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Willoughby, Robert (1472 - 1521)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Female

  • Willoughby, Elizabeth ( - )

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke
  • Lord Broke

Titles

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

General Lands Note

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

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Wiltshire 1498 1499
JP, Dorset 1498 1503
JP, Wiltshire 1500/1 1502
JP, Cornwall 1502
JP, Devon 1502
Master Forester, Devon 1502 -12 -9
Steward, Duchy of Cornwall 1502 -12 -9 1509 -04
Steward, Devon 1502 -12 -9
Steward, Wiltshire 1502 -12 -9
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, Devon 1504
JP, Cornwall 1504
JP, Dorset 1504/5 1510
JP, Devon 1506
JP, Cornwall 1506
JP, Wiltshire 1507
JP, Devon 1509 1515
JP, Cornwall 1509 1515
JP, Wiltshire 1509/10 1513
JP, Dorset 1512 1514
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1512/13
JP, Wiltshire 1514/15
JP, Devon 1517
JP, Devon 1519
JP, Dorset 1519
JP, Cornwall 1520 1521

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Wiltshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Brooke's Minstrels
Performance - 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 1
Lord Brooke's Minstrels Willoughby, Robert (1472 - 1521) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County 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.