Biography of Henry Willoughby 1451-1528
Paternal Family Tree: Bugge
Henry Willoughby was appointed Knight of the Body to King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Henry Willoughby was appointed Knight of the Body to King Henry VIII of England and Ireland.
On 10 Oct 1369 David IV Strathbogie 12th Earl Atholl (age 42) died at Strathbogie. His 3 x great grandson [his future brother-in-law] Edward Burgh succeeded 4th Baron Strabolgi
In 1451 Henry Willoughby was born to Robert Willoughby (age 24) and Margaret Griffith.
Before 1467 Henry Willoughby (age 16) and Margaret Markham were married.
Around 1467 [his son] Edward Willoughby was born to Henry Willoughby (age 16) and [his wife] Margaret Markham.
In 1474 [his father] Robert Willoughby (age 47) died.
In or before 1486 Richard Fitzhugh 6th Baron Fitzhugh (age 29) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Burgh Baroness Fitzhugh were married. She by marriage Baroness Fitzhugh. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. 
In 1486 [his son] John Willoughby and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Grey were married.
On 16 Jun 1487 a Lancastrian army defeated a Yorkist army at the Battle of Stoke Field; considered by many to be the last battle of the Wars of the Roses.
The Lancastrian army of Henry Tudor comprised:
John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 44).
Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford (age 55).
George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 19).
Henry Willoughby (age 36).
John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 45).
John Mordaunt (age 31).
Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape (age 19).
William Norreys (age 46).
Edward Norreys (age 23) wounded.
John Paston (age 43).
George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster (age 27).
Edward Woodville Lord Scales (age 31).
Thomas Lovell, knighted.
Henry Marney 1st Baron Marney (age 40).
Edward Belknapp of Blackfriars in London
William Lyttelton (age 37) who was knighted after the battle.
The Yorksists:
John de la Pole 1st Earl Lincoln (age 25) was killed. Earl Lincoln extinct.
Thomas Fitzgerald (age 29) and Martin Schwartz were killed.
Lambert Simnel (age 10) fought and was captured. He was pardoned by King Henry VII and put to work in the in the royal kitchen as a spit-turner. When he grew older, he became a falconer. Almost no information about his later life is known.
Francis Lovell 1st Viscount Lovell (age 31) fought and escaped. He was attainted. Baron Deincourt, Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh, Baron Holand forfeit.
Around 1488 [his future brother-in-law] Edward Burgh (age 25) and Anne Cobham 6th Baroness Cobham, Baroness Mountjoy and Strabolgi (age 21) were married. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. 
In 1489 Henry Willoughby (age 38) served at Flanders.
In 1491 Henry Willoughby (age 40) and Elizabeth Burgh Baroness Fitzhugh were married.
In 1491 [his mother] Margaret Griffith died.
In 1492 Henry Willoughby (age 41) was appointed Justice of the Peace Nottinghamshire.
Before Apr 1493 [his brother-in-law] Margaret Burgh died.
Before 1495 Henry Willoughby (age 44) and Ellen Egerton were married.
In 1495 [his son] Hugh "Navigator" Willoughby was born to Henry Willoughby (age 44) and [his wife] Ellen Egerton.
In 1496 [his son-in-law] John Zouche (age 18) and [his daughter] Margaret Willoughby were married.
On 17 Jun 1497 the Cornish rebel army was destroyed at the Battle of Blackheath aka Deptford Bridge.
Richard Guildford (age 47) was created Knight Banneret.
Edward Stafford 2nd Earl Wiltshire (age 27), Henry Willoughby (age 46), Edward Belknapp of Blackfriars in London and Thomas Fiennes 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 25) fought at Deptford, Kent [Map].
Giles Brugge 6th Baron Chandos (age 35), John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (age 32), Robert Sheffield (age 36), Edward Stanhope 1462-1487, John Peche (age 47) and Robert Constable (age 19) were knighted by King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 40).
Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West (age 40) commanded.
James Tuchet 7th Baron Audley, 4th Baron Tuchet (age 34) was captured by Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth (age 19).
In 1507 [his son-in-law] Anthony Fitzherbert (age 41) and [his daughter] Dorothy Willoughby were married.
Around 1507 [his daughter] Dorothy Willoughby died.
On 01 Aug 1507 [his wife] Elizabeth Burgh Baroness Fitzhugh died.
On 11 May 1509 King Henry VII of England and Ireland (deceased) was buried in the King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [Map]. Henry Willoughby (age 58) and Anthony Wingfield (age 22) attended. The ladies given mantelets and kerchiefs were as follows:
Household of Mary Tudor:
Mary Tudor Queen Consort France (age 13).
Catherine York Countess Devon (age 29).
Elizabeth Stafford Countess Sussex (age 30). Possibly Margaret Whetehill.
Anne Percy (age 65) or Anne Percy Countess Arundel (age 23).
Elizabeth Hussey Countess Kent.
Eleanor Pole (age 47).
Elizabeth Empson.
