Elizabeth Willoughby

1512 (age 50)

Elizabeth"s father, Edward Willoughby, died in November 1517, leaving Elizabeth still a minor. Her wardship was acquired in 1522 by Sir Edward Greville of Milcote, Warwickshire. The barony was settled on Elizabeth after Anne and Blanche died childless. A manuscript dated 1644 entitled The Genealogie, and Death of Robert, Lord Brooke, then in the possession of the Earl of Warwick, describes their courtship: In 1542/3 Elizabeth"s husband, Fulke Greville, was knighted by Henry VIII for military service to the crown. He further distinguished himself along with forty men in the suppression of the Pilgrimage of Grace and served in campaigns in 1544 against France. Fulk died on 10 November 1559. Fulke Greville, 4th Baron Willoughby de Broke. Robert Greville Sir Edward Greville, who married Jane Grey. Mary Greville, who married William Harris. Eleanor Greville, who married Sir John Conway. Katherine Greville (d1611), who married Giles Reade (d1611), esquire, of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, by whom she had thirteen children. Blanche Greville. Five additional sons Four other daughters.

Elizabeth Willoughby

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Background

Elizabeth Willoughby was the eldest daughter of Edward Willoughby of Alcester, Warwickshire, and Powick, and Margaret Neville, daughter of Anne Stafford and Edward Neville.

Career

Elizabeth"s father, Edward Willoughby, died in November 1517, leaving Elizabeth still a minor. Her wardship was acquired in 1522 by Sir Edward Greville of Milcote, Warwickshire. The barony was settled on Elizabeth after Anne and Blanche died childless.

A manuscript dated 1644 entitled The Genealogie, and Death of Robert, Lord Brooke, then in the possession of the Earl of Warwick, describes their courtship:

In 1542/3 Elizabeth"s husband, Fulke Greville, was knighted by Henry VIII for military service to the crown.

He further distinguished himself along with forty men in the suppression of the Pilgrimage of Grace and served in campaigns in 1544 against France. Fulk died on 10 November 1559.

Fulke Greville, 4th Baron Willoughby de Broke. Robert Greville

Sir Edward Greville, who married Jane Grey.

Mary Greville, who married William Harris.

Eleanor Greville, who married Sir John Conway. Katherine Greville (d1611), who married Giles Reade (d1611), esquire, of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, by whom she had thirteen children. Blanche Greville. Five additional sons

Four other daughters.

Membership

He was High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1543 and a member of Parliament from 1547.

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