Richard de Willoughby

Sir Richard de Willoughby
22nd Lord Chief Justice of England
In office
28 March 1332  20 September 1332
Monarch Edward III
Prime Minister Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
(as Lord High Steward)
Chancellor John de Stratford
Preceded by Geoffrey le Scrope
Succeeded by Geoffrey le Scrope
24th Lord Chief Justice of England
In office
10 September 1333  1337
Monarch Edward III
Prime Minister Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
(as Lord High Steward)
Chancellor John de Stratford (1333-1334)
Richard de Bury (1334-1335)
John de Stratford (1335-1337)
Preceded by Geoffrey le Scrope
Succeeded by Geoffrey le Scrope
26th Lord Chief Justice of England
In office
October 1338  21 July 1340
Monarch Edward III
Prime Minister Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
(as Lord High Steward)
Chancellor Richard de Wentworth (1338-1340)
John de Stratford (1340)
Robert de Stratford (1340)
Preceded by Geoffey le Scrope
Succeeded by Robert Parning
Personal details
Born c. 1290
Died March 14, 1362(1362-03-14) (aged 71–72)
Resting place Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire
Nationality English
Spouse(s) Isabel Mortein
Joanna
Isabella
Parents Richard de Willoughby

Sir Richard de Willoughby (c. 1290 – 14 March 1362) was an English lawyer, and Chief Justice of the King's Bench for three periods between 1332 and 1340. His father, another Richard, served as Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas from 1323 until his death in 1325. He is probably best known for an episode in 1332 when – while serving on a commission in the east midlands as a justice of the King’s Bench – he was abducted by the infamous Folville Gang and ransomed for 1300 marks.[1]

Willoughby fell victim to Edward III's purge of the administration in 1340–41, where he was stripped of his office and heavily fined for certain ill-defined accusations. He was, however, restored to the common bench in 1343, where he served until 1357. He died on 14 March 1362, and was buried in the church of Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire, where his imposing effigy can still be seen. Willoughby was married three times, and his marriages brought him substantial landed wealth.

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Preceded by
Geoffrey le Scrope
Lord Chief Justice
13321332
Succeeded by
Geoffrey le Scrope
Preceded by
Geoffrey le Scrope
Lord Chief Justice
13331337
Succeeded by
Geoffrey le Scrope
Preceded by
Geoffrey le Scrope
Lord Chief Justice
13381340
Succeeded by
Robert Parning
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