Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby 1385-1452

After 3rd January 1383 [his father] William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby [aged 13] and [his mother] Lucy Strange Baroness Willoughby Eresby were married. They were third cousins.

Around 1385 Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby was born to William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby [aged 15] and Lucy Strange Baroness Willoughby Eresby.

Before 1387 [his brother-in-law] Henry Beaumont 5th Baron Beaumont [aged 6] and [his sister] Elizabeth Willoughby Baroness Beaumont [aged 2] were married. She by marriage Baroness Beaumont. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England.

On 9th August 1396 [his grandfather] Robert Willoughby 4th Baron Willoughby [aged 47] died. His son [his father] William [aged 26] succeeded 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. [his mother] Lucy Strange Baroness Willoughby Eresby by marriage Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.

Before 9th August 1404 [his father] William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby [aged 34] and [his step-mother] Joan Holland Duchess York [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. She the daughter of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 54]. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Before 18th November 1406 [his brother-in-law] William Fitzhugh 4th Baron Fitzhugh [aged 7] and [his sister] Margery Willoughby Baroness Fitzhugh [aged 9] were married. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 4th December 1409 [his father] William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby [aged 39] died at Edgefield, Norfolk. He was buried at St James' Church, Spilsby [Map]. His son Robert [aged 24] succeeded 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.

Life Charles VI by a Monk of St Denis [~1420]. And thus there was a procession to the celebrated king's banquet, at which on one side the archbishop of Bourges and the bishop of Luxovium, and on the other side lord Humphrey [aged 24], duke of Gloucester, count of Vindocini¹, and baron of [Ivry], were seated; however, the remaining seats were placed at the nod of the royal court, where princes, other bishops, and knights were located. And after the meal was finished, the king, returning to his chamber, spoke many gracious words to the messengers, and especially that he rejoiced at their coming, provided that they would intend effectively towards peace; and nothing more was done that day.

Sicque ad celebre regis convivium processum est, in quo ab uno latere archiepiscopus Bituricensis et Luxoviensis episcopus, ab alio dominus Winfroy, dux Glocestrie, comes Vindocini, baro de Yvriaco consederunt, ceteris autem sedibus ad nutum aule regie principes,. episcopi ceteri et milites locati sunt. Prandioque peracto, rex ad cameram rediens, multa graciosa verba nunciis loqutus fuit, et precipue quod de eorum adventu congaudebat, dum tamen intendere vellent efficaciter ad pacem; nilque amplius actum est die illa.

Note 1. Probably Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby [aged 29] who was subsequently created Count of Vendôme in 1424.

In December 1417 Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby [aged 32] was appointed 128th Knight of the Garter by King Henry V of England [aged 31].

Before 21st February 1421 Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby [aged 36] and Elizabeth Montagu Baroness Willoughby Eresby [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. She the daughter of John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury and Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury [aged 57]. They were half fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Around 1425 [his daughter] Joan Willoughby 7th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby was born to Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby [aged 40] and [his wife] Elizabeth Montagu Baroness Willoughby Eresby [aged 24]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married 9th January 1449 her fourth cousin Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby, son of Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles and Joan or Cecily Waterton, and had issue.

On 11th January 1425 Henry Fitzhugh 3rd Baron Fitzhugh [aged 67] died at Ravensworth Castle, North Yorkshire [Map]. He was buried at Jervaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] William [aged 26] succeeded 4th Baron Fitzhugh. [his sister] Margery Willoughby Baroness Fitzhugh [aged 28] by marriage Baroness Fitzhugh.

On 12th November 1428 [his sister] Elizabeth Willoughby Baroness Beaumont [aged 44] died.

Before 8th January 1449 Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby [aged 64] and Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby of Eresby were married. She by marriage Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. They were sixth cousins.

On 9th January 1449 [his son-in-law] Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby [aged 21] and [his daughter] Joan Willoughby 7th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby [aged 24] were married. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 25th July 1452 Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby [aged 67] died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Mettingham Bungay [Map]. His daughter Joan [aged 27] succeeded 7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby [aged 24] by marriage Baron Willoughby de Eresby.

Before 20th March 1463 Gervase Clifton [aged 58] and [his former wife] Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby of Eresby were married.

On 30th August 1497 [his former wife] Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby of Eresby died. She was buried at Collegiate Church, Tattershall. Baron Cromwell abeyant between the daughters of the Ralph Cromwell 1st Baron Cromwell: Elizabeth Cromwell and Avice Cromwell Baroness Bardolf and their heirs.