Dear Newsgroup ~
The well known Lords Willoughby of Brook descend from a cadet branch
of the older Lords Willoughby of Eresby. The connection between the
two families and the intervening generations is covered by Complete
Peerage 7 (1928): 475-479 (sub Latimer). Briefly, the descent runs as
follows:
Gen. l: Robert de Willoughby, 1st Lord Willoughby of Eresby
2= Margery la Zouche
/
Gen. 2: Thomas de Willoughby, Knt., younger son
=Elizabeth Neville
/
Gen. 3: John Willoughby (died 1437)
=Jane Welby
/
Gen. 4: John Willoughby, Knt. (died 1475)
=Anne Cheyne
/
Gen. 5: Robert Willoughby, Knt., K.G., 1st Lord Willoughby of Brook
= Blanche Champernoun
Complete Peerage does an excellent job of providing the documentation
for the above descent. However, no place of residence is provided for
the middle generations consisting of the two John Willoughby's [Gens.
3 and 4 above).
Fortunately, a series of abstracts of documents relating to this
Willoughby family is found in Lincolnshire Notes and Queries, 9
(1907): 92-95. The abstracts found in this source are numerous. As
such, only the gist will be summarized below.
The first document concerns John Willoughby, Gen. 3 above, and it
shows that he resided at Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire in 1429/30
and that he was knighted. Curiously, his knighthood is not mention in
C.P. sub Latimer, but is shown on a chart of the Willoughby family in
C.P. 12 Part 2 (1959): following pg. 671. That he was knighted is
also indicated by the 1623 Visitation of Wiltshire (Harleian Soc. Pub.
vol. 105-106).
Several more documents concern the next generation, namely John
Willoughby [Gen. 4], husband of Anne Cheyne. These documents cover
the period, 1443-1454, which is the period immediately preceding his
removal to Dorset and Wiltshire, where his wife's inheritance lay.
The documents indicate that John [Gen. 4] resided at Kirton in
Holland, Lincolnshire, as did his father before him. John [Gen. 4]
appears regularly in the documents with a Robert Willoughby, Esquire,
who presumably was a younger brother. John is always listed first in
the documents, then Robert follows.
The last document in this series concerns Robert Willoughby, 1st Lord
Willoughby of Brook [Gen. 5 above]. It shows that "Robert Willughby
la Broke" conveyed all his lands, rents, etc., in Kirton in Holland,
Lincolnshire in 1489 to his brother, Richard Willoughby.
Interestingly, the documents show that John Willoughby [Gen. 4] had a
sister, Joan Willoughby, who married by indenture dated the Thursday
after Michaelmas 31 Henry VIII [surely Henry VI is intended) (or 1452)
to John Kyme, son and heir of Thomas Kyme, Esq., of Friskney,
Lincolnshire. The groom is doubtless the same person as the John
Kyme, Esq., of Wainfleet and Friskney, Lincolnshire who died 4 April
1504, leaving a son and heir, Thomas, aged 40 [see C.P. 12 Pt. 2
(1959): 450, footnote c (sub Welles)]. This Thomas Kyme is, of
course, the Thomas Kyme, Esquire, of Friskney, Lincolnshire who
married as her 3rd husband Cecily Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward
IV of England. Thus, it appears that Thomas Kyme, Esq., was a first
cousin of Robert Willoughby, 1st Lord Willoughby of Brook (died 1502).
I haven't attempted to trace Thomas Kyme's history after the death of
his wife, Cecily Plantagenet. However, he is appears to be the Thomas
Kyme, son and heir of John Kyme, Esq., who was sued in Chancery by his
father's widow, Edith Darnall, in the period, 1518-1529:
C 1/499/37: Edith Darnall, late the wife of John Kyme, esquire. v.
Thomas Kyme, son and heir of the said John.: Annuity due to
complainant in lieu of dower in messuages and lands in Friskney and
Trusthorpe.: Lincoln. Date: 1518-1529.
