WILLOUGHBY, Francis (1612-66) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

bap. 8 Sept. 1612, 1st s. of William Willoughby^†, 3rd Bar. Willoughby of Parham (1584–1617), and Frances (1588–1643), da. of John Manners^†, 4th earl of Rutland; bro. William Willoughby, 5th (CP 6th) Bar. Willoughby of Parham. educ. Eton, 1623–4; m. c.1629, Elizabeth (d. March 1661), da. of Edward Cecil^†, Visct. Wimbledon, 2s. d.v.p. 3da. (1 d.v.p.). d. c. 23 July 1666; will 17 July 1666, pr. 10 May 1678. TNA, PRO 11/356.

Offices Held

Commr. excise 1645, relief of Ireland 1645, rents of Westminster 1645, Scottish army in England 1645, scandalous offences 1646, bishops’ lands 1646, compounding 1647, visitation of Oxford 1647, indemnity 1647, A. and O. i. 691, 723, 804, 853, 905, 914, 927, 937. trade 1660, plantations 1660.

Ld. lt. (parl.) Lincs. 1642–3?; Ibid. i. 2, 58, 294. dep. lt. Lincs. 1660–3?; TNA, SP 29/11/168. col. militia tp. of horse, Lincs. 1660–3? SP 29/26/73.

Col. (parl.) regt. of horse by 23 Oct. 1642–9 Jan. 1643; Peacock, Army Lists, 48. c.-in-c. (parl.) Lincs. forces, 9 Jan. – 20 Sept. 1643; v.-adm. (roy.) 13 June-by 7 Nov. 1648; Whitelocke, Memorials, ii. 366, 375, 436; CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 209. gov. Barbados and Carribee Islands, 1650 – 52, 1663 – d.

Asst. Royal Fishing Co. 1664. Bodl. Clarendon 92, ff. 148v-157.

Parlimentarian

WILLOUGHBY, Francis (1612-66)

Associated with: Knaith Hall, Knaith, Lincs.; Charterhouse Yard, London.Whitelocke Diary, 203.;

Likenesses

line engraving by R. Sawyer, 1647, NPG D27158; line engraving, unknown, mid-17th century, NPG D27155.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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