Mary Scrope (age 33).
Jane Popincourt.
Household of the Princess of Wales Catherine of Aragon:
Catherine of Aragon (age 23).
Agnes or Inez Vanegas.
Maria de Salinas Baroness Willoughby (age 19).
Household of Margaret Beaufort the King's Mother:
Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond (age 65).
Joan Vaux "Mother Guildford" (age 46).
Mary Hussey Baroness Willoughby Eresby (age 25).
Around 15 Nov 1509 [his former step-son] George Fitzhugh 7th Baron Fitzhugh (age 23) and Catherine Dacre (age 24) were married. They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. 
In 1512 Henry Willoughby (age 61) was appointed Master of the Ordnance.
On 28 Jan 1512 [his former step-son] George Fitzhugh 7th Baron Fitzhugh (age 26) died without issue. Baron Fitzhugh abeyant between the descendants of Alice Fitzhugh (age 64) and Anne Parr Countess Pembroke.
In 1513 Henry Willoughby (age 62) fought at France.
In or before 1517 [his son] Edward Willoughby (age 50) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Filiol (age 41) were married.
In Jun 1520 Henry VIII (age 28) hosted Field of the Cloth of Gold at Balinghem [Map].
Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset (age 42) carried the Sword of State.
Bishop John Stokesley (age 45) attended as Henry VIII's chaplain.
Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 36), Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth (age 42), Anthony Poyntz (age 40), William Coffin (age 25), William "Great" Courtenay (age 43), Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 37), William Paston (age 41), William Denys (age 50), Richard Cecil (age 25), William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton (age 37), Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland (age 22), John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt (age 40), Henry Guildford (age 31), Marmaduke Constable (age 40), William Compton (age 38), William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy (age 42), Thomas Cheney (age 35), Henry Willoughby (age 69), John Rodney (age 59), John Marney 2nd Baron Marney (age 36), William Sidney (age 38), John de Vere 14th Earl of Oxford (age 20), John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford (age 49), Edmund Walsingham (age 40), William Skeffington (age 55) and Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West (age 63) attended.
William Carey (age 20) jousted.
William Sandys 1st Baron Sandys Vyne (age 50) organised.
Jane Parker Viscountess Rochford (age 15) attended.
Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham (age 50), Robert Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby 10th Baron Latimer (age 48), Anthony Wingfield (age 33), William Scott (age 61), Thomas Wriothesley (age 32), Bishop Thomas Ruthall (age 48), Margaret Dymoke (age 20) and Edward Chamberlayne (age 36) were present.
In 1523 [his son-in-law] Richard Draycott and [his daughter] Alice Willoughby were married.
Before 1528 Henry Willoughby (age 77) and Alice Walleys were married.
In 1528 Henry Willoughby (age 77) was buried at St Leonard's Church Wollaton, Nottinghamshire [Map]. A fine chest tomb monument in sandstone (rather than alabaster), somewhat damaged, with his four wives, two each side.Lancastrian Esses Collar somehwat unusual given the 1528 date of his death. Sphinx Crest. Cadaver Underneath. Henry Willoughby's Arms including Willoughby top left hand corner (Water Bougets from Willoughy family original name Bugge). Lancastrian Esses and Inter-twined Knots Collar.
In 1528 Henry Willoughby (age 77) died.
After 1549. St Leonard's Church Wollaton, Nottinghamshire [Map]. Monument to Henry Willoughby (age 32) and Henry Willoughby. Elizabethan Period.
Henry Willoughby: In 1517 he was born to Edward Willoughby and Anne Filiol at Wollaton. Before 1540 Henry Willoughby and Anne Grey were married. She the daughter of Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset and Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. On 27 Aug 1549 the rebels were defeated by an army led by John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland. Henry Willoughby was killed at Mousehold Heath, Norwich.
[his daughter] Dorothy Willoughby was born to Henry Willoughby and Margaret Markham.
[his daughter] Alice Willoughby was born to Henry Willoughby and Ellen Egerton.
[his father] Robert Willoughby and [his mother] Margaret Griffith were married.
[his daughter] Mary Willoughby was born to Henry Willoughby and Margaret Markham.
[his daughter] Jane Willoughby was born to Henry Willoughby and Margaret Markham.
[his son] John Willoughby was born to Henry Willoughby and Margaret Markham.
[his daughter] Margaret Willoughby was born to Henry Willoughby and Margaret Markham.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Bugge aka Willoughby
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Willoughby
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Willoughby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 1st Baron Grey 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Grey 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Avice Marmion Baroness Grey Rotherfield
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Willoughby 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Somerville
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Somerville
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Somerville
GrandFather: Hugh Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Annesley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Annesley
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Clifton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Clifton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Annesley
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Babington
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Babington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Boys
Great x 2 Grandmother: Benedicta Babington
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Warde
Great x 3 Grandmother: Benedicta Warde
Father: Robert Willoughby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Baldwin Freville
GrandMother: Margaret Freville
Henry Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Margaret Griffith
