Family and Education
b. c.1380, gds. and h. of Sir Edmund Willoughby (d.?1414) ?of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, s. and h. of Edmund Willoughby (d.v.p. 1395/6) by Isabel (d.1416), da. of Sir Hugh Annesley of Ruddington, Notts. This marriage had taken place by 25 Nov. 1370, when the groom was yet a minor: M. Bloom, ‘The Careers of Sir Richard II de Willoughby and Sir Richard III de Willoughby, c.j.KB’ (Oxf. Univ. D.Phil. thesis, 1985), 346. The bride was a widow by 26 June 1396: Nottingham Univ. Lib. Middleton mss, Mi D 222. m. (1) by 29 May 1396, Isabel (d. 29 Dec. 1417), Trans. Thoroton Soc. vi (1902), 51. da. of Thomas Foljambe† (d.1433) of Walton, Derbys., by Margaret (d.1431), da. and event. coh. of Sir John Lowdham of Lowdham, Notts., 2s. inc. Richard*, 1da.; (2) by 23 May 1418, Margaret (c.1401-1493), da. of Sir Baldwin Freville (d.1400) of Tamworth, Staffs., sis. and coh. of Baldwin Freville (d. 3 Apr. 1418), 5s. 6da. Kntd. ?5 Nov. 1429.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Notts. 1411, 1421 (Dec.), 1422, 1425, 1426, 1432, 1433.
Commr. of array, Notts. Apr. 1418, Mar. 1427, Aug. 1436; inquiry Jan. 1424 (repair of bridges over R. Leen), July 1434 (concealments); to treat for loans May 1428, Notts., Derbys. Mar. 1430, Mar. 1431, Lincs., Leics., Notts. Feb. 1434, Notts. Nov. 1440, Mar. 1442, June 1446; to take assize of novel disseisin Oct. 1440.
J.p. Notts. 7 July 1423 – June 1431, 14 Oct. 1431 – d.
Escheator, Notts. and Derbys. 13 Nov. 1423 – 6 Nov. 1424.
Sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 5 Nov. 1430 – 26 Nov. 1431, Lincs. 3 Nov. 1438 – 5 Nov. 1439.
Main residences: Willoughby-on-the-Wolds; Wollaton, Notts.
Wylgheby, Wylleby, Wylowby, Wylughby
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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