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Personal data Sir Robert 4th Baron de Willoughby , of Eresby 

• He was born about 1349 in Willoughby Manor, Eresby, Lincolnshire, England.Sources 1, 3
• He died on August 9, 1396 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.Sources 1, 3
• A child of John 3rd Baron de Willoughby and Cecily de Ufford
• This information was last updated on March 5, 2023.

Household of Sir Robert 4th Baron de Willoughby , of Eresby

Child(ren):

1. William 5th Baron de Willoughby  ± 1370-1409 
2. Thomas de Willoughby  ± 1375-1417 

Child(ren):

1. Thomas de Willoughby  ± 1375-1417 

(3) He is married to Elizabeth Baroness Latimer.

They got married after October 1391 at 2nd husband 3rd wife.Sources 1, 4

(4) He is married to Alice Skipwith.

They got married before 1370 at 1st wife.Source 3

(5) He is married to Margery Baroness la Zouche.

They got married before March 29, 1372 at 2nd wife.Sources 1, 5

Child(ren):

1. Thomas de Willoughby  ± 1375-1417 

Notes about Sir Robert 4th Baron de Willoughby , of Eresby

Robert de Willoughby, 4th Lord (Baron) Willoughby de Eresby; born c1349;campaigned in France 1373-74, Scotland 1385 and Spain 1386-87; married1st by 1370 Alice, allegedly elder daughter of Sir William Skipwith. The4th Lord married 2nd by 29 March 1372 Margery, daughter of 2nd Lord(Baron) Zouche (of Haryngworth). The 4th Lord married 3rd Elizabeth, dejure Baroness Latimer (of Corby) in her own right, and died 9 Aug 1396.[Burke's Peerage]

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BARONY OF WILLOUGHBY (IV) 1372

ROBERT (DE WILLOUGHBY), LORD WILLOUGHBY, son and heir, was born circa1349, and had seisin of his lands, 9 May 1372. He took part inLancaster's historic but futile march from Calais to Bordeaux,August-December 1373, returning with Lancaster to England in 1374; wassummoned to Parliament from 20 January 1375/6 to 20 November 1394, bywrits directed Roberto de Wilughby; did homage to Richard II at hisCoronation, 16 July 1377, and was among those appointed in Parliament toconfer with the Commons, November 1381; was found to be a coheir ofWilliam (de Ufford), 2nd Earl of Suffolk, in 1382; accompanied the Kingon his only expedition into Scotland, 1385; and served again underLancaster in Spain, 1386-87.

He married, 1stly, in or before 1370, Alice (c). He married, 2ndly,before 29 March 1372, Margrery, daughter of William (LA ZOUCHE), 2nd LORDZOUCHE (of Haryngworth), by Elizabeth, daughter of William (DE ROS), 2ndLORD ROS (of Helmsley). She died 18 October 1391 and was buried atSpilsby. M.I. He married, 3rdly, Elizabeth, de jure suo jure (accordingto modern doctrine) BARONESS LATIMER, widow of John (DE NEVILLE), 3rdLORD NEVILLE (of Raby), daughter and heir of William (LE LATIMER), 4thLORD LATIMER, by his wife Elizabeth. She died 5 November 1395 and wasprobably buried at Spilsby (h). Will dated 18 October at Eresby,directing burial at Spilsby, proved 10 November 1395 at Lincoln. He died9 August 1396 and was buried at Spilsby. [Complete Peerage XII/2:660-1,(transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(c) She is said to have been daughter of Sir William de Skipwith, ChiefBaron of the Exchequer, by Alice, daughter and heir of Sir WilliamHiltoft, of Ingoldmells, Lincs. . . The alleged descent of Skipwith fromStuteville is discussed by C. T. Clay in 'Early Yorks Charters', vol ix,p. 138.

(h) The statement that she was buried at Guisborough, co. York, is basedon an obit, giving her date of death, taken from a Guisborough Priorycalendar. There is, however, no mention of her burial there in a list ofGuisborough, sepulcures, and it is far more likely that she was buried,in accordance with her will, at Spilsby, where her effigy appears on her2nd husband's tomb.

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