Margaret Willoughby

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Willoughby was born about 1476, in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England, her father, Sir Henry Willoughby, was 25 and her mother, Margaret Markham, was 27. She married John de la Zouche II in 1496. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 6 March 1525, in Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England, at the age of 50.

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Family Time Line

John de la Zouche II
1465–1550
Margaret Willoughby
1476–1525
Marriage: 1496
George de la Zouche
1498–1557
Richard la Zouche
1499–1557
William de La Zouche
1500–
Henry de La Zouche
1502–
Mary Zouche
1503–
Elizabeth de la Zouche
1504–

Sources (2)

  • Biography of Henry Willoughby from the University of Nottingham
  • The will of Dame Margaret Zouche, dated 21 November 1530 and proved 8 March 1530/1

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called Willoughby, for example in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Warwickshire. They are named from an Old English +wilig ‘willow’ + Old Norse ‘farmstead, village’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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