Edward Willoughby
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Edward Willoughby (died 23 November 1508) was Dean of Exeter between 1496 and 1508.Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association 87: 1–24.
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",Epithet by William Dugdale, see below of Hooke, Dorset, and of Southwick, North Bradley, Wiltshire, and an aunt of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon (d. 1469).
Career
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.Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
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