Thomas Willoughby, 11th Baron Willoughby of Parham

[3] After marriage they lived at Old Lord's Farm in Horwich, the area is still known as 'Old Lords Estate', the family inherited leases of a substantial amount of land from Horwich Moor to Anderton through the will of Nicolas Whittle of Horwich, 1597.The freeholder Sir Thomas Barton commissioned a map of 1620 which shows the Whittle holdings reflected in a large area of field names on the Rivington side of Horwich.

Their daughters were Mary who married Samuel Greenhalgh of Adlington, Sarah and Abigail.

Thomas was a staunch puritan and is closely associated with dissenting religious bodies.

[7] During the English Civil War, he was a major and fought on the side of the Parliamentarians.

[11][10] Thomas died in 1691 aged 89 and was buried under the chancel by the east window at the old Horwich Parish Church.