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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

WILLOUGHBY, Sir William (c.1515-70), of Minting, Lincs. and Parham, Suff.

Main residences: Minting, Lincs.; Parham, Suff.

Author

A.D.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

WILLOUGHBY, Sir William (c.1515-70)

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Oxford 1644

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