Edward Willoughby
Edward Willoughby (died 23 November 1508) was Dean of Exeter between 1496 and 1508.[1]
He was a second son of Sir John Willoughby (1421–1477). His mother was Anne Cheyne, second daughter and co-heiress of Sir Edmund Cheyne (1401–1430) of Brook, by his wife Alice Stafford, only daughter and eventual heiress of Sir Humphrey Stafford (c.1379–1442) "With the Silver Hand",[2] of Hooke, Dorset, and of Southwick, North Bradley, Wiltshire, and an aunt of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon (d. 1469).
Career
[edit]He was appointed:
- Prebendary of Liddington under Shaftesbury
- Prebendary of North Grantham at Salisbury 1488
- Dean of Exeter 1496 - 1508
- Archdeacon of Stafford
He was appointed to the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1495, and held the stall until 1508.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association 87: 1–24.
- ^ Epithet by William Dugdale, see below
- ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
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