About Sir Robert Whitney, MP, of Icomb
Sir Robert Whitney1
M, b. circa 1520, d. 5 August 1567
Father Robert Whitney b. c 1494
Mother Margaret Wye b. c 1495
Sir Robert Whitney married Sybil Baskerville, daughter of Sir James Baskerville and Elizabeth Breynton. Sir Robert Whitney was born circa 1520 at of Incomb and Tillington, Gloucestershire, England. He died on 5 August 1567.
Family Sybil Baskerville b. c 1524
Children
Alice Whitney+2
Robert Whitney+ b. c 1543
James Whitney b. 1544, d. 1587
Eustace Whitney b. c 1546, d. 1608
Blanch Whitney b. c 1548
Elizabeth Whitney b. c 1552
Citations
1.[S9395] Unknown author, Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 146.
2.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VI, p. 629, notes.
From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1013.htm#i30421
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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, Volume 3 edited by William Richard Cutter
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Turstin, "the Fleming," otherwise known as Turstin de Wigmore, probably also
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as Turstin, son of Rolf, and Turstin "the White," was a follower of William the Conqueror. He was mentioned in the Domesday book as an extensive land holder in Herefordshire and the Marches of Wales. He married Agnes, daughter of Alured de Merleberge, a Norman baron of Ewias Castle, in the Marches of Wales.
Eustace, son of Turstin , was a benefactor of the monastery of St. Peter in Gloucester. He or one of his immediate descendants took the surname De Whitney from Whitney of the Wye, in the Marches of Wales, where his principal castle was located. The estate comprised over two thousand acres, and remained in the family until 1893, when it was sold, there being no member of the family to hold it. The castle has entirely disappeared, but it is believed to be in ruins under the Wye, which has in the course of years changed its path. The castle was probably built on an artificial mound, surrounded by a moat fed by the river, which gradually undermined the castle, which was at last disintegrated.
Sir Robert de Whitney, a direct descendant of Eustace , was living in 1242 and was mentioned in the "Testa de Nevill." Three or four intervening generations cannot be stated with certainty.
Sir Eustace de Whitney, son of Sir Robert , gave deed to the monastry of St. Peter in 1280, referring to and confirming the deed of his ancestors above mentioned. He was Lord of Pencombe, Little Cowarn and Whitney in 1281 ; was granted free warren by Edward I in 1284; summoned to wars beyond the seas in 1297; tenant of part of the manor of Huntington in 1299; in Scotch war in 1301. He was possibly grandson instead of son of Sir Robert.
Sir Eustace de Whitney, son of Sir Eustace , was knighted by Edward I in 1306, and was a member of parliament for Herefordshire in 1313 and 1352.
Sir Robert de Whitney, son of Sir Eustace , was one of two hundred gentlemen who went to Milan in the retinue of the Duke of Clarence on the occasion of the latter's marriage in 1368. He was member of parliament for Herefordshire in 1377, 1379 and 1380 and sheriff in 1377.
Sir Robert Whitney, son of Sir Robert , was sent abroad to negotiate treaty with the Count of Flanders in 1388; member of parliament for Herefordshire in 1391. He was sent to France to deliver the castle and town of Cherbourg to the King of Navarre in 1393 was knight marshal in the court of Richard II; sent on King's business to Ireland in 1394. He was killed, together with his brother and most of his relatives, at the battle of Pilleth, 1402.
Sir Robert Whitney, son of Sir Robert , was granted the castle of Clifford and lordships of Clifford and Glasbury by Henry IV in 1404, on account of the services of his father. He was sheriff of Herefordshire in 1413-28-33-37; member of parliament, 1416-22. He fought in the French war under Henry V, and was captain of the castle and town of Vire in 1420. He was named as one of the five knights in Herefordshire in 1433, and died March 12, 1441.
Sir Eustace de Whitney, son of Sir Robert , was born in 1411. He was head of a commission sent to Wales by Henry VI in 1455 and was member of parliament for Herefordshire in 1468. He married Jenett Russell; second, Jane Clifford.
Robert Whitney, son of Sir Eustace , was probably a knight and was an active participant in the War of the Roses, and was attainted as a Yorkist in 1459. He was probably at the battle of Mortimer's Cross in 1461. He was the subject of a poem of Lewis Glyn Cothi, on the occasion of his marriage to Alice, the great-granddaughter of Sir David Gam. He married first, Alice, daughter of Thomas Vaughan; second, Constance Touchett, who was the mother of his sons. She was descended from William the Conqueror, through the second wife of Edward I, King of England.
James Whitney, son of Robert , was appointed receiver of Newport, part of the estate of the Duke of Buckingham, confiscated by Henry VII in 1522. He married Blanche, daughter and an heir of Simon Milbourne.
