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Richard Whitley 1444–1482 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1444

Birth Location: Devon, England

Death Date: 1482

Death Location: Egg Buckland, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Father: Thomas Whitleigh

Mother: Lady Dronsfield

Spouse(s): Lady Trenouth

Children(s): Margaret Whitley, Amye Whitleigh, Joan Whitleigh, Sir Whiteley, Jacobus Whitleigh, Percival Whitleigh

Richard Whitley was born in 1444 in Devon, England, the child of Thomas Wheatley Whitleigh And Lady Isabel Countess De Dronsfield. Richard Whitley married Lady Margaret Trenouth, and had children including Amye Drake Whitleigh, Jacobus James Whitleigh, Joan Whitleigh, Margaret Whitley, Percival Whitleigh, Sir James Whiteley. Richard Whitley passed away in 1482 in Egg Buckland, Devon, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Richard Whitley was born in 1444 in Devon, England, the child of Thomas Wheatley Whitleigh And Lady Isabel Countess De Dronsfield.
  • Richard Whitley married Lady Margaret Trenouth, and had children including Amye Drake Whitleigh, Jacobus James Whitleigh, Joan Whitleigh, Margaret Whitley, Percival Whitleigh, Sir James Whiteley.
  • Richard Whitley passed away in 1482 in Egg Buckland, Devon, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Richard Whitley's Ancestors

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Richard Whitley
1444–1482
Birth Place: Devon, England
Parents
Thomas Wheatley Whitleigh
1425–1456
Woolley, Huntingdonshire, England
Lady (Isabel Countess de) Dronsfield
1427–1500
Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
John Wheatley
1400–1472
Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Jemina (de) Gould
1402–1462
Woolley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Sir (William de) DRONSFIELD
1399–1469
Halifax St James, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Anne Gascoigne
1390–1434
Harewood, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Wheatley
1375–1435
Allice Piper
1377–1435
William Dronsfield
1345–1403
William Gascoigne
1370–1422
Joan Wyman
1370–1432
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Wheatley
1350–1410
Mary Woodruff
1352–1410
William Gascoigne
1350–1419
Elizabeth Mowbray
1340–1391
Alice Barden
1346–1436
Henry Wyman
1344–1411

Richard Whitley's Descendants

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Richard Whitley (1444–1482) m. Lady (Margaret) Trenouth (1444–31 JUL 1520)
  1. 1. Margaret Whitley 1474–1513 m. Roger Grenville 1477–1524
    1. 1. Christiana Grenville 1505–1577 m. James Erisey 1503–1543
      1. 1. Honora Erisey 1529–1587 m. Wiliam Tucker 1520–1582
        1. 1. William (Thomas) Tucker 1558–1620 m. Ann Castle 1571–1613
        2. 2. John (Baptist) Tucker 1550–1632
        3. 3. Capt. (William) Tucker 1550–1642
        4. 4. Thomas Tucker 1550–
        5. 5. George Tucker 1551–
        6. 6. John (Baptist) Tucker 1554–1603
        7. 7. Florence Tucker 1556–1557
        8. 8. AGNES TUCKER 1556–1587
        9. 9. John Tucker 1558–1602
        10. 10. Dorothie Tucker 1562–
        11. 11. Robert Tucker 1564–1606
        12. 12. Robert Tucker 1567–1590
      2. 2. Margaret Erisey 1527–
      3. 3. Dorothy Eirsey 1533–
    2. 2. Richard Grenville 1495–1550
    3. 3. Diggory Grenvile 1496–1559
    4. 4. Maude GRENVILLE 1500–1591
    5. 5. Agnes Grenville 1502–1553
    6. 6. Philippa Grenville 1502–1571
    7. 7. Jane Grenville 1505–1577
    8. 8. Digory Granville 1506–1539
    9. 9. John Grenville 1506–1580
    10. 10. Mary Granville 1509–1581
    11. 11. Margaret Greenville 1509–1558
    12. 12. Maud Grenville 1510–1591
    13. 13. Anne Grenville 1513–1577
  2. 2. Amye (Drake) Whitleigh 1469–1513
  3. 3. Joan Whitleigh 1474–1514
  4. 4. Sir (James) Whiteley 1477–1539
  5. 5. Jacobus (James) Whitleigh 1478–1539
  6. 6. Percival Whitleigh 1486–1548

Richard Whitley's Timeline

3 Records

1444
1444
Birth of Richard Whitley in Devon, England
Devon, England
1482
1482
Age 38
Death of Richard Whitley in Egg Buckland, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Egg Buckland, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1482
1482
Age 38
Burial of Richard Whitley in Egg Buckland, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Egg Buckland, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1444
    Event Place: Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1482
    Event Place: Egg Buckland, Devon, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1482
    Event Place: Egg Buckland, Devon, England, United Kingdom

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