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• Hij is geboren in het jaar 1450 in Broke, Westbury, Wiltshire.
• Titel: 1st Baron Willoughby of Broke
• Hij is overleden op 23 augustus 1502 in Westbury, Wiltshire, hij was toen 52 jaar oud.
• Een kind van John WILLOUGHBY en Anne CHEYNE

Gezin van Robert WILLOUGHBY

Hij is getrouwd met Blanche CHAMPERNOUN.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1471 te Westbury, Wiltshire, hij was toen 21 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Robert WILLOUGHBY  1472-1521 
2. Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY  1474-1510

Notities over Robert WILLOUGHBY

Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke, de jure 9th Baron Latimer[citation needed] (c. 1452 - 23 August 1502), KG, of Brook (anciently "Broke"), in the parish of Heywood, near Westbury in Wiltshire, was one of the chief commanders of the royal forces of King Henry VII against the Cornish Rebellion of 1497.

Robert Willoughby was born at Brook (anciently "Broke"), his father's estate then in the parish of Westbury, Wiltshire, now in the later parish of Heywood. He was the son of Sir John Willoughby of the family of the Barons Willoughby of Eresby, seated at Eresby Manor near Spilsby, Lincolnshire. His mother was Anne Cheney, 2nd daughter and co-heiress of Sir Edmund Cheyne (died 1430) of Brook, by his wife Alice Stafford, daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford of Hooke, and an aunt of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon (died 1469). Edmund Cheyne was the eldest son and heir of Sir Ralph Cheyne (c. 1337-1400) of Poyntington in Somerset and of Brook (three times a Member of Parliament for Wiltshire, Deputy Justiciar of Ireland, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and Deputy Warden of the Cinque Ports) by his wife Joan Pavely, daughter & co-heiress of Sir John Pavely of Brook.

He was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1479 and High Sheriff of Devon in 1480. He was Lord of the Manor of Callington and steward of the Duchy of Cornwall.

The barony of Willoughby de Broke, named after the manor of Brooke/Broke, Heywood, near Westbury, Wiltshire, was created when Robert Willoughby was summoned to Parliament by writ in 1492. On his death on 23 August 1502 the title passed to his eldest son Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke.

He died at the manor house of Callington, for he directed in his will that he should be buried in the church of the parish he died in.

Marriage & progeny
He married in 1472 Blanche (or Joan) Champernowne, daughter and heiress of John Champernowne of Bere Ferrers, Devon, by Elizabeth Bigbury. John was the son of Alexander Champernowne of Modbury and Joan Ferrers, da. of Martyn Ferrers of Bere Ferrers. He thus acquired the manors of Callington, Cornwall. and Bere Ferrers amongst others.

He had four children with Blanche:
Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke (d.1521). Predeceased by his son and heir Edward, whereupon the title became abeyant in 1521 between Edward's three daughters and was terminated around 1535, when daughter Elizabeth became sole heiress. Buried at Bere Ferrers.
Elizabeth, who married firstly John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham, and secondly William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel.
John (died young)
Anthony (died young)
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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