. The New England historical and genealogical register . aphs and a water-color drawing of his mural tablet in church, Portsmouth, Above the inscription his arms are em-blazoned: they are Or frettij azure; crest: a lions head couped at theshoulders, guardani Or, between two wings expanded/* mantled Gules, dou-bled Argent, The helmet above the shieid is that of the nobility—five goldbars slightly in profile, the helmet steel. Mrs. Elizabeth Willoughby, widow of the Colonel, died about 1652. His son Francis Willoughby came to New England iu 1638, with hiswife Mary. In L65J he went bac
. The New England historical and genealogical register . aphs and a water-color drawing of his mural tablet in church, Portsmouth, Above the inscription his arms are em-blazoned: they are Or frettij azure; crest: a lions head couped at theshoulders, guardani Or, between two wings expanded/* mantled Gules, dou-bled Argent, The helmet above the shieid is that of the nobility—five goldbars slightly in profile, the helmet steel. Mrs. Elizabeth Willoughby, widow of the Colonel, died about 1652. His son Francis Willoughby came to New England iu 1638, with hiswife Mary. In L65J he went back to England. Iu 1652 he was appoint-ed to succeed his father as Commissioner of the Navy. In 1658 he wasch osen Member of Parliament for Portsmouth. Iu 1662 he returned to * These amis are the same (omitting quartering* and differences) as those ascribed byBurke in his General Armory, ed. 1878, to Sir Francis Willoughby, bora at Beau-chanip Court, co. Warwick, knighted iu Ireland in 1610. Sir Bernard Burke sent me acopy of the arms with 52 Ancestry of Col. William Willoughby, [Jan. America, bringing with him a third wife, Margaret Locke, widow of Dan-iel Ta3^]or, a wealthy merchant of London.* lie became Deputy Gover-nor of Massachusetts in 1665, and continued in office till his decease in1671. He was one of the most influential friends of the colony, both inthis country and in England. In Frothinghams History of Charles-town he says of Willoughby : He is mentioned in warm terms of affec-tion by his contemporaries It is to such far-sighted men as Willough-by that New England owes its liberties. For his good services the Colo-nial Government voted to give him a thousand acres of laud. A writerdescribes his funeral— the doleful noise, the thundering volleys of shot,the loud roaring of great guns rending the heavens with noise at the lossof so great a man. 4k He left a large estate, of which £600 was in moneyand plate. Dep. Governor Willoughbys arms, still exis
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