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Willoughby, Katherine (1518/19 - 1580)

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Other Last Name

Brandon, Bertie

Born / Died

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

Notes

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Duchess of Suffolk

Titles

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

General Lands Note

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

Details of Offices

Details of Properties

Residence

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

Lands

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - St Mary's Church, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis, Dorset Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Lincoln (Unknown), Lincoln, Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Lincoln (Unknown), Lincoln, Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - St Mary's Church, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire Duchess of Suffolk's Players
Performance - 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 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Players Willoughby, Katherine (1519 - 1580) Players 1
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.