Baron Willoughby de Eresby

Barony of Willoughby de Eresby

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, or fretty azure (for Willoughby); 2nd, or three bars wavy gules (for Drummond); 3rd, ermine three pomeis, each charged with a cross or (for Heathcote)[1]
Creation date26 July 1313[2]
Created byEdward II
PeeragePeerage of England
First holderRobert de Willoughby
Present holderJane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
Heir apparentSebastian St Maur Miller (co-heir)
Sir John Aird, 4th Baronet (co-heir)
MottoLoyauté me oblige ("Loyalty binds me")[1]
Arms of Willoughby, adopted by the 3rd Baron Willoughby de Eresby upon his marriage (c. 1349) to Cecily Ufford: Quarterly 1 & 4: Sable, a cross engrailed or (Ufford); 2 & 3: Gules, a cross moline argent (Bec of Eresby)
Katherine Willoughby, 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby

Baron Willoughby de Eresby (/ˈwɪləbi ˈdɪərzbi/ WIL-ə-bee DEERZ-bee)[3] is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1313 for Robert de Willoughby. Since 1983, the title has been held by Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.

  1. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 4193–4194. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. ^ Great Britain Record Commission and Francis Palgrave. 1830. The Parliamentary Writs and Writs of Military Summons, Together with the Records and Muniments Relating to the Suit and Service Due and Performed to the King’s High Court of Parliament and the Councils of the Realm, or Affording Evidence of Attendance given at Parliament and Councils. London: G. Eyre and A. Spottiswoode. Volume II, p. 102.
  3. ^ "Willoughby". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 21 January 2016.