England; London, Middlesex and the English peerage
Willoughby of Parham — Henry Willoughby, 16th Baron in the recognized succession
- Family / house
- Willoughby of Matson; Willoughby of Soulbury; Willoughby of Rappahannock; Willoughby of Parham; Pidgeon; Gresswell
- Family / cadet branch
- Recognized senior male succession from the Matson–Virginia branch
- Armiger / bearer
- Henry Willoughby, 16th Baron Willoughby of Parham, de jure 13th Baron
- Entity type
- individual
- Social rank / class
- peer
- Heraldic authority
- House of Lords
- Record basis
- ancient_usage
- Issued / first recorded
- 1696
- Until / superseded
- 1775
- Historical period
- early Georgian England
- Grant / record reference
- House of Lords resolution of 20 March 1767; writ of summons issued in 1767 and seat taken on 25 April 1767.
- Blazon
- Or, fretty Azure. Crest: A Saracen's head affrontée couped at the shoulders Proper, ducally crowned Or. Supporters: Dexter, an ostrich Argent holding in the beak a horseshoe Or; sinister, a savage Proper wreathed about the temples and loins with ivy Proper. Motto: VERITÉ SANS PEUR.
- Plain-English description
- A gold shield with a blue lattice fret, accompanied in the full peerage achievement by the crowned Saracen's head, ostrich and savage supporters, and the motto 'Truth without fear.'
- Tinctures
- Or; Azure; Argent; Proper
- Charges / ordinaries
- fret; Saracen's head; ostrich; horseshoe; savage; ivy
- Crest
- A Saracen's head affrontée couped at the shoulders Proper, ducally crowned Or.
- Motto
- VERITÉ SANS PEUR
- Exterior ornaments
- Peerage achievement with supporters; the House of Lords recognition restored the title to the senior male line descended from Sir Ambrose.
- Difference / variant
- This is the culmination of the Matson cadet branch. Henry's recognition displaced the mistaken 1680 writ succession in legal theory, although the registry should retain both the de facto and de jure histories.
- Source reference
- House of Lords procedural study, 1714–1784
- Linked historical person
- Henry Willoughby, 16th Baron Willoughby of Parham
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
- Father
- Henry Willoughby, de jure 12th Baron Willoughby of Parham
- Mother
- Elizabeth Pidgeon
- Spouse(s)
- Susannah Gresswell, daughter of Robert Gresswell of Middlesex
- Children / next generation
- Elizabeth Willoughby, later wife of John Halsey and Edward Angles
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
Numbering is deliberately dual: '16th Baron' reflects the conventional succession after the de facto 1680 holders, while 'de jure 13th' reflects descent under the 1547 patent. The House of Lords recognition did not erase the historical existence of the 1680 writ succession.