William 5th Baron de Willoughby , of Eresby,Sir 
William 5th Baron de was born about 1370 in Willoughby Manor, Eresby, Lincolnshire, England. William 5th Baron de's father was Robert 4th Baron de Willoughby , of Eresby, Sir and his mother was Alice Skipwith. His paternal grandparents were John 3rd Baron de Willoughby , of Eresby, Sir and Cecily de Ufford; his maternal grandparents were William de Skipwith , KB, MP, Sir and Alice Hiltoft. He was an only child. He died on December 4th, 1409 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.General Notes
William de Willoughby, 5th Lord (Baron) Willoughby de Eresby, KG (c 1401); born c1370; assisted usurpation of Duke of Lancaster (later Henry IV) 1399 and attended the abdication of Richard II in the Tower of London 29 Sep 1399; married 1st by 23 April 1383 Lucy, daughter of 5th Lord (Baron) Strange (of Knockyn); married 2nd after 1 Aug 1402 but before 9 Aug 1404, as the 2nd of her four husbands, Joan, sister and coheir of 4th/6th and last Earl of Kent of the 1321 creation, and died 4 Dec 1409, having by his 1st wife had, with four daughters (including Margery, married 14 Nov 1406, 5th Lord (Baron) FitzHugh and had issue). [Burke's Peerage]
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BARONY OF WILLOUGHBY OF ERESBY (V)
WILLIAM (DE WILLOUGHBY), LORD WILLOUGHBY, son and heir, by 1st wife, was born circa 1370 and given seisin of his lands, 27 September 1396. He was summoned to Parliament from 30 November 1396 to 26 October 1409, by writs directed Willelmo de Wilughby; was one of the peers who swore at Westminster, 30 September 1397, to observe the statutes made by Parliament; joined the Duke of Lancaster in Yorkshire, July 1399, shortly after his landing at Ravenspur; was present in the Tower, 29 September 1399, at the abdication of Richard II, to whose imprisonment he agreed, 23 October following, and in the Parliament which met in January 1400/1, when the lands of the Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury were declared forfeit. He appears to have taken part in Henry IV's expedition into Scotland, August 1400; K.G. circa 1401; was among those appointed, 13 October 1402, to negotiate with Owain Glyndwr about the ransom of Reynold, Lord Grey (of Ruthin); remained loyal during the Percy rebellion in 1403; a Commissioner to supervise the expulsion of aliens from the realm, 21 February 1403/4; was appointed one of the King's Council, March 1403/4 and again in 1406; a Commissioner for the trial of Archbishop Scrope, June 1405; and was one of the Lords temporal who sealed the Acts settling the succession to the Crown, 7 June and 22 December 1406.
He married, 1stly, before 23 April 1383, Lucy, daughter of Roger (LESTRANGE), 5th LORD STRANGE, by Aline, daughter of Edmund (FITZALAN), EARL OF ARUNDEL. She was living, 28 April 1398, and was probably buried at Spilsby. He married, 2ndly, between 1 August 1402 and 9 August 1404, Joan, widow of Edmund, "of Langley", DUKE OF YORK (5th son of EDWARD III; died 1 August 1402), sister and coheir of Edmund (DE HOLAND), 4th EARL OF KENT, daughter of Thomas, 2nd EARL OF KENT, by Alice, daughter of Richard (FITZALAN), EARL OF ARUNDEL. He died 4 December 1409 at Edgefield, and was buried at Spilsby. M.I. Joan married, 3rdly (licence 6 September 1410, to marry in the chapel of Faxflete, co. York), as his 2nd wife, Henry (LE SCROPE), 3rd LORD SCROPE (of Masham), who died s.p. 5 August 1415, being beheaded at Southampton. She married, 4thly, between Michaelmas 1415 and 27 April 1416 (pardon for marrying without licence, 14 August following), as his 1st wife, Henry (BROMFLETE), LORD VESSY, who died s.p.m. 16 January 1468/9. She, who was said to be aged 36 in 1416, died s.p. 12 April 1434. [Complete Peerage XII/2:661-3, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1230 in Willoughby with Sloothby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England d.<29 Mar 1300 in Eresby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.BET 1250 AND 1260 in Willoughby Manor, Eresby, Lincolnshire, England d.<25 Mar 1317
- b.~ 1245 in Eresby, Lincolnshire, England d.<May 1311
- b.6 JAN 1303/04 in Willoughby Manor, Eresby, Lincolnshire, England d.13 Jun 1349 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1248 in Blankney, Lincolnshire, England d.6 JAN 1326/27
