William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby KG (around 1370 - December 4, 1409 , buried in Spilsby ) was an English nobleman and politician.
Life
He was the eldest son of Robert Willoughby, 4th Baron Willoughby de Eresby from his first marriage to Alice Skipwith. He inherited his father on August 9, 1396 as 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby .
Before August 23, 1383 he married Lucy Lestrange, daughter of the 5th Baron Strange of Knockin . After her death, around 1398, he married between August 1, 1402 and August 9, 1404 Joan de Holand, the daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent , and widow of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York .
Political career
Because of his title inherited from his father, he was first convened with the Writ of Summons on November 30, 1396 for sessions of parliament . He obviously belonged to the opposition to the weak King Richard II , because he immediately joined Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster , who later became King Henry IV , who was exiled to France in 1398 , when he was translating to England in July 1399 and at Ravenspur landed in Yorkshire .
Willoughby was also present at the forced abdication of Richard II in the Tower of London on September 29 and agreed to the imprisonment of Richard II on October 22, 1399. He also voted in parliament in January 1400 for the collection of the goods of the Earl of Kent , Huntingdon and Salisbury , who had belonged to Richard's supporters.
He took part in Henry IV's campaigns . So he moved to Scotland with him in August 1400 . He was present at the negotiations with Owain Glyndŵr about the ransom for Reginald Gray, 3rd Baron Gray de Ruthin and supported Heinrich in suppressing the rebellion of the Percy family and the northern English nobles in 1403. As early as 1401, Henry IV had him for his services awarded as Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter . On February 21, 1403 Willoughby was a member of the commission to investigate the expulsions of foreigners from the kingdom. He was counsel in the trial of the Archbishop of York , Richard le Scrope. On June 7th and December 22nd, 1406 he was one of the secular lords who sealed the laws of succession.
literature
- Michael Hicks: Willoughby family (per. C.1300-1523). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of January 2008
- George Edward Cokayne , Vicary Gibbs (Eds.): The Complete Peerage . Volume 12, Alan Sutton Publishing, Gloucester 2000, p. 899.
Web links
- William de Willoughby, 5th Lord Willoughby de Eresby on thepeerage.com
Individual evidence
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 7.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Willoughby |
Baron Willoughby de Eresby 1370-1409 |
Robert Willoughby |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Willoughby, William, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobleman and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1370 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 4, 1409 |
| Place of death | bury Spilsby |