C.P. Addition: Marriage of Sir Robert de Willoughby and Elizabeth le Latimer

[Douglas Richardson]

Dear Newsgroup ~

Complete Peerage 7 (1929): 475-476 (sub Latimer); 9 (1936): 502-503
(sub Neville); and 12 (2) (1959): 660-661 (sub Willoughby) all have
good accounts of Elizabeth le Latimer (died 5 Nov. 1395), suo jure
Lady Latimer, who married (1st) Sir John de Neville, K.G., 3rd Lord
Neville of Raby (died 17 Oct. 1388), and (2nd) Sir Robert de
Willoughby, Knt., 4th Lord Willoughby of Eresby (died 9 Aug. 1396).
Regarding her 2nd marriage to Sir Robert de Willoughby, the following
information is provided in the Latimer account. Similar information
is provided in the Neville and Willoughby accounts.

"[Elizabeth le Latimer] married, 2ndly, as [his] 3rd wife, Sir Robert
Willoughby, Lord Willoughby, of Eresby. She died 5 Nov. 1395, and was
buried at Guisborough. [She left a] will dated 18 Oct., proved 10
Nov. 1395 ... Lord Willoughby died 9 August 1396, holding
Iselhampstead, Bucks, and some other estates in right of his late
wife." END OF QUOTE.

In footnote j on page 475, Complete Peerage indicates that Elizabeth
le Latimer and Sir Robert de Willoughby had a daughter, Margaret, who
is said to have died unmarried.

As we can see, no date for the marriage of Elizabeth le Latimer (died
1395) and Sir Robert de Willoughby is provided, although we can be
certain that the marriage was brief, as Sir Robert de Willoughby's 1st
wife, Margery la Zouche, died 18 October 1391, and was buried at
Spilsby, Lincolnshire.

Fortunately, there is other evidence in existence which narrows down
the date of this marriage. Bridges, History & Antiqs. of
Northamptonshire 2 (1791): 297 indicates that Elizabeth, Lady de
Nevill alone presented to the church of Corby, Northamptonshire (a
Latimer holding) in March 1391 and again on 6 April 1392. Elsewhere
Bridges, History & Antiqs. of Northamptonshire 2 (1791): 224 indicates
that Sir Robert de Wylughby presented to the church of Burton-Latimer,
Northamptonshire (another Latimer holding) on 20 April 1394.

Thus we can tell that the marriage of Elizabeth le Latimer and Sir
Robert de Willoughby took place after 6 April 1392 (when she presented
alone) but before 20 April 1394 (when Sir Robert presented to one of
her family holdings).

For interest's sake, below is a list of the 17th Century New World
immigrants that descend from Elizabeth le Latimer and her 1st husband,
Sir John de Neville, her 1st husband:

Elizabeth Bosvile, George, Giles & Robert Brent.

Below is a list of the 17th Century New World immigrants that descend
from Sir John de Neville and his 1st wife, Maud de Percy:

Robert Abell, Charles Barnes, Richard & William Bernard, William
Bladen, George & Nehemiah Blakiston, Elizabeth Bosvile, George, Giles
& Robert Brent, Stephen Bull, Charles Calvert, Edward Carleton, Grace
Chetwode, St. Leger Codd, William Crymes, Edward Digges, Robert Drake,
John Fenwick, John Fisher, Henry Fleete, Elizabeth & John Harleston,
Warham Horsmanden, Hannah, Samuel & Sarah Levis, Thomas Lunsford,
Agnes Mackworth, Anne, Elizabeth & John Mansfield, Anne Mauleverer,
Richard More, Joseph & Mary Need, John and Margaret Nelson, Philip &
Thomas Nelson, John Oxenbridge, Robert Peyton, William & Elizabeth
Pole, Henry & William Randolph, George Reade, Thomas Rudyard,
Katherine Saint Leger, Richard Saltonstall, Mary Johanna Somerset,
Samuel & William Torrey, Margaret Touteville, Olive Welby, Hawte
Wyatt.

Below is a list of the 17th Century New World immigrants that descend
from Sir Robert de Willoughby and his 1st wife, Margery la Zouche:

Elizabeth Alsop, Henry & Thomas Batte, George & Nehemiah Blakiston,
Thomas Booth, Elizabeth Bosvile, George, Giles & Robert Brent, Obadiah
Bruen, Stephen Bull, Edward Carleton, William Crymes, John Fenwick,
Roger & Thomas Mallory, Anne, Elizabeth & John Mansfield, Elizabeth
Marshall, Anne Mauleverer, Philip & Thomas Nelson, Ellen Newton, John
Oxenbridge, Thomas Rudyard.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah