Willoughby, Katherine (1518/19 - 1580)

Biographical Overview

Other Last Names

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 25
Troupes - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Other Last Names

Brandon, Bertie

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1519-03-22
Death Date: 1580-09-19

Notes

Fled England 5 Feb. 1554/5; returned summer 1559

Siblings

Male

Willoughby, Francis ( - )
Willoughby, Henry ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1534-9-7
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Bertie, Richard (1517 - 1582)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1552
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Possibly married 1553

Offspring

From Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545)

  1. Male offspring: Brandon, Henry (1535 - 1551) (patron)

From Brandon, Charles (1537 - 1551)

  1. Male offspring: Brandon, Charles (1537 - 1551)

From Bertie, Richard (1517 - 1582)

  1. Male offspring: Bertie, Peregrine (1555 - 1601) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Bertie, Susan (b. 1554)

Primary Title

Duchess of Suffolk

Titles

  • 12th Baroness Willoughby (de Eresby)
    Assumed 1526-10-19
    Vacated 1580-09-19
  • Duchess of Suffolk
    Assumed 1533-09-07 (date of 1st marriage)
    Vacated 1580-09-19

General Lands Note

All lands seized by the Crown 1557; returned Aug. 1559

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire
    Acquired: ca. 1536
  • Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire
    Acquired: ca. 1536
  • Westhorpe, Suffolk
    Residence of 2nd husband

Lands

  • Lincolnshire
    Acquired: ca. 1536
    Lands associated with Tattershall Castle & Grimsthorpe

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1547-1547 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1547-1548 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1550-1551 St Mary's Church, Long Sutton , Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1552-1553 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1552-1553 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1553-1553 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1559-1560 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1560-1560 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1560-1560 Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis , Dorset Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1560-1560 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1561-1561 Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe Castle , Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1561-1561 Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe Castle , Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1561-1561 Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe Castle , Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1561-1562 Lincoln (Unknown), Lincoln , Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1561-1562 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1562-1562 Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe Castle , Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1562-1562 Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe Castle , Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1562-1562 Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne , Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1562-1563 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1562-1562 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1562-1563 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1563-1563 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1563-1564 Lincoln (Unknown), Lincoln , Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1564-1565 St Mary's Church, Long Sutton , Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1542-1542 New College, Oxford , Oxfordshire Lady Willoughby's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 24
Lady Willoughby's Entertainers Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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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.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)