Joan Willoughby, ''de jure suo jure'' 7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (c.1425 - d. before 13 February 1462) was an English baroness in her own right.
Career
Joan Willoughby, born circa 1425, was the daughter of
Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby ( 1385 – 25 July 1452) was an English nobleman and military commander in the Hundred Years' War.
Family
Robert Willoughby was the son of William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, and ...
, and his first wife, Elizabeth Montagu, daughter of
John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and 5th and 2nd Baron Montagu, KG (c. 1350 – 7 January 1400) was an English nobleman, one of the few who remained loyal to Richard II after Henry IV became king.
Early life
He was the son of Sir John de M ...
, by his first wife,
Maud Francis, daughter of
Adam Francis
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as ...
,
Lord Mayor of London
The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional pow ...
. On 20 September 1424 the 6th Baron had been granted, for service in the wars in France, the comté of Vendome, and 4 October 1430 the comté of Beaumont-sur-Oise, with remainder to his heirs male. At his death on 25 July 1452 without male issue, these titles became extinct. However his daughter, Joan, according to modern doctrine, succeeded to the title of Baroness Willoughby.
Her husband,
Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles
Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles (c.1428–1470), was an English nobleman and soldier. From a Lancastrian family, he came to be on good terms with the Yorkist King Edward IV, but was later executed after being associated with a plot against Edwa ...
, in consequence of their marriage, was summoned to Parliament from 26 May 1455 to 10 August 1469 as ''Ricardo Welles de Willughby'', thus becoming Lord Willoughby.
Joan Willoughby was still living 11 May 1461, but had died by 13 February 1462.
Marriage and issue
She married, likely before 1446,
Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles
Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles (c.1428–1470), was an English nobleman and soldier. From a Lancastrian family, he came to be on good terms with the Yorkist King Edward IV, but was later executed after being associated with a plot against Edwa ...
(beheaded 12 March 1470), by whom she had a son and a daughter:
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Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby and 8th Baron Welles (died 19 March 1470), was the son of Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles, and Joan Willoughby, 7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. He was the prime mover in an uprising against Edward ...
(beheaded 19 March 1470).
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Joan Welles, 9th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
Joan Welles, ''de jure suo jure'' 9th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (d. before 23 January 1475), inherited the baronies of Welles and Willoughby at the death of her brother, Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, in 1470.
Family
Joan Well ...
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Notes
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