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Description: | Daughter of William Lord Willoughby of Parham. A prominent Puritan, who led Parliamentary troops with Colonel Oliver Cromwell in Gainsborough during the Civil War. William and Elizabeth's son Willoughby Hickman was then lord of the manor. King Charles I created him Baron Gainsborough in 1643, the year of the Battle of Gainsborough', which destroyed a large part of the town.The second wife of William Hickman, Elizabeth had six children, the first of whom was born in 1601. | Subjects: | Country Estates | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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