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WILLOUGHBY, Hugh (c.1380-1448), of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds and Wollaton, Notts.

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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.
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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. C260/144/18/31. He did so at Newark on 5 Dec. 1440: CP40/720, rot. 137.

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.

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WILLOUGHBY, Hugh (c.1380-1448), of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds and Wollaton, Notts.
Main residences: Willoughby-on-the-Wolds; Wollaton, Notts.
Wylgheby, Wylleby, Wylowby, Wylughby
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WILLIAM, John (d.c.1477), of Southampton.

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m. (1) by Jan. 1452, Ellen, wid. of John Halstede of Salisbury, Wilts., C1/18/179; KB27/763, rot. 45. 1s.; (2) Joan. C1/50/27.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Southampton 1453, 1472.

Steward, Southampton Mich. 1440–1, Stewards’ Bks. 1428–34 (Soton. Rec. Soc. 1935), p. vii. sheriff ? 2 May 1447-Mich. 1448; mayor Mich. 1448–9, 1455 – 57, 1469–71; J.S. Davies, Hist. Southampton, 174. alderman 1453 – 54, 1473–4. Southampton Terrier 1454 (Soton. Rec. Ser. xv), 523; Remembrance Bk. i (Soton. Rec. Soc. 1927), 47.

Commr. of inquiry, Southampton June 1449 (piracy); gaol delivery Nov. 1455, Feb. 1457, Aug. 1458, June 1466, May 1467, Feb. 1474; C66/481, m. 22d; 482, m. 11d; 485, m. 2d; 515, m. 6d; 518, m. 13d; 532, m. 10d. to deliver the temporalities of the priory of St. Denys by Southampton to the newly-elected prior, Jan. 1457; requisition vessels for the naval force under (Sir) Gervase Clifton* Oct. 1457, for the force to resist Clarence and Warwick Apr. 1470; of array June 1461.

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WILLIAM, John (d.c.1477), of Southampton.
Main residence: Southampton.
Williams, Willyam, Wyllyam
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WILFORD, John, of Nottingham.

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s. and h. of Henry Wilford (d.1419) of Nottingham by his 1st w. Margaret. Henry had at least two wives. Margaret was alive in 1403, but he left Joan as his wid.: Notts. Archs., Nottingham recs., ct. rolls CA1300, rot. 26; Borthwick Inst., Univ. of York, Abps. Regs. 18 (Bowet), f. 371d. m. Agnes, Nottingham ct. rolls CA1324, rot. 6d. 1s. 1da. Both were born before Henry’s death: Abps. Regs. 18 (Bowet), f. 371d.
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Chamberlain, Nottingham Mich. 1409–10.

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WILFORD, John, of Nottingham.
Main residence: Nottingham.
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WILDE, Thomas, of Oxford.

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m. by Apr. 1420, Isabel. Oxon. RO, PAR189/10/1D/7.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Oxford 1421 (Dec.), 1422, 1429, 1433, 1437.

Bailiff, Oxford Mich. 1421–3. C219/12/6; 13/1.

Tax collector, Oxon. Jan. 1436.

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WILDE, Thomas, of Oxford.
Main residence: Oxford.
Goldsmith, Wild, Wylde, Goldesmyth
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WILDE, Robert (d.1461), of Sandwich, Kent and London.

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m. (1) bef. 1421, Margery, wid. of Henry Cacherell of Sandwich; (2) by 1437, Thomasina, wid. of Henry Aucher of Losenham, Kent; W. Boys, Sandwich, 417; E. Kent Archs., Sandwich recs., ‘Old Black Bk.’, SA/AC 1, f. 8; E179/124/93; CP40/705, rot. 203d. prob. s.p.
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Mayor and jt. keeper of the keys to the common chest, Sandwich Dec. 1430 – 31, 1433 – 34; jurat by Dec. 1431 – Dec. 1433, 1434–5. ‘Old Black Bk.’, ff. 7, 14, 20.

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WILDE, Robert (d.1461), of Sandwich, Kent and London.
Main residences: Sandwich, Kent; London.
Wyld, Wylde
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WIGSTON, William, of Leicester.

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m. at least 3s. inc. Roger† and John†.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Leicester 1453, 1467.

Steward of the fair, Leicester Sept. 1446–7, 1448–9 (as mayor), 1451–2; mayor 1448 – 49, 1459–60. Leicester Bor. Recs. ed. Bateson, ii. 448, 453.

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WIGSTON, William, of Leicester.
Main residence: Leicester.
Wixston, Wyggeston, Wygston, Wykyngeston
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WIGMORE, Thomas, of Kent.

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?m. ?; Katherine, da. of Geoffrey Kirton of Ash, Kent by Juliana, wid. of John Septvans (d.1458) of St. Lawrence, Isle of Thanet, Kent, 1s. Archaeologia Cantiana, xl. 115-16.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Kent 1449 (Feb.)

Bailiff of the liberty of Bp. Low of Rochester by Dec. 1448. Reg. Roffense ed. Thorpe, 575–7.

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WIGMORE, Thomas, of Kent.
Main residence: Kent.
Wygmore
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