England and Barbados
Willoughby of Parham — William Willoughby, 6th Baron, Barbados succession
- Family / house
- Willoughby of Parham
- Family / cadet branch
- Parham senior male succession; younger brother of Francis Willoughby
- Armiger / bearer
- William Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham
- Entity type
- individual
- Social rank / class
- peer
- Heraldic authority
- English peerage and parliamentary records
- Record basis
- recording
- Issued / first recorded
- 1666
- Until / superseded
- 1673
- Historical period
- Restoration period
- Blazon
- Or, fretty Azure.
- Plain-English description
- Gold with a blue lattice.
- Tinctures
- Or; Azure
- Charges / ordinaries
- Fretty
- Crest
- A Saracen's head affrontée couped at the shoulders Proper, ducally crowned Or.
- Motto
- VÉRITÉ SANS PEUR.
- Exterior ornaments
- Baronial achievement; the full Parham supporters are recorded in later peerage compilations but are not attached here without a display-specific source.
- Difference / variant
- Inherited the Parham arms unchanged as the younger brother and successor of Francis Willoughby.
- Source reference
- History of Parliament, William Willoughby
- Linked historical person
- William Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
- Father
- William Willoughby, 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham
- Mother
- Frances Manners, daughter of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland
- Spouse(s)
- Anne Carey, daughter of Sir Philip Carey
- Children / next generation
- George Willoughby, 7th Baron Willoughby of Parham; John Willoughby, 8th Baron Willoughby of Parham; Charles Willoughby, 10th Baron Willoughby of Parham; Henry Willoughby, colonial military officer and governor of Antigua
Notes / sources
History of Parliament uses corrected numbering in which William is the 5th holder, while Complete Peerage convention commonly calls him the 6th. Both numbering systems should be preserved in the registry notes.