Sir Hugh deWilloughby (1135–1205) was an English

knight A knight is a person granted an honorary title of a knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church, or the country, especially in a military capacity. The concept of a knighthood ...

and nobleman in medieval England.

Family

Hugh deWillougby was the son of John de Willoughby who held the Lordship of Willoughby, and his wife of an unknown name. He married Frethsand Cockerington, daughter of William de Cokerinton and Berta. He had two known sons. Despite Ralph de Willoughby being the older brother, he did not inherit his father's wealth, which indicates that he could have possibly been a bastard. *

Ralph deWilloughby Ralph (pronounced or ) is a male name of English origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Old High German ''Radulf'', cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms are: * Ra ...

(1166–1235) * William de Willoughby (1175–1225)

Biography

Sir Hugh de Willoughby was born in 1135 in Willoughby,

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...

, England. When his wife's father, William de Cokerinton died, Sir Hugh de Willoughby inherited the villages of

Cumberworth Cumberworth is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately south-east from the town of Alford. The village is listed in the 1086 ''Domesday Book'' with 9 households an ...

and Thorpe.

References

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Hugh Hugh is the English-language variant of the masculine given name , itself the Old French variant of '' Hugo (name)">Hugo'', a short form of Continental Germanic Germanic name">given names beginning in the element "mind, spirit" (Old English ). ...

People from East Lindsey District 1135 births 1205 deaths 12th-century English nobility