John Willoughby (1303 - 1349)

Born 6 Jan 1303 in Deresby, Lincolnshire, , England

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Died 13 Jun 1349 at age 46 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, , England

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Biography

He was the son of Robert Willoughby and Margaret Deincourt.

ROSCELINE. Sir John, first Lord Willoughby de Eresby (obit 1350), married Joan, sister and co-heir of Sir Thomas Roscelin.^[1]

Church of England: St. James in Spilsby ~ The church contains memorials of the Willoughby de Eresby family, of Sir John Franklin and his two brothers, Major James Franklin and Sir Willingham Franklin.^[2]

Sir John de Willoughby 2nd Baron (1302–1349) Willoughby de Eresby Born January 6, 1302 in Lincolnshire, d: June 13, 1349 (47)

Husband of Joane Roscelyn (Rescelin) m: bef 2 Jul 1325 (Joan Roscelyn mar. (2) bef. 24 Jun 1351 William de Synthwayt), sister and co-hieress. of Thomas Roscelyn and daughter. and hieress of Sir Peter Roscelyn, of Edgefield, Norfolk.

Father of Sir John de Willoughby, 3rd Baron (before 6 Jan 1329–20 Mar 1372,) de Willoughby; b: 1323 in Eresby, Lincolnshire, buried Spilsby, Lincolnshire, m : before 1349 CECILY de Ufford (Sister and co-hieress. of William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, and 2nd but 1st surviving daughter of Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk, by his wife Margaret de Norwich, great aunt and hieress, of John de Norwich, 2nd Baron Norwich, and daughter of Sir Walter de Norwich, of Sculthorpe, Norfolk)

Father of Robert Willoughby, (1349–1396) Joan Willoughby, Baroness Astley Elizabeth Willoughby^[3]

2th Baron Willoughby of Eresby

John Lord Willoughby d'Eresby fought at the battle of Crécy, Ponthieu, on 26 August, 1346. He was a Banneret in the first division which was under the nominal command of Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, then sixteen years old.^[4]

John died in 1349, his heir John was said to be 20 years and 1/2 at the time, so not quite of age. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Battle Abbey - armorial bearings; First West Window entry #9. entered 2013 Nov 29 by Michelle
2. ↑ St. James in Spilsby. entered 2013 Nov 29 by Michelle
3. ↑ Entered by Jean Maunder.
4. ↑ Major-General The Hon. George Wrottesley, "Crecy and Calais", Collections for a History of Staffordshire Volume XVIII, The William Salt Archaeological Society, (1897), 31. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/collectionsforhi18stafuoft/page/31/mode/1up : accessed 30 June, 2022).
5. ↑ 201. JOHN DE WYLUGHBY, knight. Writ, 20 June, 23 Edward III. LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Spillesby, 10 July, 23 Edward III. Malbethorp. A moiety of a carucate of land held of the king in chief by homage and fealty only. Skyrbek. John de Neuton, parson of the church of Spillesby, and Stephen Tours were seised of a messuage and the lastage of Skyrbek; and they, by their charter with the king’s licence and by fine levied in the octave of the Purification, 18 Edward III, granted the aforesaid messuage and lastage to the said John de Wylughby and Joan his wife and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of the said John de Welughby. The said messuage and lastage are held of the king in chief by homage and fealty only. Orreby. Robert de Hamby, parson of the church of Hoggesthorp, and John de Mundene, parson of the church of Welughby, were seised of the manor of Orreby in fee and gave the same to the said John de Welughby and Joan his wife and the heirs of the said John. It is held of John de Orreby, knight, by homage and fealty only, and the said John holds it of the king in chief by the same service. Erysby. The inner site of the manor within the ditch, enclosed by a stone wall and houses, held by the said John of the bishop of Durham by homage and fealty only, and the said bishop holds it as part of the manor of Erysby of the king in chief by homage and fealty only. He was seised of no other lands &c. in the county on the day he died, because long before he gave all his other lands &c. to Thomas de Fryskeneye, parson of the church of Welughby, Stephen Tours, William de Orston, parson of the church of Wysspyngton, and John Caus, parson of the church of St. Peter, Malberthorp. He died on Saturday after Corpus Christi last. John de Welughby, knight, his son, aged 20 1/2 years and more, is his heir. Writ of amotus, 8 October, 23 Edward III. NORFOLK. Inq. taken at Norwich, 24 October, 23 Edward III. Wethacre, Hoboys, Chategrave, Eggefeld and Walgote. A moiety of the manors held jointly with Joan his wife, who survives, to them and the heirs of the said John; and the other moiety of the said manors similarly held, as of the inheritance of the said Joan. The manors of Wethacre and Hoboys are held of John le fitz Water by service of a knight’s fee; the manors of Walcote and Eggefeld are held of Robert de Benhale, as of the manor of Horsforthe by service of a knight’s fee; and the manor of Chategrave is held of John le fitz Water by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. He died on 2 July last, as the jurors understand. Heir as above, aged 20 years and more. C. Edw. III. File 96. (6.) E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 77. (2.)

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