John Willoughby

Sir John Willoughby of Brook (* 1421 , † around 1477 ) was an English knight .

Life

He was a son of Sir John Willoughby and Jane Welby. From today's point of view, he was entitled to the title of 8th Baron Latymer de iure , but he did not assert this during his lifetime.

Sir John served as sheriff in Wiltshire 1453/54 and 1472/73 and Somerset and Dorset 1455/56.

As Knight of the Shire for Wiltshire and Somerset, he repeatedly attended sessions of Parliament .

Willoughby fought for the House of Lancaster at the Battle of Towton during the Wars of the Roses in 1461 . After the defeat, John Willoughby received pardon from the victorious new King Edward IV .

In the further course of the wars Sir John stood loyal to Edward IV and fought in his army in 1471 in the battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury . Following the latter Battle of Tewkesbury, Edward IV beat him on May 4, 1471, while still on the battlefield to become a Knight Bachelor .

Sir John died around 1477.

Marriage and offspring

Sir John was married to Anne Cheney, a daughter of Sir Edmund Cheney.

The couple had the following offspring:

Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke (around 1452–1502)
William Willoughby
Richard Willoughby
Edward Willoughby
Cecily Willoughby
Elizabeth Willoughby ⚭ William Caret

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c ^d Towton Battlefield Society
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Douglas Richardson: Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition , Douglas Richardson 2011, ISBN 978-1-461-04520-5 , pp. 334
^ John Collinson: The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset. Volume I, R. Cruttwell, Bath 1791, pp. Xxxvi
↑ ^a ^b ^c Michael Ryan Jones: Wars of the Roses. White Rose or Red? A gazetteer. Part 2, LuLu Com 2011, ISBN 978-1-471-69936-8 , p. 351
^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 15.

personal data
SURNAME	Willoughby, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Willoughby, Sir John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English knight
DATE OF BIRTH	1421
DATE OF DEATH	around 1477

[TOW-1] A ^b ^c ^d Towton Battlefield Society

[MAGNA-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Douglas Richardson: Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition , Douglas Richardson 2011, ISBN 978-1-461-04520-5 , pp. 334

[SOMERSET-3] John Collinson: The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset. Volume I, R. Cruttwell, Bath 1791, pp. Xxxvi

[GAZ-4] Michael Ryan Jones: Wars of the Roses. White Rose or Red? A gazetteer. Part 2, LuLu Com 2011, ISBN 978-1-471-69936-8 , p. 351

[5] William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 15.