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Until / superseded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

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

Spouse(s)

Anne Carey

Children / next generation

Frances Willoughby, later Countess of Bellomont

Documented depiction

Open depiction source

Notes / sources