Thomas Kyme was presumably deceased sometime before 1529/32, when I
find that his son and heir, also named Thomas, was sued in Chancery as
indicated below:
C 1/629/1: Edmund Elvyn, grandson and heir of John Hode. v. William
Plattes, chaplain.: Detention of deeds relating to land in Friskney
held by Thomas, son and heir of Thomas Kyme.: Lincoln. Date:
1529-1532.
The younger Thomas Kyme was clearly was not a child of Cecily
Plantagenet, who is known to have died without surviving issue in
1507.
I should mention that the two Chancery items above relating to the
Kyme family were found in the helpful online National Archives
Catalogue at the following website:
http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp
Further research is necessary to confirm the various links in Kyme
documents and Chancery suits above. However, they appear to hang
together well.
For interest's sake, I have listed below the names of the colonial
immigrants who descend from the Lords Willoughby of Brook:
1. Elizabeth Bosvile, wife of Roger Harlakenden and Herbert Pelham
2. George, Giles, & Robert Brent
3. Thomas Wingfield
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
C.P. Additions: Ancestry of Lords Willoughby of Brook and Th
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Dear Newsgroup ~
As a followup to my original post, yesterday I checked the
Lincolnshire Notes and Queries series once again to see if any
additional documents could be found relating to the Willoughby family
of Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire, which family is ancestral to the
later Lords Willoughby of Brook. Curiously, I found two slightly
different abstracts of yet another document dated 1445 in which Maud
Priour, of Moulton, Lincolnshire, widow, conveyed all lands,
tenwements, goods and chattels, etc. in Moulton to John Willoughby, of
Kirton in Holland, esquire, and Richard Anderton of same [Reference:
Lincolnshire Notes and Queries, 9 (1907): 9, 46]. This John
Willoughby would be the person I identified as Generation 4 in my
original post on the ancestry of Lords Willoughby of Brook [see
below].
In Lincolnshire Notes and Queries, 8 (1905): 209, I located the
abstract of a grant dated 1403 issued by Thomas de Willoughby, Knt.
regarding the manor of Bicker, Lincolnshire. This Thomas de
Willoughby is identified as Generation 2 in my original post [see copy
of post below]. Unfortunately, mo place of residence is given in this
document for Sir Thomas. Inasmuch as he was justice of the peace for
the Holland district in Lincolnshire, we may safely assume he lived in
that area. Complete Peerage shows that he was also Sheriff of
Lincolnshire in 1403-04, and died in 1417 [Reference: Conmplete
Peerage, 7 (1929): 477, footnote i].
For interest's sake, I've copied the entire abstract of this record
below. The author states that Thomas de Willoughby used a seal which
bears "the arms of of Broke and Latymer quarterly." By this, I
suppose he means "Willoughby of Brook" and "Latimer," as the manor of
Brook from which this family later derived their name did not come
into the family until two generations later.
"Grant from Sir Thomas de Wylughby, knight, to Thomas le Warre, clerk,
and John de Wylughby, his brother, John Lydyngton, clerk, William
Mytchell of Friskney, John Belle of Boston, John Kyme, Henry Latymer
of Boston, etc., of the manor of Byker [Bicker], with appurtenances in
Donyngton, and Wigtoft, and Swynesheued [Swineshead]. Witnesses:
James Roos, and John Lyttylbury, knights, John Meres of Kyrketon, John
Holand of Swineshead, John Bromce of Donyngton, William Randeson of
Bicker, Nicholas Holand. Given on Thursday after St. Barnabus, 4
Henry IV [A.D. 1403]. Seal - within a couped sexfoil - the arms of
Broke and Latymer quarterly, "Sigillum Thome de Willoughbi Militis." "
END OF QUOTE.
There also a brief abstract of a later document relating to this
property which reads as follows:
"Confirmation of above transfer by John, son and heir of Tho. de
Willughby, knight. 6 Feb., 15 Henry VI [A.D. 1437]." END OF QUOTE.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
E-mail: douglasrichardson@royalancestry,net
Website: http://www.royalancestry.net
douglasrichardson@royalancestry.net (Douglas Richardson) wrote in message news:<2619efc9.0410210811.37bbe55a@posting.google.com>...
