Biography of Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby 1555-1601
Paternal Family Tree: Bertie
On 19 Oct 1526 [his grandfather] William Willoughby 11th Baron Willoughby (age 44) died at Parham, Suffolk [Map]. He was buried at All Saints Church, Mettingham Bungay [Map]. His daughter [his mother] Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk (age 7) succeeded 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk became a ward of Henry VIII (age 35).
On 07 Sep 1533 Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 49) and [his mother] Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk (age 14) were married. She by marriage Duchess Suffolk. The difference in their ages was 35 years.
After 1551 [his father] Richard Bertie Baron Willoughby (age 34) and [his mother] Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk (age 31) were married. He by marriage Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
On 12 Oct 1555 Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby was born to Richard Bertie Baron Willoughby (age 38) and Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk (age 36) at Wesel, Wesel. He was named for his parents peregrinations through Germany avoiding religious persecution.
On 25 Dec 1577 Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby (age 22) and Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby were married. She the daughter of John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding Countess of Oxford. He the son of Richard Bertie Baron Willoughby (age 61) and Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk (age 58).
On 19 Sep 1580 [his mother] Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk (age 61) died. Her son Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby (age 24) succeeded 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. [his wife] Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby by marriage Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.
She was buried at St James' Church, Spilsby [Map] with her second husband [his father] Richard Bertie Baron Willoughby (age 63). Elizabethan Period. Sideboard Tomb. Cornice supported by three figures of a monk and two wildmen, each holding aloft a shield of arms. In the frieze are flowers, fruit and escutcheons.
Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby: she was born to John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding Countess of Oxford. On 25 Dec 1577 Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby and she were married. She the daughter of John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding Countess of Oxford. He the son of Richard Bertie Baron Willoughby and Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk. Around 24 Jun 1624 Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby died.
On 09 Apr 1582 [his father] Richard Bertie Baron Willoughby (age 65) died at Bourne. He was buried at St James' Church, Spilsby [Map].
On 16 Dec 1582 [his son] Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey was born to Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby (age 27) and [his wife] Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby. His Godmother was Queen Elizabeth I (age 49).
In 1584 [his son] Peregrine Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby (age 28) and [his wife] Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby.
Before 27 Dec 1591 [his brother-in-law] Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 41) and Elizabeth Trentham Maid of Honour Countess of Oxford were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. She brought her husband a dowry of £1000 bequeathed to her in her father's will, payable at the rate of 500 marks a year for three years. He the son of John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding Countess of Oxford.
Around 1595 [his daughter] Catherine Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby (age 39) and [his wife] Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby. Sources are confused about her birth year stating she was born in 1610 and that she married in 1609. Date adjusted to around 1595 on the assumption she was married around twenty years of age. Her son died at six days old on 09 Feb 1610. Her father died in 1601. Sources also refer to her as Baroness Rockingham whereas she died some eleven years before her husband was created Baron Rockingham.
Around 1597 Robert "The Elder" Peake (age 46). Portrait of Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby (age 41).
On 25 Jun 1601 Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby (age 45) died at Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland [Map]. His son [his son] Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey (age 18) succeeded 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. He was buried at St James' Church, Spilsby [Map].
On 15 Feb 1610 [his daughter] Catherine Bertie (age 15) died in childbirth. She was buried at St James' Church, Spilsby [Map].
Monument Elizabethan Period. Tall Sideboard Tomb with reclining hooded figure of Lady Katherine, daughter of Peregrine, with Chrisom Child in the crib at her feet. Above a standing figure of Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby in a niche, with strapwork embellishments, all supported on composite columns with a dentilated cornice.
Catherine Bertie: Around 1595 she was born to Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby and Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby. Sources are confused about her birth year stating she was born in 1610 and that she married in 1609. Date adjusted to around 1595 on the assumption she was married around twenty years of age. Her son died at six days old on 09 Feb 1610. Her father died in 1601. Sources also refer to her as Baroness Rockingham whereas she died some eleven years before her husband was created Baron Rockingham. In 1609 Lewis Watson 1st Baron Rockingham and she were married.
Around 24 Jun 1624 [his former wife] Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby died.
[his son] Henry Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby and Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Bertie
GrandFather: Thomas Bertie
Father: Richard Bertie Baron Willoughby
Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Willoughby of Parham 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Strange Baroness Willoughby Eresby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Christopher Willoughby 10th Baron Willoughby 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Eudo Welles 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Greystoke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cecily Welles 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Waterton Constable
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan or Cecily Waterton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Fleming
GrandFather: William Willoughby 11th Baron Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Jenney
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Jenney Baroness Willoughby of Eresby
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cawse
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cawse
Mother: Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Martín de Salinas
GrandMother: Maria de Salinas Baroness Willoughby
Great x 1 Grandmother: Josefa González de Salas