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Carney & Wehofer Family
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 Bef 1452 - 1502 (~ 50 years)
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| Name |
Robert 1St Baron WILLOUGHBY [2] |
| Suffix |
Of Broke, Kg |
| Born |
Bef 1452 |
Corby, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
EAC46A980ECE42EE81CD92A89623345E8FF2 |
| Died |
23 Aug 1502 |
Brooke, Westbury, Wiltshire, England [2] |
| Buried |
Callington, Liskeard, Cornwall, England |
| Person ID |
I25183 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
5 Feb 2012 |
| Father |
John WILLOUGHBY, 8th Baron Latimer Of Corby, Sir, b. Abt 1421, Boston, Lincolnshire, England , d. Bef Aug 1477, Corby, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England (Age ~ 56 years) |
| Mother |
Anne CHEYNEY, Heiress Of Brooke, b. 26 Jul 1428, Brooke, Westbury, Wiltshire, England , d. 10 Jun 1470 (Age 41 years) |
| Married |
Bef 4 Mar 1444-1445 [3] |
| Family ID |
F1701 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Blanche CHAMPERNOUN, b. 1453, Bere Ferrers, Tavistock, Devonshire, England , d. Bef 12 Dec 1480, Brooke, Westbury, Wiltshire, England (Age 27 years) |
| Married |
Bef 1472 [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Eliabeth WILLOUGHBY, b. Abt 1473, Brooke, Westbury, Wiltshire, England , d. Aft 1501, Nutwell Manor, Woodbury, Devonshire, England (Age ~ 29 years) |
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| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Family ID |
F11430 |
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| Notes |
- BARONY OF WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE (I) 1491?
BARONY OF LATIMER [OF CORBY] (IX) 1477?
ROBERT WILLOUGHBY, de jure (according to modern doctrine) 9th LORD LATIMER [1299 or 1290], son and heir of Sir John WILLOUGHBY, de jure 8th LORD LATIMER, by Anne, or Agnes (died 10 June 1470), daughter and coheir of Edmund CHEYNEY, of Brook, in Westbury, Wilts, and Ottery, Devon, was born 1452 or earlier. He was a Commissioner to arrest certain rioters, 8 February 1469/70; a Commissioner of array in cos. Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, March-June 1470, for defence against the Duke of Clarence and the Earl of Warwick, and in Devon and Cornwall, 7 March 1471/2, against the French; knighted before 12 February 1471/2, from which time he was continually employed in local administration, in the South West counties. With others he was ordered, 27 October 1473, to conquer John, late Earl of Oxford, who had occupied St. Michael's Mount. He succeeded his father before 28 August 1477, when he had licence to enter freely into his parents' lands. Sheriff of Cornwall, 1478-79, and Devon, 1480-81 and 1487-88. Having supported the Duke of Buckingham's insurrection, October 1483, he escaped to Brittany; but he was attainted of high treason by Act of Parliament 1483/4 and his lands were granted away. Returning to England with the Earl of Richmond, he fought at Bosworth, 22 August 1485, and was at once sent from Leicester to Sheriff Hutton to seize and conduct the young Earl of Warwick to London. For his services he was made Receiver of the Duchy of Cornwall and Steward of the King's silver and gold mines in Devon and Cornwall, 24 September 1485. By Cecily, Duchess of York, he was appointed, 2 October 1485, Steward of all her possessions in Wilts, this being confirmed by the King, 20 June 1486. Shortly afterwards, under the Act of Restitution 1485, he was restored to his estates. He was a Knight for the Body, before 26 December 1485; Lieutenant of Braden Forest, in the Duchy of Lancaster, 15 June 1486; King's Councillor, before 20 June 1486, when he was granted the manor of Castle Cary, &c., in Somerset, forfeited by Lord Zouche; Lord Steward of the Household, before Whitsun 1488 till his death; K.G. circa 1489. He was appointed, 1 March 1488/9, with Sir John Cheyne, to command the expedition to Brittany, whence they returned after a fruitless campaign late in that year; joint Ambassador to treat with Anne, Duchess of Brittany, 12 April 1490, and Admiral of the fleet against France, 16 July following. He was summoned to Parliament on 12 August 1491, by writ directed Roberto Willughby de Broke, whereby he is held to have become LORD WILLOUGHBY (of Brook) or LORD WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE, if he had not already obtained that dignity. At some time after his summons (but before 1500) he petitioned to have such place in Parliament as John (Nevill), Lord Latimer, brother of Elizabeth (his great-grandmother), and others of his ancestors had, and to be named and accepted as Lord Latimer (created 1299 or 1290), to which Barony he was, according to modern doctrine, clearly entitled; but after counsel had been heard on behalf of Richard, 2nd Lord Latimer (of the creation of 1432), nothing more seems to have been done. He was Admiral of the fleet, before 26 August, and Marshal of the army, 23 September 1492, in the Boulogne campaign of that year; Joint Steward, with Sir Walter Hungerford, of the lands in Wilts of the Earldoms of Warwick and Salisbury, also Steward for life of Trowbridge, Aldbourne, &c., Wilts, in the Duchy of Lancaster, 18 February 1492/3. At the time of Perkin Warbeck's rebellion he was a Commissioner to take 2000 men from Wilts, Hants, &c., for the expedition against Scotland, 21 February, was Admiral of a considerable fleet in Scottish waters, July, and was cruising off Exeter, September 1497, Commissioner for the trial of Edward, Earl of Warwick, 21 November 1499. When Catherine of Aragon arrived at Plymouth, 2 October 1501, he was directed, as Lord Steward, to arrange for her journey to London.
He married, in or before 1472, Blanche, daughter and coheir of John CHAMPERNOWNE (died 3 April 1475), of Bere Ferrers, Devon, and Callington, Cornwall, by Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of William BIGBERY. She, who was aged 22 in 1475, was apparently living, 10 June 1480, but died before 12 December following. He died 23 August 1502, aged about 50, and was buried at Callington. M.I. [Complete Peerage XII/2:683-6, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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| Sources |
- [S579] Jim Weber.
- [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, XII/2:683-6 (Reliability: 3).
- [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, VII:478-9 (Reliability: 3).
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