Birth |
1452 |
Broke, Westbury, Wiltshire, England [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
23 Aug 1502 |
Wiltshire, England [1, 2] |
Person ID |
I46660 |
The Hennessee Family |
Last Modified |
14 Feb 2019 |
Father |
Sir John Willoughby, 8th Baron Latimer of Corby, b. ~ 1422, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d. Bef Aug 1477 (Age ~ 55 years) |
Mother |
Anne Cheyne, b. 26 Jul 1428, Brooke, Westbury, Wiltshire, England d. 10 Jun 1470, Wiltshire, England (Age 41 years) |
Marriage |
Bef 1444-14445 [1, 3] |
Family ID |
F17091 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Blanche Champernon, b. 1453, Bere Ferrers, Devonshire, England d. 1480, Broke, Westbury, Wiltshire, England (Age 27 years) |
Marriage |
1472 |
Westbury, Wiltshire, England [1, 2] |
Children |
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Family ID |
F17090 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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- Robert "1st Baron Willoughby of Broke" Willoughby KG
Born 1452 in Wiltshire, England
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of John Willoughby and Anne (Cheyne) Willoughby
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of Blanche Champernon — married 1472 in Westbury, Wiltshire, , England
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Father of Elizabeth (Willoughby) FitzAlan and Robert Willoughby
Died 23 Aug 1502 in Callington, Cornwall, Englandmap
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1 Biography
1.1 Titles
2 Children
3 Sources
Biography
Robert "was the eldest son and heir of Sir John Willoughby of Clutton in Somerset and one of the leading supporters of Henry VII, whom he served as councillor, courtier, local administrator, diplomat as well as soldier. During the fifteenth century, the Willoughbys accumulated substantial estates in the south-west of England. Robert's father, Sir John Willoughby, extended his already considerable possessions in Somerset through marriage to Anne, daughter and coheir of Sir Edward Cheyne of Broke in Wiltshire and Ottery in Devon. About 1475 Robert Willoughby followed his father's example by marrying a local heiress, Blanche, daughter of Sir John Champernowne of Bere Ferrers in Devon and Callington in Cornwall. Sir John Willoughby died in 1478, a year before his wife, leaving Robert as his eldest son and heir. In April 1489 Robert's estates were further enlarged when he was given licence to enter his share of the inheritance of his kinswoman Isabella, countess of Devon.
"At some time before 1489 he was also admitted to the Order of the Garter.
"Willoughby received substantial material reward for his assistance in placing Henry Tudor on the throne. In the first years of the reign his estates were augmented through grants of land in Somerset and Cornwall. Probably more important, and certainly more lucrative, were the offices he received, which helped to consolidate his position in the areas where his estates lay. In September 1485 he was appointed steward of the king's gold and silver mines in Devon and Cornwall. He also served as receiver of the duchy of Cornwall and steward of the duchess of York's Wiltshire estates. His position in Wiltshire was further enhanced by the redistribution of office which followed the death of another of Henry's leading south-western supporters, Roger Tocotes. In February 1493 Willoughby was granted, in survivorship with Sir Walter Hungerford, stewardship of the Warwick and Salisbury lands within Wiltshire.
"Willoughby died at Callington in Cornwall on 28 September 1502, and was succeeded by his only son, Robert. His will, dated 19 August 1502, stated that he was to be buried where he died, and he was duly interred in the parish church of Callington, where an effigy survives. Although not a man of overwhelming ability, he had given Henry VII solid and loyal service. His reward was a substantial fortune. Inquisitions post mortem show that he had lands in Wiltshire, Somerset, Cornwall, Gloucestershire, and Staffordshire. His many offices, leases, and wardships would have further swollen his coffers. Sadly, this wealth made his son an obvious target for the attentions of an increasingly avaricious king. Immediately after his father's death, Robert Willoughby was forced to agree to pay ¹400 for livery of his lands, 700 marks for a pardon for his father's executors, and a further ¹600 to acquire some of his father's local offices. By the end of the reign these exactions had clearly placed him in some difficulties, forcing him in November 1508 to borrow ¹2000 from the king." (Ref: ODNB)
Knight of the Garter. Fought at the battle of Bosworth for Henry VII.
Titles
1st Baron Willoughby de Broke.
8th Lord Latimer, of Corby [E., 1299] before August 1477, de jure.
9th Lord Latimer, of Corby [E., 1290] before August 1477, de jure.
Children
They had two sons, Robert, K.B. [2nd Lord Willoughby of Brook] and Anthony, Knt., and one daughter, Elizabeth (wife of John Dinham, K.G., Lord Dinham). (Ref: Magna Carta Ancestry by Douglas Richardson)
Children of Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke and Blanche Champernoun:
Elizabeth Willoughby
Robert Willoughby, 2nd Lord Willoughby de Broke b. 1472, d. 1522[1]
Sources
? George Russell French, Shakspeareana Genealogica: (In Two Parts.), p. 506. 2013 Nov 25 by amb
John Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, Extinct, Dormant, and in Abeyance (Google eBook). ????? ??????? - Biography & Autobiography
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB)
George Russell French, Shakspeareana Genealogica: (In Two Parts.)
The Peerage for Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke
Gen-Medieval archives - From: RBodine996< rbodine996@aol.com >, Subject: CHAMPERNOUN OF MODBURY, DEVONSHIRE - PART 1 of 2, Date: 30 Jan 1999 18:25:50 GMT
Wikipedia [1]
end of this biography [2]
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- [S9938] "Family Tree & Genealogy Tools for Charles Blount", pedigree, accessed November 14th, 2016 by David A. Hennessee, https:.
- [S13689] Robert Willoughby KG (1452 - 1502), Ancestors, Descendant & Profile, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Willoughby-296, abstr.
- [S10125] "John WILLOUGHBY , 8th Baron Latimer of Corby, Sir" biography, abstracted, downloaded and published Thursday, February 2.
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