15211368. Lord John de Wylughby &
15211369. Cecily de Ufford
1328, John de
Willoughby born in England, s/o 30422736.
Baron John Willoughby & 30422737. Joan Roseclyn.
~1328,
Cecily born in England, d/o 1249346.
Earl Robert de Ufford & 1249347. Margaret de Norwich. [6/11/1381,
Cecily’s parentage is documented through the will of her brother, William
d’Ufford.]
2/1/1327 at
Westminster, Edward III, age 14, crowned king of England.
1337, John
married to Cecily.
8/18/1337, Grant
by John de Wylughby lord of Eresby to John his son and Cecilia his wife of the
manor of Fulstow, Lincolnshire. (S) UKNA.
8/26/1346,
John Willoughby, knight banneret, fought at the Battle of Crecy with the Earls
of Northampton and Arundel, arrayed with the Prince of Wales. (S) Crecy and Calais,
P5. [John would be performing military
service required of his father, who was required to send 8 men-at-arms and 16
archers.]
8/26/1346, The Battle of Crecy, north of Paris.
Edward III vs. Philip VI, heralded the rise of the longbow as the dominant
weapon, and also saw the use of the ribauldequin, an early cannon, by the
English. The English longbowmen could fire much more quickly than the Genoese,
with a killing range of 250 yards. A decisive victory, a third of the French
forces lost [mainly to arrows] to less than 100 Englishmen, this started the
decline in importance of the mounted knight, and the rise of England as a
European power.
9/4/1346, The English began the year-long siege of
the port of Calais.
5/1347,
Indenture between the Black Prince and John de Wylughby le fitz provided for
the prince to supply hay and oats for horses for John and a companion as well
as for squires in time of war. (S) Knights and Warhorses, Ayton, 1999, P59.
8/1347, Calais fell when King Philip failed to support
their siege and retreated.
1348, The
Black Death entered the west countryside of England [likely entering through
Bristol].
6/13/1349,
John succeeded his father.
6/20/1349,
Writ for IPM of John de Wylughby. Lincoln: Malbethorp … Skybek … Orreby … Erysby
… John de Welughby, knight, his son, aged 20 1/2 years and more, is his heir. …
(S) CIsPM.
10/27/1349,
Grant to John de Wylughby, son and heir of John de Wylughby, … in consideration
of £100 … of the keeping of the lands … now in the king’s hands by reason of
the nonage of the heir, … (S) CPRs.
1349-50,
John de Wylughby, son and heir of John de Wylughby: Lincolnshire (proof of
age). (S) UKNA.
6/18/1350,
Licence, for 10 marks, … by John, son of John de Wylughby now deceased, for the
alienation in mortmain … to celebrate devine service … for the good estate of
the grantor and his mother Joan … soul of the said John, the father. (S) CPRs.
10/1350–9/1351,
Lord of the Manor 1. Lady Joan Willoughby. 2. Lord John de Willoughby. (S)
UKNA. [Held 18 courts.]
1353, King
Edward III grants to John of Willoughby junior and Joan, his mother, now the
wife of William Smethewayt that they may complete the gift of advowsons and
lands to the proposed chantry at Spilsby, licence for which was granted to John
of Willoughby. (S) UKNA.
11/1356,
Lord of the Manor 1. Lady Joan Willoughby. 2. Lord John de Willoughby. (S)
UKNA. [Held 2 courts.]
10/1359,
King Edward, sailing from Sandwich to Calais with 1,100 ships, invaded France,
eventually taking Saint-Florentin and Tonnerre. Edward reached Paris, setting
the suburbs on fire, before turning back to Brittany. John in the largest army ever [up to that time] sailing to France under
King Edward III. (S) The history of Edward Prince of Wales, commonly termed the
Black Prince, Bicknell, Pre-1801, P211.
10/1362–8/1365,
Lord of the Manor 1. Lady Joan Willoughby. 2. Lord John de Willoughby. (S)
UKNA. [Held 24 courts, 3 great courts.]
By 1372,
Cecily died before John.
3/29/1372,
John, 2nd Lord Willoughby of Erseby died; buried in Spilsby,
Lincolnshire.
4/2/1372,
Writ for IPM of John de Wylughby, 'chivaler '. Northampton: Lilleford. The
manor, held for life … with remainder to Robert his son and Margery, wife of
the latter, for life, and with ultimate remainder to his own right heirs. … He
died on Monday after Easter last. Robert de Willughby, knight, his son, aged 23
years and more, is his heir. Norfolk: Eggefeld and Walcote. The manors, held
for life … Whetacre and Chadgrave. The manors, held for life … remainder to
William de Wylughby, his son, for life, and with ultimate remainder to his own
right heirs. … Cambridge: Hokynton. … Derby: Plesley. A moiety of the manor … Soke
of Mannesfeld. … Lincoln: Malthorp. 52a. arable. Hoggesthorp. 2 plots of
pasture … Skirebek. A messuage … [long description associated with exports] … Cokeryngton.
A messuage with a croft … Beltisford. The manor … Foulestowe. The manor … He
held the following for life by gift of [William la] Sowche of Haryngworth [long
list] … [many other manors and properties] (S) CIsPM.
(S) Magna
Carta Ancestry, P886.
Children
of John and Cecily:
i. Robert de Wylughby (7605684), born 1349 in
England.
5/9/1372, Order to escheator in the county of Lincoln, to deliver to
Robert, son and heir of John de Wylughby, the lands late of his said father; as
the king has taken his homage and fealty. (S) CFRs.
ii. William de Willoughby, born ? in England.
iii. Joan Willoughby (1477515), born ~1360 in
England.
