Willoughby, Robert (1472 - 1521)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 6
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 7
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1472
Death Date: 1521-11-10

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1495-2-28
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Grey, Dorothy ( - 1553)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after
    Union ended: n.d.
  3. Pye, Joan ( - )
    Type: other
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Grey, Dorothy ( - 1553)

  1. Female offspring: Willoughby, Anne (d. 1582)
  2. Female offspring: Willoughby, Elizabeth (n.d.)

Primary Title

2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke
Lord Broke

Titles

  • Lord Broke
    Assumed 1502-08-03
    Vacated 1521-11-10
  • Baron Latimer
    Assumed 1502-08-23
    Vacated 1521-11-10
  • 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke
    Assumed 1502-08-23
    Vacated 1521-11-10

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Dorset 1498 1503
JP, Wiltshire 1498 1499
JP, Wiltshire 1500/1 1502
JP, Cornwall 1502 n.d.
JP, Devon 1502 n.d.
Master Forester, Devon 1502-12-9 n.d.
Steward, Devon 1502-12-9 n.d.
Steward, Wiltshire 1502-12-9 n.d.
Steward, Duchy of Cornwall 1502-12-9 1509-04
Steward, Wiltshire 1502-12-8 1521-11-10 For life.
Warden of the Stannaries, Cornwall 1502-12-9 1509-04 Stannaries also in Devon. Stannaries part of the Duchy of Cornwall
JP, Cornwall 1504 n.d.
JP, Devon 1504 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1504/5 1510
JP, Cornwall 1506 n.d.
JP, Devon 1506 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1507 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1509 1515
JP, Devon 1509 1515
JP, Wiltshire 1509/10 1513
JP, Dorset 1512 1514
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1512/13 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1514/15 n.d.
JP, Devon 1517 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1519 n.d.
JP, Devon 1519 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1520 1521

General Lands Note

Licence of entry into father’s lands 9 Dec. 1502

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Wiltshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1515-1515 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Brooke's Minstrels
Performance 1520-1521 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Lord Brooke's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Brooke's Minstrels Willoughby, Robert (1472 - 1521) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Bere Ferrers Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914–16.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)