England; Lincolnshire and the Peerage of England
Willoughby of Parham — John Willoughby, 8th Baron, infant male succession
- Family / house
- Willoughby of Parham; Willoughby de Eresby; Clinton of Lincoln
- Family / cadet branch
- Parham senior male succession through George Willoughby, 7th Baron
- Armiger / bearer
- John Willoughby, 8th Baron Willoughby of Parham
- Entity type
- individual
- Social rank / class
- peer
- Heraldic authority
- English Crown and College of Arms jurisdiction
- Record basis
- ancient_usage
- Issued / first recorded
- 1674
- Until / superseded
- 1677/78
- Historical period
- Restoration England
- Grant / record reference
- Inherited the 1547 barony as the only surviving son of George Willoughby, 7th Baron.
- Blazon
- Or, fretty Azure.
- Plain-English description
- A gold field covered by a blue fret.
- Tinctures
- Or; Azure
- Charges / ordinaries
- Fret
- Crest
- A Saracen's head affrontée couped at the shoulders Proper, ducally crowned Or.
- Motto
- VERITÉ SANS PEUR.
- Exterior ornaments
- Traditional Parham baronial achievement; no personal cadency distinction is recorded.
- Difference / variant
- Infant succession without a documented heraldic difference. The arms remain the Parham coat.
- Source reference
- The Peerage — John Willoughby, 8th Baron Willoughby of Parham
- Linked historical person
- John Willoughby, 9th Baron Willoughby of Parham
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
- Father
- George Willoughby, 7th Baron Willoughby of Parham
- Mother
- Elizabeth Clinton
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
Because John died as a child and left no issue, this was a terminal infant succession rather than the foundation of a lasting cadet branch.