- b.~ 1275 in Blankney, Lincolnshire, England d.<18 Oct 1333
- b.~ 1248 in Dunster, Williton, Somerset, England d.<26 Nov 1280
- b.BEF 6 JAN 1328/29 in Willoughby Manor, Eresby, Lincolnshire, England d.29 Mar 1372 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1245 in Edgefield, Erpingham, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1270 in Edgefield, Erpingham, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1307 in Edgefield, Erpingham, Norfolk, England d.>15 Oct 1354
- b.~ 1275 in England
- b.~ 1349 in Willoughby Manor, Eresby, Lincolnshire, England d.09 Aug 1396 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.< 1234 in Peyton Hall, Ramshold, Suffolk, England d.<09 Sep 1298 in Ufford, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
- b.11 Jun 1279 in Thurston, Stow, Suffolk, England d.<09 Sep 1316 in Parham, Plomesgate, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1235 in England d.>10 Aug 1280
- b.09 Aug 1298 in Thurston, Stow, Suffolk, England d.04 Nov 1369 in Campsey Priory, Suffolk, England
- b.1247 in Ixworth & Walsham, Suffolk, England d.1282
- b.1281 in Ixworth & Walsham, Suffolk, England d.16 Jul 1325 in Thurston, Stow, Suffolk, England
- b.1256 in England
- b.~ 1331 in Thurston, Stow, Suffolk, England d.< 1372
- b.~ 1250 in Stoke, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1270 in Sculthorpe, Walsingham, Norfolk, England d.1329 in Mettingham Castle, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1300 in Mettingham Castle, Suffolk, England d.02 Apr 1368 in Campsey Priory, Suffolk, England
- b.1253 in Mettingham Castle, Suffolk, England
- b.1282 in Mettingham Castle, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1370 in Willoughby Manor, Eresby, Lincolnshire, England d.04 Dec 1409 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1255 in Skipwith, Selby, East Ride Yorkshire, England d.1349 in Wrawby, Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1275 in Bigby, Caistor, Lincolnshire, England d.< 1349 in (dvp)
- b.~ 1228 in Wrawby, Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1295 in Bigby, Caistor, Lincolnshire, England d.< 1369 in Skipwith, Selby, East Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1246 in Flinton, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1278 in Flinton, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1250 in Bolebrook, Sussex, England d.< 1316
- b.~ 1314 in Skipwith, Selby, East Ride Yorkshire, England d.> 1398
- b.~ 1240 in Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1274 in Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1297 in Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1278 in Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.1355 in Bigby, Caistor, Lincolnshire, England d.< 1372 in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1290 in Hiltoft, Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1313 in Hiltoft, Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1268 in Willoughby with Sloothby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England d.> 1300 in Mumby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1296 in Mumby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1270 in Mumby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1333 in Hiltoft, Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1284 in Calthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1316 in Calthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
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William 5th Baron de and Lucy le were married in a religious ceremony in 1st wife. They had three daughters named Elizabeth de, Mary and Margery de.
Family Notes
Marriage
Date: BEF 23 APR 1383,
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Children
Elizabeth de Willoughby
Elizabeth de was born about 1388 in Willoughby Manor, Eresby, Lincolnshire, England. She died on November 12th, 1428.
Margery de Willoughby
Margery de was born about 1397 in Eresby, Lincolnshire, England. She died before 1452 in Ravensworth, Richmond, North Ride Yorkshire, England.
William 5th Baron de and Joan de were married in a religious ceremony in 2nd husband 2nd wife.
Family Notes
Marriage
Date: BET 1 AUG 1402 AND 9 AUG 1404
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