Sir Ambrose Willoughby of Matson, Knighted in 1603, courtier and one of the Queen's esquires of the body, resident at Matson, Gloucestershire
Dates: Born after 11 January 1551/52; died before 24 November 1608
Biography
Second son of Charles Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby of Parham, and Lady Margaret Clinton. He established the Matson branch that later produced the senior surviving male-line claimant to the 1547 Parham barony.
Notes / Sources
The Complete Peerage, first edition, volume VIII, p. 168 — https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Complete_Peerage_(Edition_1,_Volume_8).djvu/168
ThePeerage, Sir Ambrose Willoughby — https://www.thepeerage.com/p33400.htm
Cracroft's Peerage, Willoughby of Parham — https://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/willoughbyp1547.htm
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Willoughby of Matson
Father: Charles Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby of Parham
Mother: Lady Margaret Clinton
Spouse(s): Susanna Brooke, daughter of Richard Brooke of Matson
Children / next generation: Edward Willoughby of Soulbury
Armorial Registry
Willoughby of Matson — Sir Ambrose Willoughby, founder of the senior Virginia-succession cadet branch
Branch: Matson and Soulbury; second-son branch of Charles Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby of Parham
Issued / recorded: 1603
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