Family / house

Willoughby of Parham; Cecil of Wimbledon and Putney; Cecil of Burghley

Family / cadet branch

Parham branch; marriage into the younger Wimbledon branch of the Cecil family

Armiger / bearer

Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham, and Elizabeth Cecil, Baroness Willoughby of Parham

Entity type

cadet_branch

Social rank / class

peer

Heraldic authority

English heraldic usage; marriage c.1628/29

Record basis

recording

Issued / first recorded

1628

Until / superseded

1661

Historical period

Early Stuart and Interregnum period

Blazon

Marital impalement: dexter, Or, fretty Azure, for Willoughby of Parham; sinister, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, for Cecil of Wimbledon and Putney.

Plain-English description

The husband's gold-and-blue lattice shield is placed beside the Cecil shield of alternating silver and blue stripes bearing six black escutcheons charged with silver lions.

Tinctures

Or; Azure; Argent; Sable

Charges / ordinaries

Fretty; Barry; Six escutcheons; Lions rampant

Motto

VÉRITÉ SANS PEUR for the Willoughby side; COR UNUM VIA UNA is associated with the Cecil of Wimbledon achievement but should not be assumed to have appeared on every marital display.

Exterior ornaments

A marital achievement would normally use the husband's dexter and wife's sinister positions; surviving display-specific ornaments have not been securely located.

Difference / variant

Marriage achievement linking the Parham baronial arms with the Cecil arms of Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon, Elizabeth's father.

Source reference

Dictionary of National Biography, Francis Willoughby

Source

Open source

Genealogical context

Father

Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon

Mother

Theodosia Noel

Spouse(s)

Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham

Children / next generation

Diana Willoughby, married Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea; Frances Willoughby, married William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton; Elizabeth Willoughby, married Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh; William Willoughby, died young

Notes / sources