Margery la Zouche, Baroness Willoughby

Margery la Zouche

• also known as Margaret Zouch
• Born about 1350 in England
• Died 18 Oct 1391 at about age 41 in England
• Daughter of William la Zouche and Elizabeth Ros
• Wife of Robert Willoughby — married before 1 Oct 1369

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Zouche-36

Margery was the daughter of William la Zouche and Elizbaeth de Roos/Ros.[1][2] Her birth date is uncertain.

Margery married Robert de Willoughby[3] before 1 October 1369,[1][2] hen she is named as Robert's wife in a record relating to John de Newerk of Fulstow, Lincolnshire.[4] They had five sons:

Children of Margery Zouche and Robert Willoughby:

1. William Willoughby, 1st son and heir; 5th Lord Willoughby of Eresby. Born about 1370, died Died 4 Dec 1409 at about age 39 in Edgefield, Norfolk, England. Married 1) Lucy Strange 2) Joan Holland
2. Robert Willoughby
3. Thomas Willoughby, of Boston and Frampton. Born before 1378, died before 6 May 1418 at about age 40 in Lincolnshire, England. Married Elizabeth Neville.
4. John Willoughby “He was ancestor of the Willoughby Bts of Baldon House, Oxfordshire”
5. Brian Willoughby. Born circa 1384.

In 1380 Margery received a bequest of a cup under her mother's will.[5]

Margery died on 18 October 1391 and was buried at Spilsby, Lincolnshire.[1][2][3] The memorial inscription at Spilsby for her and her husband does not mention the name of her birth family, Zouche.[6] Her husband survived her, subsequently marrying Elizabeth le Latimer.[1][2]

"Robtus Dns Willoughbie de Eresbie ob: Anno 20: Ri:. 2 = Dau of the Lo Zouch" [Reference: H. St. George, Wiltshire Vis. Peds. 1623 (H.S.P. 105-106) (1954): 216–218 (Willoughbie pedigree)].

Boutell, Charles. The Monumental Brasses of England (George Bell, Oxford, 1849) page 326. <Archive.Org>

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Zouche-36 cites
• 1. Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, pp. 332-334, WILLOUGHBY 7, Google Books
• 2. Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. V, pp. 360-362, WILLOUGHBY 10; page 333 <GoogleBooks>
• 3. G E Cokayne. Complete Peerage, revised edition, Vol. XII part II, St Catherine Press, 1916, pp. 660-661, viewable on Familysearch
• 4. Lincolnshire Archives, ref. HOLYWELL/87/53, catalogue entry
• 5. Alfred Gibbons. Early Lincoln Wills 1280-1547, James Williamson, 1888, pp. 91-92, Internet Archive
• 6. Nigel Saul. English Church Monuments in the Middle Ages, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 294, Google Books, accessed 12 April 2022
• page 424 of Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. Douglas Richardson.
• https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00139627&tree=LEO cites
• 1. The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden. 12:660
• http://www.wargs.com/family/mallory.html 157 Margery La Zouche + ... 18 Oct. 1391, bur. Spilsbury, Lincolnshire [PBE 581; RMCA 886]
• http://thepeerage.com/p1679.htm#i16782 has errors: mis assigned her son William Willoughby to disproven Alice Skipwith; cites www.findagrave.com

Margery La Zouche Willoughby
BIRTH unknown
England
DEATH 18 Oct 1391
England
BURIAL
Saint James Churchyard
Spilsby, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England
MEMORIAL ID 114490425

Daughter and heiress to Sir William La Zouche and Elizabeth de Roos, granddaughter to Sir Eudes La Zouche and Joan Inge, Sir William de Roos and Margery de Badlesmere.

Second wife of Sir Robert Willoughby, son of John Willoughby and Cecily de Ufford. They had five sons; Sir William, Robert, Sir Thomas, John and Brian.
Family Members
Parents

Sir William La Zouche
1321–1382
Elizabeth Roos Zouche
1325–1380

Spouse
Robert Willoughby
1349–1396

Siblings
William La Zouche
1351–1396

Children
William Willoughby
1370–1409
Thomas Willoughby
1380–1418

• 1. BP2003 volume 3, page 4290. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as.