England; Suffolk; Peerage of England; Parham
Willoughby of Parham — Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron, father of Diana Willoughby
- Family / house
- Willoughby of Parham; Willoughby of Eresby; Manners of Rutland; Cecil of Wimbledon
- Family / cadet branch
- Willoughby of Parham, Suffolk
- Armiger / bearer
- Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham
- Entity type
- individual
- Social rank / class
- peer
- Heraldic authority
- English peerage and heraldic authorities
- Record basis
- ancient_usage
- Issued / first recorded
- Succeeded 14 October 1617
- Until / superseded
- 2 August 1666
- Historical period
- Early Stuart England and the Interregnum
- Grant / record reference
- Barony of Willoughby of Parham created by letters patent 20 February 1546/47; Francis inherited the title in 1617
- 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 its beak a horseshoe Or; sinister, a savage wreathed about the temples and loins with ivy Proper. Motto: VERITÉ SANS PEUR.
- Plain-English description
- A gold shield is covered by a blue fret. The crest is a front-facing crowned Saracen's head; the supporters are an ostrich holding a horseshoe and a savage entwined with ivy. The motto means '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
- Baronial helm and coronet; the full achievement includes the ostrich and savage supporters recorded for the Parham barony.
- Difference / variant
- The paternal arms inherited by Diana. The shield is the important genealogical component in the 1645 Willoughby–Finch marriage; no separate cadency mark for Francis has been securely established in the sources consulted.
- Source reference
- Cracroft's Peerage, Willoughby of Parham
- Linked historical person
- Francis Willoughby, 5th 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)
- Elizabeth Cecil
- Children / next generation
- The Hon. Diana Willoughby
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
The shield is secure. Crest evidence is variant-sensitive: Cracroft gives a Saracen's head for the Parham barony, while the Commons reconstruction based on Crozier gives a lion's head. Preserve both as source variants rather than silently harmonising them.