Edward Willoughby

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Edward Willoughby (died 23 November 1508) was Dean of Exeter between 1496 and 1508. [1]

He was a second son of Sir John Willoughby (1421–1477). His mother was Anne Cheyne, second daughter and co-heiress of Sir Edmund Cheyne (1401–1430) of Brook, by his wife Alice Stafford, only daughter and eventual heiress of Sir Humphrey Stafford (c.1379–1442) "With the Silver Hand", [2] of Hooke, Dorset, and of Southwick, North Bradley, Wiltshire, and an aunt of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon (d. 1469).

Career

He was appointed:

He was appointed to the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1495, and held the stall until 1508. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association 87: 1–24.
  2. ↑ Epithet by William Dugdale, see below
  3. ↑ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Dean of Exeter
1496–1509		Succeeded by


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