Another C.P. Addition/Correction: Anne Willoughby (died 1582

[Douglas Richardson]

Dear Newsgroup ~

I thought we'd start off the New Year with yet another addition and
correction for Complete Peerage.

The authoritative Complete Peerage, 9 (1936): 341-342 (sub Mountjoy)
has a good account of the life history of Charles Mountjoy, 5th Lord
Mountjoy (died 1544). Regarding his marriage to Anne Willoughby, the
following information is provided:

"He married circa August 1530 Anne, daughter and co-heiress of Robert
(Willoughby), Lord Willoughby, of Broke, by the abovenamed Dorothy
[Grey], his father's 4th wife. He [Charles] died 10 October 1544, at
Hook, Dorset .... His widow married Richard Broke, who died between 24
Nov. 1548 and 5 Jan. 1548/9, and was buried at Westbury, Wiltshire.
She died 24 December 1582, at Hook aforesaid." END OF QUOTE.

The Complete Peerage account states that Anne Willoughby was "daughter
and co-heiress" of her father, Sir Robert Willoughby, K.B., whereas
Anne Willoughby most certainly had a half-brother, Edward Willoughby,
who died in 1517, leaving female issue. Thus Anne Willoughby was
neither heiress or co-heiress of her father.

The following sources may be consulted regarding Edward Willoughby:

Whitaker, Hist. of Richmondshire 2 (1823): facing 78 (Latimer
pedigree). Surtees, Hist. & Antiq. of Durham 4 (1840): 158-163
(Nevill pedigrees). Hutchins, Hist. & Antiq. of Dorset 2 (1863): 178-
182. Lennard & Vincent, Vis. of Warwick 1619 (H.S.P. 12) (1877): 28-
29 (Grevill pedigree: "Edward Willoughby obijt ante patrem.").
Rogers, The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West
(1890). C.P. 2 (1912): 47, footnote e; 4 (1916): Appendix H, 742-744;
7 (1929): 482, footnote d (sub Latimer); 12(2) (1959): 687-688 (sub
Willoughby). Clay, Extinct & Dormant Peerages (1913): 123-125 (sub
Latimer). VCH Worcester 4 (1924): 186-187. Wolsey, Regs. of Thomas
Wolsey Bishop of Bath & Wells 1518-1523 (Somerset Rec. Soc. 55)
(1940): 24, 45. VCH Warwick, 3 (1945): 16. Paget, Baronage of
England (1957) 577: 1 (sub Willoughby). VCH Gloucester, 8 (1968):
190, 212. Styles "The Genealogie, Life and Death of the Right
Honourable Robert Lorde Brooke" in Bearman Miscellany I (Dugdale Soc.
31) (1977): 159-196. NEHGR 154 (2000): 78-108. Abstract of IPM--
Robert Willoughby dated 1522 [available on FHL Microfilm 917256].

As for the various marriages of Anne Willoughby, Complete Peerage is
correct in stating that she married (1st) Charles Blount, 5th Lord
Mountjoy (died 1544), and (2nd) Richard Broke. Anne Willoughby had
issue by both of these marriages. The book, A History of the Manor of
Hazelbury, by G.J. Kidston, provides an abstract of Richard Broke's
will. The abstract of the will indicates that Richard Broke was an
esquire, which fact is overlooked by Complete Peerage. Kidston says
the will is dated 24 November 1547, and proved 5 January 1548/9. This
varies slightly with the information given by Complete Peerage.
Richard Broke names his wife, "Dame Anne Mountjoye" as the executrix
of his will. So there can be no question as to his wife's identity.
Among other legacies, I note that Richard Broke bequeaths his "loving
friend," John Bonham, Esquire, a bay gelding.

Kidston further indicates that Anne Willoughby soon afterwards married
as her third husband, John Bonham, Esquire, by whom she had issue a
son, John, born in 1553, and a daughter, Mary, who married Joseph
Baynham [see Kidston, fold out chart following pg. 150]. John Bonham,
Esquire, died in January 1555 [see Kidston, pg. 155].

Kidston does not provide a date of the marriage of Anne Willoughby and
John Bonham, Esquire, but does indicate that in 1551 a "certain
William Brownsopp, parson of Holewall in Co. Dorset" sued John Bonham
in the Court of Requests "in respect of lands in that parish which he
claimed to be part of his glebe." John Bonham "counterclaimed them as
part of his wife's manor of Pulham, but the case went against him and
the parson and his successors were declared to be the rightful
owners." [see Kidston, pp. 155-156]. I assume the manor of Pulham,
Dorset was either Anne Willoiughby's inheritance or dower. If so,
then John Bonham and Anne Willoughby were married in or before 1551.

Beyond this information, no evidence is presented by Kidstone on the
pages that I've copied that actually documents the marriage of Anne
Willoughby and John Bonham, Esq. Happily, the National Archives
catalogue incluides an abstract of a Chancery lawsuit dated 1553-1555,
in which John Bonham's wife is specifically called "Lady Anne
Mountjoye." This record may be viewed at the following weblink:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cata ... ssmethod=0

C 1/1377/31, Chancery Proceeding, Date: 1553-1555

"Henry RAYE, Denise [his wife, and their child ?], v. John BONHAM,
knight.: Pasture called `Leyfeld' of the demise of Lady Anne
Mountjoye, wife of defendant.: WILTS." END OF QUOTE.

The helpful online A2A Catalogue (http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/
index.asp) likewise includes an assignment of leaseholds dated 1575 in
which "Anne Bonham, widow, lady Mountjoy," is one of the grantors.
The record below may be viewed at the following weblink:

http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/documentxs ... esheet=xsl\A2A_doc.xsl&i=0&com=1&nbKey=1&keyword=Anne+Bonham&properties=0601

Cornwall Record Office: Records of Bond, Pearce, Eliott and Knape,
Reference: BK/429

Assignment of leaseholds dated 10 May 1575.

Anne Bonham, wid., lady Mountjoy, Thos. Parrey of Hansteedenshall,
Bank (? Hants.), and Hen. Smyth of London, gent., to Jn. Facy of Facy,
Cornwall, gent.

Moiety of a culverhouse known as the North Culverhouse, and certain
closes of land, North Culverhouse Park and King's Park, in manor of
Trethew (Lady Mountjoy assigned by final concord in 1574 to Thos.
Parry, moiety of manor of Trethew alias Trethyn for 300 years; in same
year she leased to Thos. P. and Hen. S. moiety of manor). END OF
QUOTE.

Reviewing the above evidence, there can be little doubt that Anne
Willoughby married (3rd) John Bonham, Esquire, and that she survived
him, just as stated by Kidston.

Comments are invited, indeed welcome. However, when replying, please
cite your sources and provide weblinks if you have them. Otherwise,
you'll probably just be ignored. Happy New Year everyone.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

[wjhonson]

That Anne married a third time to John Bonham, it looks like someone
beat you to the punch

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WILLOUGHBY3.htm


Will Johnson

[Douglas Richardson]

On Jan 1, 11:27 pm, wjhonson <[email protected]> wrote:

That Anne married a third time to John Bonham, it looks like someone
beat you to the punch

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WILLOUGHBY3.htm

Will Johnson

Kidston who I quoted was published back in 1936, long before the
database of http://www.tudorplace.com was created..

DR