Bridget Willoughby, Heiress-general of Sir Francis Willoughby, estate coheiress, matriarch of the later Middleton succession
Dates: c.1560–16 July 1629
Biography
Bridget was the eldest daughter and coheiress of Sir Francis Willoughby, builder of Wollaton Hall. Her arranged marriage to her second cousin Sir Percival Willoughby was intended to preserve the Wollaton and Middleton estates within the wider Willoughby family. After years of litigation, the couple occupied Wollaton Hall from 1599. Bridget died in 1629 and was buried at Wollaton.
Notes / Sources
British Armorial Bindings, Sir Francis Willoughby — https://armorial.bibsoc.org.uk/stamp-owners/WIL012.html
University of Nottingham, Biography of Sir Percival Willoughby — https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/collectionsindepth/family/middleton/biographies/biographyofsirpercivalwilloughby(d1643).aspx
George Fellows, Arms, Armour and Alabaster Round Nottingham — https://www.nottshistory.org.uk/books/fellows1907/wollaton.htm
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Wollaton and Middleton Willoughbys
Father: Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton and Middleton
Mother: Elizabeth Lyttelton, daughter of Sir John Lyttelton of Frankley
Spouse(s): Sir Percival Willoughby of Bore Place, Wollaton and Middleton
Children / next generation: Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton and Middleton; Edward Willoughby; Thomas Willoughby; Henry Willoughby; Bridget Willoughby; Elizabeth Willoughby; Theodosia Willoughby
Armorial Registry
Bridget Willoughby of Wollaton — heiress-general whose marriage transferred the Bugge-Willoughby estates
Branch: Wollaton and Middleton, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire
Issued / recorded: c.1560
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