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WINCHCOMBE, John (by 1519-74), of Bucklebury and Thatcham, Berks.

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b. by 1519, 1st s. of John Winchcombe alias Smallwood of Newbury prob. by 1st w. m. by 1550, Helen, da. of Thomas St. Loe, 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 2 Dec. 1557.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s death, E150/822/5; C142/111/10. Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvii), 233; Ashmole, Berks. iii. 300; A. L. Humphreys, Bucklebury, ped. opp. p. 310.
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Commr. musters, Berks. 1546, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; other commissions 1563 – 70; escheator, Oxon. and Berks. 1552 – 53, 1560 – 61; j.p.q. Berks. 1558/59; sheriff 1571–2.LP Hen. VIII, xxi; CPR, 1553, pp. 351, 386, 413; 1560–3, pp. 434, 523; 1563–6, pp. 20, 38–39; 1569–72, pp. 219, 221, 223.

Main residences: Bucklebury; Thatcham, Berks.
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WILSON, Egion (by 1530-63/67), of Redland, Glos.

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b. by 1530, 4th s. of Edward Wilson of Over Staveley, Westmld., by Anne, da. of Miles Godmount of the Ashes in Staveley Godmount, Kendal, Westmld. m. by 1552, Dorothy, da. and h. of Thomas Hall of Redland, prob. 2s. 1da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 354; PCC 32 Stonard.
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Main residence: Redland, Glos.
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WILLOUGHBY, Sir William (c.1515-70), of Minting, Lincs. and Parham, Suff.

Family and Education
b. c. 1515, s. of Sir Christopher Willoughby of Parham by Elizabeth, da. of Sir George Tailboys, de jure 9th Lord Kyme. educ. ?Oxf. BA 1526. m. (1) by 1536, Elizabeth (d. Dec. 1555 or later), da. of Sir Thomas Heneage of Hainton, Lincs., 1s. 1da.; (2) settlement 20 Aug. 1559, Margaret, da. of Robert Garneys of Kenton, Suff., wid. of Walter Devereux (d. 17 Sept. 1558), 1st Viscount Hereford, s.p. suc. fa. July 1538/Oct. 1540. Kntd. ?16 Jan. 1542; cr. Baron Willoughby of Parham 20 Feb. 1547.Date of birth estimated from marriage of parents in 1512 and from career. CP; Add. 19155, ff. 203 seq.; PCC 25 Martyn; Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. 1501-40, p. 632.
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J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) 1539–47 or later, q. Lincs. (Holland, Kesteven and Lindsey) by 1558/59–d., Suff. 1561 – d.; esquire of the body by 1545; commr. musters, Lincs. 1546, chantries, Lincs., Boston and Lincoln 1546, goods of churches and fraternities Calais 1553; ld. lt. Lincs. 1549, 1557 – 10 Oct. 1558, jt. (with Sir Edward Dymoke and Sir Robert Tyrwhitt II) May 1559; dep. Calais 6 Oct. 1550 – Oct. 1552; trier of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of Mar. 1553, Oct. 1553, ? Apr. 1554, Nov. 1554, 1555, 1559, 1563; chief steward in north parts, duchy of Lancaster 22 Aug. 1553–d.LP Hen. VIII, xiv, xvi, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8 to 1569–72 passim; P. T. J. Morgan, ‘The govt. of Calais, 1485–1558’ (Oxf. Univ. D. Phil. thesis, 1966), 294; LJ, i. 430, 447, 464, 492, 513, 542, 581; Somerville, Duchy, i. 424; G. S. Thomson, Lds. Lts. 42, 48; M. L. Bush, Govt. Pol. Somerset, 127 n. 1.

Main residences: Minting, Lincs.; Parham, Suff.
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WILLOUGHBY, Leonard (by 1509-60), of Turners Puddle, Dorset.

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b. by 1509, 1st s. of Nicholas Willoughby of Turners Puddle by Robegia, da. of William Satchfield. m. (1) settlement 3 Sept. 1533, Mary, da. of John Turberville of Bere Regis, 6da.; (2) by Mar. 1559, Margaret, da. of William Thornhill of Thornhill in Stalbridge. suc. fa. 10 June 1542.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/68/38. Cat. Anct. Deeds, v. 12338, 12589, 12984; C142/125/12; Vis. Dorset ed Colby and Rylands, 14.
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Main residence: Turners Puddle, Dorset.
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WILLOUGHBY, George (by 1515-1550), of the Inner Temple, London, Elmley Castle and Netherton, Worcs.

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b. by 1515, illegit. s. of Robert, 2nd Lord Willoughby de Broke by Joan Pye of ?Chippenham, Wilts. educ. I. Temple. m. by 1544, Anne, da. of Thomas Huncks of Radbroke, Glos., wid. of Thomas Lyttleton, 2s. 3da.Date of birth estimated from auditorship at I. Temple. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 82, 119; Wards 7/5/122, 129, 6/88; PCC 20 Coode.
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Auditor, I. Temple 1536, 1546 – 47, bencher 1546, attendant on reader 1547, 1549, Autumn reader 1548, Lent reader 1549.

?Servant, household of Cardinal Wolsey by 1523; j.p. Worcs. 1538 – d., Cheshire, Herefs., Mon., Warws. Salop 1547; commr. oyer and terminer, Oxford circuit 1539, 1543, 1544, musters, Worcs. 1539, subsidy 1543, chantries Herefs., Worcs. 1548; chantries, Herefs., Worcs. 1548; escheator, Worcs. 1541 – 42, 1545 – 46; attorney, council in the marches of Wales 28 Apr. 1546 – d.; particular receiver, Queen Catherine Parr, Herefs. and Worcs. by 1547 – 48; member, council of John Dudley, Earl of Warwick by 1547; ?serjeant-at-law by 1550.E179/200/145, 200/unnumbered; 315/340, f. 7v; LP Hen. VIII, xiii-xxi; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 75, 77, 82, 84, 87, 88, 90, 91; 1548–9, p. 137; 1549–51, p. 299; SC6, Edw. VI/726; Coventry mayors’ accts. 1542–61, p. 43; Habington’s Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1895), i. 455.

Main residences: the Inner Temple, London; Elmley Castle; Netherton, Worcs.
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WILLOUGHBY, George (b.y 15-1550)

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