Sir John Willoughby

Sir John Willoughby (about 1421–1477), of Brook, de jure 8th Baron Latimer, was an English landowner, administrator, soldier and politician who was elected as MP for Wiltshire, where he lived, and for the adjoining seat of Somerset. He also served terms as High Sheriff for both counties.

Origins Born about 1421, he was the son of John Willoughby (about 1400–24 February 1436/7), de jure 7th Baron Latimer in 1430, a landowner in Lincolnshire, and his wife Jane or Joan Welby,

With Anne he had seven known children: Robert Willoughby (1452–1502),