Willoughby family

The family of Willoughby, by a pedigree drawn up in the time of Elizabeth, appears to be descended from Sir John de Willoughby, a Norman knight, who had the lordship of Willoughby, in Lincolnshire, by gift of the Conqueror. From this successful soldier we pass to Sir William de Willoughby, who, in the 5th of Henry III, was signed with the cross, and accompanied prince Edward into the Holy Land. He married Alice, daughter of John, Lord Beke, of Eresby, and eldest co-heir of her brother Walter, Lord of Eresby, and had issue: Sir Robert de Willoughby, who was summoned to parliament as baron Willoughby of Eresby.

Dugdale informs us that in the 25th Edward I he was in the expedition into Gascony, and in the 28th Edward I 1300, he was returned from the county of Lincoln, as holding lands or rents to the amount of £40 yearly value and upwards, and as such was summoned under general writ to perform military service against the Scots in June that year, at which time he was present at the siege of Carlaverock. ... more

Lord Willoghby de Broke family - painting by Johann Zoffany in 1766

• A1. William de Willoughby, lvd:1180/1225, m. Maud de Fulletby;
  • B1. Robert de Willoughby, d:1257, m. Alice de Orreby;
    • C1. William de Willoughby, d:1306, m. Alice Beke;
      • D1. Sir Robert de Willoughby, 1st Lord of Eresby, d:1316, m. Margaret Deincourt;
        • E1. Sir John de Willoughby, 2nd Lord of Eresby, d:1349, m. Joan Rosceline;
          • F1. Sir John de Willoughby, 3rd Lord of Eresby, d:1372, m. Cicely de Ufford;  ==>  Ufford family
            <=========
  • G1. Sir Robert Willoughby, 4th Lord of Eresby, d:1396, m. Cicely Skipwith;
    • H1. Sir William Willoughby, 5th Lord of Eresby, m. Lucy le Strange;  ==>  le Strange family
      • I1. Sir Thomas Willoughby of Parham, m. Joan Arundell;  ==>  FitzAlan family
        • J1. Sir William Willoughby, 5th Lord of Eresby, m. Joan Strangeways;
          • K1. Cecily Willoughby, m. Edward Sutton;  <==  Sutton family
        • J2. Sir Robert Willoughby, d:1465, m. Cecily Welles;
          • K1. Sir Christopher Willoughby, m. Margaret Jenney;
            • L1. Elizabth Willoughby, m. William Eure;  <==  Eure family
    • H2. Sir Thomas Willoughby, m. Elizabeth Neville;  ==>  Neville family
      • I1. Sir John Willoughby, d:1437, m. Joan Welby;
        • J1. Sir John Willoughby, d:1444, m. Ann Cheyney;
          • K1. Sir Robert Willoughby, 1st Lord de Broke, d:1502, m. Blanche Champernoun;  ==>  Ferrers family
            • L1. Sir Robert Willoughby, 2nd Lord de Broke, lvd:1470/1521, m. Elizabeth Beauchamp;  ==>  Beauchamp family
              • M1. Edward Willoughby, lvd:1517, m. Margaret Neville;  ==>  Neville family
                • N1. Elizabeth Willoughby, lvd:1560, m. Sir Fulke Greville;
                  • O1. Elene Greville, m. Sir John Conway;  <==>  Conway family