As a followup to my original post, yesterday I checked the
Lincolnshire Notes and Queries series once again to see if any
additional documents could be found relating to the Willoughby family
of Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire, which family is ancestral to the
later Lords Willoughby of Brook. Curiously, I found two slightly
different abstracts of yet another document dated 1445 in which Maud
Priour, of Moulton, Lincolnshire, widow, conveyed all lands,
tenwements, goods and chattels, etc. in Moulton to John Willoughby, of
Kirton in Holland, esquire, and Richard Anderton of same [Reference:
Lincolnshire Notes and Queries, 9 (1907): 9, 46]. This John
Willoughby would be the person I identified as Generation 4 in my
original post on the ancestry of Lords Willoughby of Brook [see
below].
In Lincolnshire Notes and Queries, 8 (1905): 209, I located the
abstract of a grant dated 1403 issued by Thomas de Willoughby, Knt.
regarding the manor of Bicker, Lincolnshire. This Thomas de
Willoughby is identified as Generation 2 in my original post [see copy
of post below]. Unfortunately, mo place of residence is given in this
document for Sir Thomas. Inasmuch as he was justice of the peace for
the Holland district in Lincolnshire, we may safely assume he lived in
that area. Complete Peerage shows that he was also Sheriff of
Lincolnshire in 1403-04, and died in 1417 [Reference: Conmplete
Peerage, 7 (1929): 477, footnote i].
For interest's sake, I've copied the entire abstract of this record
below. The author states that Thomas de Willoughby used a seal which
bears "the arms of of Broke and Latymer quarterly." By this, I
suppose he means "Willoughby of Brook" and "Latimer," as the manor of
Brook from which this family later derived their name did not come
into the family until two generations later.
"Grant from Sir Thomas de Wylughby, knight, to Thomas le Warre, clerk,
and John de Wylughby, his brother, John Lydyngton, clerk, William
Mytchell of Friskney, John Belle of Boston, John Kyme, Henry Latymer
of Boston, etc., of the manor of Byker [Bicker], with appurtenances in
Donyngton, and Wigtoft, and Swynesheued [Swineshead]. Witnesses:
James Roos, and John Lyttylbury, knights, John Meres of Kyrketon, John
Holand of Swineshead, John Bromce of Donyngton, William Randeson of
Bicker, Nicholas Holand. Given on Thursday after St. Barnabus, 4
Henry IV [A.D. 1403]. Seal - within a couped sexfoil - the arms of
Broke and Latymer quarterly, "Sigillum Thome de Willoughbi Militis." "
END OF QUOTE.
There also a brief abstract of a later document relating to this
property which reads as follows:
"Confirmation of above transfer by John, son and heir of Tho. de
Willughby, knight. 6 Feb., 15 Henry VI [A.D. 1437]." END OF QUOTE.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
E-mail: douglasrichardson@royalancestry,net
Website: http://www.royalancestry.net
douglasrichardson@royalancestry.net (Douglas Richardson) wrote in message news:<2619efc9.0410210811.37bbe55a@posting.google.com>...
Dear Newsgroup ~
The well known Lords Willoughby of Brook descend from a cadet branch
of the older Lords Willoughby of Eresby. The connection between the
two families and the intervening generations is covered by Complete
Peerage 7 (1928): 475-479 (sub Latimer). Briefly, the descent runs as
follows:
Gen. l: Robert de Willoughby, 1st Lord Willoughby of Eresby
2= Margery la Zouche
/
Gen. 2: Thomas de Willoughby, Knt., younger son
=Elizabeth Neville
/
Gen. 3: John Willoughby (died 1437)
=Jane Welby
/
Gen. 4: John Willoughby, Knt. (died 1475)
=Anne Cheyne
/
Gen. 5: Robert Willoughby, Knt., K.G., 1st Lord Willoughby of Brook
= Blanche Champernoun
Complete Peerage does an excellent job of providing the documentation
for the above descent. However, no place of residence is provided for
the middle generations consisting of the two John Willoughby's [Gens.
