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Families covered: Willoughby of Bore Place, Willoughby of Middleton, Willoughby of Wollaton

                               
Sir Thomas Willoughby (d 1545, chief justice)
m. Bridget or Katherine Read (dau of Sir Robert Read of Bore Place)
1. Robert Willoughby of Bore Place
  m. Dorothy Willoughby (dau of Sir Edward Willoughby of Wollaton)
  A. Thomas Willoughby of Bore Place
  m. Catharine Hart (dau of Sir Percival Hart of Lullingston Court)
i. Sir Percival Willoughby 'of Middleton (Warwickshire)' (d 23.08.1643)
  m. Bridget Willoughby (d 16.07.1629, dau of Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton)
  a. Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire (d 1663/5)
  m. Cassandra Ridgway (dau of Thomas, Earl of Londonderry)
  (1) Francis Willoughby of Wollaton and Middleton (b c1635, d 03.07.1672)
m. (1667) Emma Barnard (dau of Sir Henry Barnard of Bridgnorth and London)
  (A) Sir Francis Willoughby, 1st Bart of Wollaton (b 1660, d unm 09.1688)
  (B) Sir Thomas Willoughby, 2nd Bart of Wollaton, 1st Lord Middleton of Middleton (b c1670, d 02.04.1729)
  m. (09.04.1691) Elizabeth Rothwell (d 25.02.1735/6, dau of Sir Richard Rothwell, Bart of Ewerby and Stapleford)
  (i) Francis Willoughby, 2nd Lord Middleton of Middleton (b 29.09.1692, d 31.07/04.08.1758)
  m. (25.07.1723) Mary Edwards (d 12.03.1762, dau of Thomas Edwards of Filkins)
  (a) Francis Willoughby, 3rd Lord Middleton (b 25.01.1725/6, d unm 16.12.1774)
(b) Thomas Willoughby, 4th Lord Middleton (b 19.12.1728, dsp 02.11.1781)
  m. (07.04.1770) Georgiana Chadwick (d 29.06.1789, dau of Evelyn Chadwick of West Leake)
  (c) daughter
  (ii) Thomas Willoughby (b 11.06.1694, d 02.12.1742)
m. Elizabeth Southby (d 25.04.1752, dau of Thomas Southby of Birdsall)
  (a) Henry Willoughby, 5th Lord Middleton (b 19.12.1726, d 14.06.1800)
  m. (25.12.1756) Dorothy Cartwright (d 18.09.1808, dau of George Cartwright of Ossington)
  ((1)) Henry Willoughby, 6th Lord Middleton (b 24.04.1761, dsp 19.06.1835)
  m. (21.08.1793) Jane Lawley (b c1767, d 17.12.1852, dau of Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Bart)
  ((2)) Dorothy Willoughby (d 13.04.1824)
  m. (24.11.1784) Richard Langley of Wykeham Abbey
  ((3)) Henrietta Willoughby (d 03.1846)
  m. (25.05.1787) Richard Lumley, later Savile, later Lumley-Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarborough (b 16.04.1757, dsp 17.06.1832)
  (b) Francis Willoughby of Hesley Hall (b 1727)
m. (25.05.1762) Octavia Fisher (dau of Francis Fisher of the Grange)
  ((1)) Digby Willoughby, 7th Lord Middleton (b 26.11.1769, d unm 05.11.1856, Captain RN)
((2))+ other issue (d unm) - Francis (b 1771), Jane
  (c) James Willoughby (bpt 28.01.1731-2, d 10.02.1816, Rector of Guiseley)
  m. Eleanor Hobson (dau of James Hobson of Kirkby Moorside)
  ((1)) Henry Willoughby of Birdsall & Settrington (b 15.12.1780, d 18.11.1849, MP, 3rd son) had issue
  m. (20.06.1815) Charlotte Eyre (b 1790-1, d 20.09.1845, dau of John Eyre of Babworth, Archdeacon)
  Their eldest son became 8th Lord Middleton.
  ((2)) Elizabeth Willoughby (b 24.02.1774, d 25.09.1858)
  m. (30.10.1798) John Savile Foljambe of Aldwarke (b 03.05.1776, dvp 14.01.1805)
((3))+ other issue (d unm) - Thomas (b 07.11.1775, bur 10.11.1775), Thomas James (bpt 05.07.1779, bur 19.02.1780), Amelia (bpt 01.03.1777, bur 15.03.1777), Emma (b 30.07.1782, d 11.05.1859)
  (d) Cassanda Willoughby (d unm)
  (e) Elizabeth Willoughby
  m. (1750) Rev. Edmund Garforth
  (f) Emma Willoughby (d 1781)
  m. Rev. N. Hodgson
  (g) Antonina Willoughby
  m. (1765) Rev. Henry Hewgill
  (C) Cassandra Willoughby (dsp 16.07.1735)
  m. (04.08.1713) James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (b 06.01.1673/4, d 09.08.1744)
  (2)+ other issue - Lettice, Catherin
The information provided by Visitation on the children of this generation has been supplemented by information kindly provided by a contributor (KC, 04.03.06) including information from a book on this family which we hope to locate in due course ('Wollaton Hall and The Willoughby Family' by Pamela Marshall, 1999).
  b. Edward Willoughby of Kingsbury and Cossall
  m. Elizabeth Atkinson
  c. Percival Willoughby of Derby (a 1634, 5th son)
  m. Elizabeth Cooke (dau of Sir Francis Cooke (Coke) of Trusley)
  (1) Dorothy Willoughby probably of this generation
  m. Thomas Burton of Holmesfield & Aldercar Park (bpt 1645, d 09.01.1702)
(2)+ other issue - Francis, John
  d. Theodosia Willoughby (bur 07.11.1630)
  m. (c1610) Rowland Mynors of Treago
  e. Bridget Willoughby (d 30.06.1624)
  m1. (1606) Nicholas Strelley (d by 1609)
  m2. (14.10.1610) Henry Cavendish of Doveridge (d 22.12.1624)
  f. Elizabeth Willoughby (b 1592)
  m. (1609) John Gell of Derbyshire
  g.+ other issue - Thomas, Henry, Robert, Lettice
  ii. Edward Willoughby
  m. Winifrid Willoughby (dau of Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton)
  iii.+ other issue - Thomas, Robert, George, Henry, Frideswide, Elizabeth, Bridget, Sibbell
2. Christopher Willoughby of Penshurst
  m. Margaret Tottishurst (dau of Richard Tottishurst)
  A. Kellom Willoughby
  m. Caterine Goldwell (dau of Stephen Goldwell)
3. Mary Willoughby
  m. Humfrey Waldron of Devon
4. Elizabeth Willoughby
  m. Thomas Tottishurst of Kent

Main source(s): BP1934 (Middleton), TCP (Middleton) with a little support & input from Visitation (Nottinghamshire, 1569+1614, Willoughby)
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