'Willington1'
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Families covered: Willington of Gittisham, Willington of Todenham, Willington of Umberleigh, Willington of Willington
| Living at or immediately after the time of William the Conqueror (who r. 1066-1087) was ... | |||||||||||||||
| John de Willington of Willington, Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Nicholas de Willington of Willington (a temp Stephen who r. 1135-1154) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Nicholas de Willington of Willington | ||||||||||||||
| i. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugo de Fynderne | |||||||||||||||
| Commoners shows Hugo (a 1253-4) as son of Nicholas but Bigsby & BE1883 show Hugo as Nicholas's son-in-law. | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Ralph de Willington of Willington Court (in Sandhurst, Gloucestershire), Governor of Bristol Castle then of Devizes Castle (d c1237) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1198/9) Olympia Franc (dau/heir of William Franc or Franc Chevaler, son of John son of Sir Humphrey) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Ralph de Willington (d before 07.1260) | ||||||||||||||
| TCP suggests that it was this Ralph who was Constable (or Governor) of Exeter Castle & Sheriff of Devon rather than his son. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (before 17.07.1238) Joan Champernowne (a 1284, dau/heir of Sir William Champernowne of Umberleigh by Eve, dau of Rainald de Whitchurch (Albo Monasterio) of Shrivenham) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Ralph de Willington of Willington Court & Umberleigh (Devon), Governor of Exeter Castle, Sheriff of Devon (a 1256) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Juliana de Lomen (dau/heir of Sir Richard de Lomen of Gittisham and/or Uplowman) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John de Willington or Wilington of Umberleigh, 1st Lord (d before 16.12.1338) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1289) Joan de Neville (d 21.06.1345, probably dau of John de Neville, sister of Hugh of Essex, 1st Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Ralph de Willington or Wilington of Umberleigh, 2nd Lord (dsp 13.04.1348) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor de Mohun (d 20.07.1349, dau of John de Mohun, Lord of Dunster, by Ada) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Reginald Willington (b c1278, dsp 24.04.1355) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Sir Henry Willington of Gittisham (d 1322) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Frevill (dau of Sir Alexander Frevill by Joane, coheiress of the Marmions of Tamworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Henry Willington of Gittisham (d 23.05.1349) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Whalesborow (dau of Sir John (sb William?) Whalesborow or Whalesborough) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir John Willington of Umberleigh (d 19.08.1378) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Matilda Carminow (dau of Sir Walter Carminow) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Ralph Willington in Gloucestershire (dsp 16.08.1382) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | John Willington of Willington Court & Umberleigh (dsp 03.10.1396) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Isabel Willington (b c1379) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Beaumont (son of Sir John of Shirwell) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Margaret Willington | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Worth (not Wrothe) (son of Sir John) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Thomas Willington | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Eleanor Willington (d 06.08.1400) apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 05.01.1358/9) Sir Giles Daubeney, '3rd Lord' (d 24.06.1386) | |||||||||||||||
| Neither Commoners nor Bigsby identify exactly how the undermentioned John, "continuator of the name and male line", fitted into the family although Commoners suggests that he "descended probably from a younger son of the second Sir Henry de Willington." | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | ?? Willington (could be Thomas?) | ||||||||||||||
| Uncertain on number of intervening generations. | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | ?? Willington | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | John Willington of Todenham, Gloucestershire - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margery | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Thomas Willington (a 1348) | ||||||||||||||
| b. ?? | Edmund de Willington | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christine | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Roger de Willington | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1220) Lucy de Clifton (dau of Rainald de Clifton) | |||||||||||||||
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| John Willington of Todenham, Gloucestershire - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margery | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Willington of Todenham (a 1499) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Willington of Todenham | ||||||||||||||
| m1. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Willington of Barcheston & Brailes, Warwickshire (a 03.1555) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Littleton (dau of Richard Littleton of Pillaton, widow of Thomas Middlemore of Edgbaston) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Margery Willington | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Thomas Holte of Aston | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Ambrose Cave (d 1568) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Godith Willington | ||||||||||||||
| m. Basil Fielding of Newnham | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Willington (d 22.04.1583) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Boughton of Lawford | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Willington | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Sheldon of Beoley & Brailes | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Margret Willington | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Edward Grevill of Milcote | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Anne Willington | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Mountfort of Kingshurst | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Catharine Willington | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Richard Kempe | |||||||||||||||
| m2. William Catesby of Lapworth (son of Sir Richard) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Anthony Throckmorton (son of Sir George) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Willington of Hurley, Warwickshire (bur 18.06.1593) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Nightingale (bur 07.01.1599, dau/heir of Nicolas Nightingale by Joyce, sister/heir of John Waldyve) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Commoners (vol IV, Willington of Hurley), 'History of Repton' by Robert Bigsby (1854, Chapter IX, in Google Books) with support for upper section from BE1883 (Willington), TCP (Wilington)
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