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Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology | Miscellaneous articles: Wollaton Hall, Church, and the Family of Willoughby ... |
 | | ANY description of Wollaton would seem incomplete without some account of the family of Willoughby, who have been established as owners of the estates there for a period of nearly six hundred years; have numbered in their generations many notable persons, and have made many alliances with other illustrious families. |
 | | Percival Willoughby was one of those who attended King James I., as he passed through Notts, on his way from Scotland, after his accession to the English throne, on which occasion he was knighted at Worksop (20 April, 1603), and subsequently became a member in King James' first parliament. |
 | | It was not until 1706 that Queen Anne appointed Sir Thomas Willoughby (the first Lord Middleton) again to hold the post, and he and his successors continued in the office of High Steward (which was of some importance) until the court was abolished in 1849, the last steward being Digby, seventh Lord Middleton. |
| www.nottshistory.org.uk /articles/tts/tts1902/willoughbyfamily.htm (1736 words) |
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