Robert Whitney, son of James Whitney , was of Icomb, and in charge of other confiscated estates. He was sheriff of Gloucestershire, 1527-28-29-30. He was nominated Knight of the Bath by Henry VIII at the coronation of Anne Boleyn in 1531; was granted part of income of monastery of Brewern in 1535; furnished forty men to put down rebellion in 1536. He was named to attend upon the king's person. He died in 1541. and his will was proved June 11, 1541. He married Margaret Wye.
Sir Robert Whitney, son of Robert , was knighted the day after Queen Mary's
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coronation in October, 1553. He was summoned before the privy council in 1555 and 1559. He was member of parliament for Herefordshire in 1559, and died August 5, 1567. He married Sybil Baskerville, a descendant of William the Conqueror through the first wife of Edward I.
Robert Whitney, son of Sir Robert , was-mentioned in the will of his father, and also in an inquisition taken after the latter's death. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Morgan Guillims, or Duglim.
Thomas Whitney, son of Robert , .... etc.
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Robert GREVILLE
Born: BET 1537 / 1539, Thorpe Latimer, Lincolnshire, England
Died: 17 Mar 1612/13
Buried: Helpringham, Lincolnshire, England
Notes: Servant/Attendent to Queen Elizabeth I 16 Dec 1594. Devised the Land at Thorpe Latimer for life from father Fulke.
Father: Fulke GREVILLE of Beauchamp's Court
Mother: Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY
Married: Blanche WHITNEY ABT 1574, Thorpe Latimer, Lincolnshire, England
Children:
1. Fulke GREVILLE of Wadsworth
2. Anne GREVILLE
3. Blanche GREVILLE
4. Dorothy GREVILLE
From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/GREVILLE.htm#Robert GREVILLE1
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WHITNEY, Sir Robert , of Whitney, Herefs. and Iccombe, Glos.
b. c.1525, 1st s. of Robert Whitney by Margaret, da. of Robert Wye of Lypiatt Park, Stroud, Glos. m. Sybil, da. of Sir James Baskerville of Eardisley, Herefs. 3s.; Mary, 2da.; 1s. illegit. suc. fa. 1541 Kntd. Oct. 1553.1
Offices Held
Escheator, Herefs. Mar.-Dec. 1548, j.p. by 1555; sheriff, Rad. 1558-9; steward of Clifford, Herefs. and Glasbury, Rad., constable of Clifford castle 1561.2
The Christian name Robert was a favourite one in the Whitney family, and several namesakes were living in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire between 1540 and 1567. The pedigrees in the heralds’ visitations are confused and not to be relied upon, but it is reasonable to suppose that the 1559 MP was the Robert, ‘son and heir of Robert Whitney of Whitney’, whose wardship was granted in April 1542 to his uncle James Whitney, a gentleman usher of the chamber; livery of his lands was granted in July 1546. The extensive estates, in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, included the manor of Pencomb, which was held of the Crown by military service and entitled the holder to a pair of gilt spurs from the family of every manor of Hereford who died in office.3
The only reference found to Whitney in Parliament is the licence to return home, 13 Apr. 1559, ‘because his wife was lately departed’. There was evidently some trouble over his servants while he was at Westminster: on 21 Apr. the Privy Council wrote ordering him to send before ‘the lords at the court’ any of his attendants who had been in London during the previous month, or had left the city about his affairs or otherwise within the same period. He remained an active local official throughout the changes of the time, the bishops’ letters to the Privy Council in 1564 describing him as a justice ‘favourable’ to the Elizabethan church settlement, yet he was inexplicably omitted from commissions of the peace in 1561 and 1562. He died intestate at Whitney in August 1567; his widow and the heir, Whitney’s son James, were granted letters of administration six months later.4
From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/15...y-sir-robert-1525-67
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Sir Robert Whitney was dubbed a Knight Oct., 1553, the day after Queen Mary's coronation.

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Sir Robert Whitney Jr., so to say... as the father, being approx. 17years old... at the time of Thomas´ birth... and still well and alive, according to the Whitney Research Group ... It´s not a bad theory... although, they say he died, without issue.

This is about the Sr. Sir Robert http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney,_Robert__

This leads to the backround and discussion and references about Thomas Whitney´s Parentage. From the main page...

http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney,_Thomas__

one can also, access... a plethora on various Whitney lines and informations known to date by the Whitney Research Group

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