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 WILLOUOHBY. 157 and Mqairing, apparently, thereby a Barony in fe$ aa LORD WILLOUQHBT DB PAKHAM, inasmttch aa the old Barony, er. by the pateot of 20 Feb. 1546/7| waa not Tested in hinL(*) He m. Eleanor, dn. of Hugh Whittlk, of Horwioh afM. She d. 1Mb, aged 67. He <L 29 Feb. 1691/2, aged 89, and waa bur, at Horwich.(^) 3(.I. in the Unitarian ohapel at RiWngton.(o) XII. 1 692. 2, Hugh (Wili/)ughbt), Lord WiUiOiroHBT db Pabham, a. and h..(<*) ; nte. io the peerage, 29 Feb. 1691/2. He m. firstly, Anne, da. of Lanrence Haluwrll, of Tockholes, oo. Lancaster. She d, 1690, aged 62. M.I. aa aboTe. He m. seoondly (Lio. Vic. Gen., 6 Oct. 1692, he about 40, ahe about 26), Honora, widow of Sir Thomas Eoerton, K.B., of Wonlcy. co. Lana, sister of Thomas, 2d Baron Lsiqh op Stomklbioh, da. of the Hon. Sir Thomas LsioH, by his second wife, Jane, da. of Patrick (FitsMaubicb), Baron of Kibrt and Lixnaw [I.] He d. s.p.8. Aug. 1712, aged 76, and was bur, at Horwioh. M.L as af8d.(*) His widow d. at Kensington, 11 Sep. 1730, aged 77. M.I. as afad. Admon. 10 Feb. 1780/1. XIIL 1712. 3. Edward (WiLiiOuoHBT), Lord Willoughbt db Parham, nephew and h., being 2d bnt lat aur?. a. and h. of the Hon. Fmncis Willoughbt, by Kleanor, da. of Thomaa Rothwbli*, of Haig, oa Lancaster, which Francis was next br. of the late liOrd. He was 6. 12 April 1676, and 9ue. to the peerage, Aug. 1712, taking his seat, 18 Jan. 1712/8. He, who was a private soldier under the Duke of Marlborough, d, unm. in Flanders, 13 April 1718, aged 87. M.l. aa afsd. Admon. at Chester, 6 April 1718, to a creditor. XIV. 1713. 4, Charlbb (Willoughbt), Lord Willoughbt db Parham br. and h., b. 25 Dec. 1861 ; tue. to the peerage 18 April 1713. He m. Heater, yst. da. of Henry Davbnport, of Darcy Lever, oo. Lancaster. He if. 12 June 1715, aged 34, and waa bur, at Horwich. M.I. afad. Will dat. 12 May, and pr. 6 Aug. 1715, at Chester. Ills wiilow m. James Walton, of Heath Charnook, oo. Lano., who waa living 22 Jan. 1727. She d, 1768, aged 73, and waa bur, at Horwich. M.L aa afad. (<^) An elaborate account of the issue, male and female, of this line, by W. D. Pink, is in The QenealogiH, O.S., vol. iv, pp. 84-89, in an article entitled '* The Baronp of WUloughby of Parham ; if it extinet t ** (b) There ia an interesting letter from Dr. Lloyd, Bishop of St Asaph, to Dr. Fell, dated 29 Jan. 1683/4, recommending "a youth of about 18, son to the Lord Willoughby of Parham," for a atudentship at Christ Church, on the ground that ' hie poor father can do nothini; for him,' and describing him aa * of indefatigable industry,' and ' for religion and morals deserving singular commendation. lie eats but one meal a day, and thinka no clothes too mean for him to wear.' (0) The long monumental inscriptions to this family in that chapel are given in J. P. Barwaker*a Local Qleaning$, vol. ii. {*) There was a Hugh Willoughby, son of Thomaa, of Jjondon, who matric at Oxford (Lino. Coll.), 2 March 1665/6, aged 18 ; B.A., 1669 ; M.A. from All Soula' Coll. 1678. Hia age, however, would be ten jears junior to the Hugh in the text, aa the age of the latter was 75 (not 65' at his death. (^) Among the Kenyon Family Papert [Hist. MSS. Com.] are many documents relating to complaints against him (1692— 1712). nnd he is called *' the only Noncon- formist that hath the name of a gentleman in our country." There are letters from his wife, Honora, to Roger Kenyon, complaining of her husband's " villany " and the " great and heavv- oppressions " she sufTers " in being so horribly abused and kept a prisoner by him. The lady adds : — " He is such a devil nobody can live with him, and one of the greatest cheats that ever were, and marries only to rob and plunder all he can, and then, if he oonld, would set them gohiir. to be at liberty to cheat somebody else." Again, in a letter, to Itoser Kenyon, M.P., dat. 12 Jan. 1698/4, it is stated that "Lord Willoughby and his wife [Honura] are fallen out extremely, they are the talk of the town and country." These statements hardly agree with their M.I. (see note " o " above) where they are called *' A truly congenial pair . . . endeared to all around them by the urbanity, benevolence and purity of their Uvea, evinced at their favourite retreat, Worsley Hall."