Ralph Bugge1,2,3,4,5
M, b. circa 1200, d. 1248
Ralph was born circa 1200 in Nottinghamshire, England. He was a wealthy wool stapler or a wool dealer. He was known as Radulphus Bugge de Nottingham. In 1230 he purchased 2 acres of land and a windwill in Willoughby. Over the next several years he aggressively bought any and all subdivisions of land until in 1240 he made a purchase which he was very careful in having anyone of interest to the property sign off. With this purchase, his holdings were now a size and nature to be called a manor. Eventually the Bugge holdings would encompass the whole village and with the Church would contain 90% of the land. This brought the property back into the feudel system and remained as such for the next 300 years. Ralph departed this life in 1248 in Nottinghamshire, England, at the Manor of Willoughby Upon the Wolds.6
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Citations
- [S940] John Throsby, Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire, Volume I pages 44-65 - Ralph Bugge - sons: Ralph & Righard;.
- [S941] Bingham Association Official Website: In 1263, Henry III, through a charter from Earl Ferrers, granted the Manor of Bingham to Raph (Radulphus, Ralph) Bugge, an entirely different family than de Busli. Ralph Bugge (pronounced Booge) was the elder son of Radulphus Bugge de Nottingham, a wealthy wool stapler or wool dealer. Ralph Bugge began to call himself Sir Ralph Bugge de Bingham. There is no evidence of any Bugge family involvement in Bingham prior to the granting of this charter.
In regard to the Nottingham family, Ralph Bugge, a wealthy Nottingham merchant had two sons. Ralph Bugge, the elder son, was granted the Manor of Bingham by Charter from Earl Ferrers in 1263. There is no evidence of any Bugge family involvement in Bingham prior to the granting of this Charter. Richard Bugge, the younger son, inherited land at Willoughby on the Wolds from his father and went to live there, changing his name to Sir Richard Willoughby. He took as his arms, Or on two bars gules three water bugets 2 and 1 argent - www.binghamassociation.com/_Bingham_Association_Official_Website/Nottingham_Binghams.html. - [S942] Nottingham History & Archaeology: Ralph Bugge, a merchant of Nottingham, and his successors also became possesses of lands at Willoughby by purchase & otherwise. - http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/Brown1896/willoughby.htm
- [S943] The Willoughby Family of Wollaton and Middleton: A Brief History - The University of Nottingham: The Willoughby family can trace its descent back to Ralph Bugge, a Nottingham merchant, who bought lands in Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire, in the thirteenth century.
The Willoughbys acquired various other properties through marriage and purchase, chief among which were the Wollaton and Cossall estates in Nottinghamshire, in the fourteenth century, and the Middleton estate in Warwickshire, in the fifteenth century.
Sir Francis Willoughby (d 1596) completed the building of Wollaton Hall in 1588. Sir Francis had no sons, and the greater part of the estate passed to his son-in-law Sir Percival Willoughby of Bore Place, Kent (d 1643), husband of Sir Francis's eldest daughter Bridget, and a descendent of the Willoughby de Eresby family. From then on, the estate has passed in unbroken male succession to the present day.
The descent of the main Middleton and Wollaton estates until the creation of the Barony in 1712 was as follows:
Ralph Bugge (d 1248). Succeeded by his son:
Richard Willoughby (d 1293). Succeeded by his son:
Richard Willoughby (d 1325). Succeeded by his son:
Sir Richard Willoughby (c.1290-1362).
... - http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/… - [S944] Willoughby on the Wold Website: Ralph Bugge, of Nottingham, gained a toe-hold in Willoughby, in 1233, by buying the wind-mill and two acres of land. The multiple sub-divisions of Roger de Busli's land provided opportunities for the rich, acquisitive and ambitious merchant to keep on adding to his possessions, which he did with vigour. In 1240, Bugge was especially careful with one deal that was probably intended for a family home. He made sure the purchase was confirmed by the lord, John de Heriz, by the mesne lord, Robert de Vavassor and by the land holder John, son of Geoffrey, son of Odo. Old maps suggest that the Manor house was built where Field Farm once stood (before it became Field Farm Close) on Widmerpool Lane. In more recent times, a large old house near the Church was always known as The Manor, but it was more likely to have been the Parsonage (now part of Manor Court).
Ralph's son, Richard, was a well-established land owner by 1250, in which year he obtained the right to have a "free chantry in his Chapel situated in his court at Wylgeby". In turn, Richard's son, also Richard, was regarded by all as the Lord of the Manor and the Bugge family changed its name to Willoughby (however it might have been spelled!). There is a reference to Richard de Wyllughby in 1315. The Bugge investments eventually encompassed the whole village and, with the Church, covered 90% of the land, so re-creating a feudal situation that had been lost by virtue of the earlier multiple sub-divisions. This new situation would last for well over 300 years. - http://www.willoughbyonthewolds.co.uk/localhistory.htm - [S943] The Willoughby Family of Wollaton and Middleton: A Brief History - The University of Nottingham: Ralph Bugge died 1248, succeeded by his son, Richard - http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/…