60 A rctic and A nt arctic Exploration [part i 
whose altar tomb is in Wollaton church 1 . Sir Henry left 
three sons John, Edward, and Hugh, and Edward's 
grandson was the builder of the present fine old mansion 
at Wollaton, near Nottingham. Hugh was connected, 
by his father's marriages, with two names afterwards 
known in Arctic history, Markham and Egerton. He 
himself married Joan, daughter of Sir Nicholas Strelly, 
a Nottinghamshire neighbour. His portrait, now at Wol- 
laton, of which there is a replica in the Painted Hall at 
Greenwich, is that of a tall and handsome man. He was 
to be Captain-General of the expedition on board a ship 
of 120 tons called the Bona Esperanza, with a crew of 
36 officers and men 2 ; the second ship was the Edward 
Bonaventure of 160 tons, with a crew of 51 officers and 
men ; and the third was the Bona Confidentia of go tons, 
with 28 officers and men. Sir Hugh had a relation with 
him, named Gabriel Willoughby, among the merchants. 
As second in command, Richard Chancellor was 
selected from among many applicants, on the recommen- 
dation of King Edward's friend, Sir Henry Sidney, who 
made a speech to the Merchant Adventurers, commending 
an enterprise which, he said, would prove profitable and 
honourable to our country. Chancellor had been in the 
service of Sidney, who reminded the merchants that while 
they found the means but remained at home, Chancellor 
hazarded his life amongst the perils of the sea. He 
concluded by saying, "If it fall so happily out that he 
return again, it is your part and duty liberally to reward 
him." Chancellor was in the Edward Bonaventure as 
chief pilot of the fleet, and he had with him Stephen 
Borough as master of the ship, his brother William 
Borough, and Arthur Pet, all destined later to become 
famous as Arctic navigators. The master of the Bona Con- 
fidentia was Cornelius Durforth, whose young son sailed with 
him as a seaman. King Edward VI addressed a " letter 
missive," in several languages, to the potentates in- 
1 The first wife of Sir Henry Willoughby, Sir Hugh's father, was 
Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Markham of Cotbam. His third wife 
was Ellen, daughter of John Egerton of Winehill in Cheshire. Sir Henry 
had four wives. His effigy on the monument at Wollaton has two small 
wives on each side. 
2 Besides Willoughby there were a master and his mate, six merchants, 
a master gunner, a boatswain and his mate, a carpenter, a purser, two 
surgeons, and 20 men. 