3 and 4 above).
Fortunately, a series of abstracts of documents relating to this
Willoughby family is found in Lincolnshire Notes and Queries, 9
(1907): 92-95. The abstracts found in this source are numerous. As
such, only the gist will be summarized below.
The first document concerns John Willoughby, Gen. 3 above, and it
shows that he resided at Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire in 1429/30
and that he was knighted. Curiously, his knighthood is not mention in
C.P. sub Latimer, but is shown on a chart of the Willoughby family in
C.P. 12 Part 2 (1959): following pg. 671. That he was knighted is
also indicated by the 1623 Visitation of Wiltshire (Harleian Soc. Pub.
vol. 105-106).
Several more documents concern the next generation, namely John
Willoughby [Gen. 4], husband of Anne Cheyne. These documents cover
the period, 1443-1454, which is the period immediately preceding his
removal to Dorset and Wiltshire, where his wife's inheritance lay.
The documents indicate that John [Gen. 4] resided at Kirton in
Holland, Lincolnshire, as did his father before him. John [Gen. 4]
appears regularly in the documents with a Robert Willoughby, Esquire,
who presumably was a younger brother. John is always listed first in
the documents, then Robert follows.
The last document in this series concerns Robert Willoughby, 1st Lord
Willoughby of Brook [Gen. 5 above]. It shows that "Robert Willughby
la Broke" conveyed all his lands, rents, etc., in Kirton in Holland,
Lincolnshire in 1489 to his brother, Richard Willoughby.
Interestingly, the documents show that John Willoughby [Gen. 4] had a
sister, Joan Willoughby, who married by indenture dated the Thursday
after Michaelmas 31 Henry VIII [surely Henry VI is intended) (or 1452)
to John Kyme, son and heir of Thomas Kyme, Esq., of Friskney,
Lincolnshire. The groom is doubtless the same person as the John
Kyme, Esq., of Wainfleet and Friskney, Lincolnshire who died 4 April
1504, leaving a son and heir, Thomas, aged 40 [see C.P. 12 Pt. 2
(1959): 450, footnote c (sub Welles)]. This Thomas Kyme is, of
course, the Thomas Kyme, Esquire, of Friskney, Lincolnshire who
married as her 3rd husband Cecily Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward
IV of England. Thus, it appears that Thomas Kyme, Esq., was a first
cousin of Robert Willoughby, 1st Lord Willoughby of Brook (died 1502).
I haven't attempted to trace Thomas Kyme's history after the death of
his wife, Cecily Plantagenet. However, he is appears to be the Thomas
Kyme, son and heir of John Kyme, Esq., who was sued in Chancery by his
father's widow, Edith Darnall, in the period, 1518-1529:
C 1/499/37: Edith Darnall, late the wife of John Kyme, esquire. v.
Thomas Kyme, son and heir of the said John.: Annuity due to
complainant in lieu of dower in messuages and lands in Friskney and
Trusthorpe.: Lincoln. Date: 1518-1529.
Thomas Kyme was presumably deceased sometime before 1529/32, when I
find that his son and heir, also named Thomas, was sued in Chancery as
indicated below:
C 1/629/1: Edmund Elvyn, grandson and heir of John Hode. v. William
Plattes, chaplain.: Detention of deeds relating to land in Friskney
held by Thomas, son and heir of Thomas Kyme.: Lincoln. Date:
1529-1532.
The younger Thomas Kyme was clearly was not a child of Cecily
Plantagenet, who is known to have died without surviving issue in
1507.
I should mention that the two Chancery items above relating to the
Kyme family were found in the helpful online National Archives
Catalogue at the following website:
http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp
Further research is necessary to confirm the various links in Kyme
documents and Chancery suits above. However, they appear to hang
together well.
For interest's sake, I have listed below the names of the colonial
immigrants who descend from the Lords Willoughby of Brook:
1. Elizabeth Bosvile, wife of Roger Harlakenden and Herbert Pelham
2. George, Giles, & Robert Brent
3. Thomas Wingfield
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah