Willoughby, Hugh (1380 - 1448)

Biographical Overview

Titles - 1
Properties - 6
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1380
Death Date: 1448

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Second son, possibly Sir Henry Willoughby of Middleton
  2. Freville, Margaret (1401 - 1493)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1418
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Five sons (including Robert) and 6 daughters

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed By 1429/30-03-06 (at the coronation of Henry VI)
    Vacated 1448

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Nottinghamshire 1423 1424
Commissioner of Array, Nottinghamshire 1426/7 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1429 1432
Sheriff, Nottinghamshire 1430-11-5 1431-11-26
Sheriff, Derbyshire 1430-11-5 1431-11-26
JP, Nottinghamshire 1435 1436
Commissioner of Array, Nottinghamshire 1436 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1439 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1439 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1440/1 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1443 1444
JP, Nottinghamshire 1448 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Wollaton, Nottinghamshire

Lands

  • Derbyshire
  • Herefordshire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Warwickshire
    Via wife

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1446-1446 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Hugh of Willoughby's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Hugh of Willoughby's Minstrel Willoughby, Hugh (1380 - 1448) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)