Henry Willoughby (abt. 1519 - 1549)

Born about 1519 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Grey) Willoughby — married 20 Sep 1528 in England

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1549 at about age 30 in Norfolk, England

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Biography

Henry was the son of Edward Willoughby and Anne Filliol.^[1][2] There is conflicting evidence about his birth date. The inquisition post mortem of his uncle Sir John Willoughby says that Henry was aged 31 and upwards as of 10 January 1549 (pointing to a birth date of 1517 or very early 1518),^[3] but his parents' marriage settlement was dated 10 Henry VIII or 1518/9,^[4] suggesting a slightly later birth date.

Henry married Anne Grey. The marriage settlement was dated 20 September 1528.^[1][2][5] They were clearly under age, as Anne's father Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset made provision in his will dated 2 December 1530 for Anne's remarriage should the marriage be dissolved before it was consummated:

Allso I will that if the mariage solemnised and had betwene Anne my doughter and Henry Willowghby Esquier sonne and heire apparannt of s(ir) Edwarde Wyllowghby knyght be dyssolvid by reason and [disagreement] of either of them at their laufull age of consent or by reason of dethe of the same Henry Willowghby and before carnall knowledge had betwene them that then the said Anne shal have towardes hir mariage one thousand poundes sterling as hir other susters shal have^[6]

Henry and Anne had two sons and one daughter:

• Margaret, who married Matthew Arundell^[1][2]
• Thomas,^[1][2] his main heir, described as eight years and upwards when his father died in 1549^[3]
• Francis, Knt.^[1][2]

Henry inherited Woodlands, Dorset on the death of his father.^[7] In early 1549, he inherited extensive estates including Wollaton, Nottinghamshire from his childless uncle Sir John Willoughby.^[3][8] The inheritance included valuable coal pits.^[8]

Henry was killed on 27 August 1549^[3][8] at Norwich, Norfolk, England while fighting with the Earl of Warwick to put down Kett's Rebellion.^[8][9] Henry was buried at Wollaton, Northamptonshire.^[10] His will was dated 15 July 1549.^[3]

Research Note

In both Magna Carta Ancestry and Royal Ancestry Douglas Richardson gives Henry's death year as 1548.^[1][2] This is incorrect. The mistake appears to go back to a 1702 account of the Willoughby family by Cassandra Willoughby.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. II, p. 234, FREVILLE 13, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, pp. 42-43, FREVILLE 16
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. Report on the manuscripts of Lord Middleton, preserved at Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire, London: HMSO, 1911, p 149, Internet Archive
4. ↑ "Marriage settlement of Edward Willoughby and Anne, daughter of William Fyloll," 10 Henry VIII; Mi D 4817; Family and Estate Papers of the Willoughby Family of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, Middleton, Warwickshire and Birdsall, Yorkshire; 12th-20th centuries; Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, Nottingham University Library, National Archives catalogue entry
5. ↑ "Marriage agreement between Thomas Marquis of Dorset and Sir John Wylloughby and others (m. between Henry Wyllughby and Lady Anne Gray) Location: Dunsby etc. Lincolnshire," 20 September 1528; Mi 6/170/146; Family and Estate Papers of the Willoughby Family of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, Middleton, Warwickshire and Birdsall, Yorkshire; 12th-20th centuries; Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, Nottingham University Library; National Archives catalogue entry
6. ↑ Will of Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset of Astley, Warwickshire, proved 28 November 1531, Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Reference: PROB 11/24/141, The National Archives, Kew; National Archives catalogue entry
7. ↑ 'Biography of Sir Henry Willoughby (d. 1549)', Manuscripts and Special Collections section, University of Nottingham website, accessed 6 August 2020
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} R S Smith. "Willoughby, Sir Francis (1546/7–1596), coalowner and industrialist", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, print and online 2004, revised online 2014, https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/49827
9. ↑ George Fellows, "Wollaton Hall, Church, and the Family of Willoughby," Transactions of the Thoroton Society (vol 6 (1902)), reproduced on Nottinghamshire History http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1902/willoughbyfamily.htm
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Cassandra Willoughby. Account of an Elizabethan Family. The Willoughbys of Wollaton, in The Collections of Cassandra Willoughby, 1702, annotated transcript in The Royal Historical Society, Camden 5th Series, Vo. 55, 2018, footnote 2, Cambridge University Press website (full text not visible)

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for ‘’Royal Ancestry’’.
• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for "Magna Carta Ancestry".

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was updated for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 6 August 2020 and approved 21 Sep 2020 by Thiessen-117.

Henry Willoughby is in a trail between Gateway Ancestor Mary Johanna Somerset and Magna Carta Surety Baron Richard de Clare that was developed for the Project by Michael Cayley in Jul/Aug 2020 and badged 22 Sep 2020. This trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".