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Willoughby of Parham — William Willoughby, historically 6th Baron and Barbados governor

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Willoughby of Parham — William Willoughby, historically 6th Baron and Barbados governor

Family / house
Willoughby of Parham; Carey; Manners; Rutland; Kirkhoven; Bellomont
Family / cadet branch
Parham and Knaith; younger-son succession within the senior line
Armiger / bearer
William Willoughby, historically 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham
Entity type
individual
Social rank / class
peer
Heraldic authority
Cracroft's Peerage; History of Parliament tradition
Record basis
ancient_usage
Issued / first recorded
1666
Until / superseded
10 April 1673
Historical period
Restoration England
Blazon
Or fretty Azure. Crest: A Saracen's head affrontée couped at the shoulders Proper, ducally crowned Or. Motto: VERITÉ SANS PEUR.
Plain-English description
The younger brother of Francis continued the same gold-and-blue lattice arms when he inherited the Parham barony.
Tinctures
Or; Azure; Proper
Charges / ordinaries
fretty; Saracen's head; ducal crown
Crest
A Saracen's head affrontée couped at the shoulders Proper, ducally crowned Or.
Motto
VERITÉ SANS PEUR
Exterior ornaments
Baronial coronet and traditional supporters where a full achievement was used.
Difference / variant
Same undifferenced Parham shield. The succession was collateral within the sons of William, 3rd Baron, but remained within the senior male line of the 1547 patent.
Source reference
William Willoughby, 6th Baron

Genealogical context

Father
William Willoughby, 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham
Mother
Frances Manners
Spouse(s)
Anne Carey
Children / next generation
Frances Willoughby, later Countess of Bellomont

Documented depiction

Open depiction source

Notes / sources

The conventional numbering calls him the 6th Baron; corrected genealogical numbering after the eighteenth-century error calls him the 5th holder of the 1547 succession.