Sir
John
Willoughby
Born about in Holland, Lincolnshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Willoughby
and Elizabeth (Neville) Willoughby
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Jane (Welby) Willoughby
— married
before 1422 in England
Descendants 
Father of
John Willoughby
Died
at about age 37
[location unknown]
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Biography
1400 Birth and Parents
Both Richardson and Cockayne estimate John Willoughby's birth as about 1400. [1] Cockayne adds that Willoughby was aged 30 or more at his uncle's death. [2]
Richardson notes that John Willoughby, Knight, was of Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire. [1]
Cockayne adds that John Willoughby was the only son and heir of Sir Thomas Willoughby, by Elizabeth, sister and in her issue husband of John Nevill, Lord Latimer. [2]
Marriage to Jane Welby
1430 Heir to Uncle
"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, Earl of Westmorland. [1]
1430 Commissions
He was employed on various commissions in Lincolnshire from 1430 to 1436. [1][2]
He was not summoned to Parliament. [1][2]
1430 Lands
In 1430 Thomas Stevenson of Boston, Lincolnshire, Gentleman, granted him 4 acres of pasture in Boston. [1]
1436 Death
Sir John Willoughby, de jure 7th Lord Latimer, died 24 February 1436/7. [1][2]
Children
They had two sons, John, Knt, and probably Robert, Esq., and one daughter, Joan, wife of John Kyme, Esq. [1]
- John, Knt. [1], born about 1422
- Robert, Esq., (probably)[1]
- Joan (wife of John Kyme, Esq.).[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol I, p 575 BROOK #12
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 George E. Cockayne et al. Complete Peerage London: St. Catherine Press, 1929. Volume VII Latimer article, pp. 477-7 Note: Hosted by Family Search. Link takes you to title page. Enter page 484. Accessed 12/31/2019 jhd
See also:
- Magna Carta Ancestry by Douglas Richardson
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