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Sir Robert Whitney 1491 – 1541 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1491

Birth Location: Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England

Death Date: 11 June 1541

Death Location: Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England

Father: Sir. Whitney

Mother: Blanche Milbourne

Spouse(s): Margaret Wye

Children(s): Sir Whitney

The story of Sir Robert Whitney I began in 1491 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England. Sir Robert Whitney I married Margaret Wye, and had children including Sir Robert Whitney. Sir Robert Whitney I passed away in 1541 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Robert Whitney I began in 1491 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England.
  • Sir Robert Whitney I married Margaret Wye, and had children including Sir Robert Whitney.
  • Sir Robert Whitney I passed away in 1541 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir. Whitney
1465 – 1500
Birth Location: Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
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Blanche Milbourne
1470 –
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Wye
1495 –
Birth Location: Icomb, Gloucestershire
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Children(s)

Sir Whitney
1517 – 1567
Birth Location: Icomb Manor, Icombe, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
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Sir Whitney's Ancestors

Self
Sir Whitney
1491 – 1541
Birth Place: Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
Parents
Sir. James Whitney
1465 – 1500
Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
Blanche Milbourne
1470 –
Grandparents
Robert Whitney
1430 –
Whitney, Herefordshire, England
Constance Touchet
Simon Milbourne
Jane Baskerville
Great-Grandparents
Eustache Whitney
1410 – 1468
Jane Russell
1410 – 1441
John Touchett
1398 – 1459
Eleanor Holland
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Whitney
1370 – 1441
Wenllian Oldcastle
1383 –
William Trussel
James Touchett
Thomas Holland
Constance Longley

Sir Whitney's Descendants

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Sir (Robert) Whitney (1491 – 11 June 1541) m. Margaret Wye (1495 – )
  1. 1. Sir (Robert) Whitney (10 May 1517 – 5 August 1567) m. Sybil Baskerville (1522 – 13 November 1546)
    1. 1. Sir (Robert) Whitney (1543 – 19 December 1612) m. Elizabeth (Cromwell Wiliams) Whitney (1530 – 22 November 1568)
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Whitney (1559 – 12 January 1604)
      2. 2. James Whitney (1561 – 1564)
      3. 3. William Whitney (1561 – 1588)
      4. 4. James Lord (1562 – )
      5. 5. Anne Whitney (1562 – 1563)
      6. 6. Margaret Whitney (1562 – 1563)
      7. 7. Thomas Whitney (1563 – 14 April 1637) m. Mary Bray (22 May 1563 – 25 September 1629)
        1. 1. Francis Whitney (1580 – )
        2. 2. Margaret Whitney (18 October 1584 – 12 January 1604)
        3. 3. Thomas Whitney (25 July 1587 – 19 August 1587)
        4. 4. John Whitney (1588 – 1 June 1673) m. Eleanor Arnold (1599 – 11 May 1659)
        5. 5. Henry Whitney (11 November 1588 – 4 January 1589)
        6. 6. Arnwave Whitney (2 February 1590 – 11 August 1591)
        7. 7. Nowell Whitney (30 October 1594 – 28 February 1597)
        8. 8. Francis Whitney (27 January 1598 – August 1643)
        9. 9. Mary Whitney (2 August 1600 – 8 August 1600)
        10. 10. Thomas Whitney (10 November 1604 – )
        11. 11. Robert Whitney (10 November 1605 – 1662)
      8. 8. Jonathan Whitney (1563 – 15 April 1637)
      9. 9. Nicholas Whitney (1565 – 1566)
      10. 10. Lady (Margaret) Whitney (18 October 1565 – 12 January 1628)
      11. 11. Richard Whitney (1568 – 1588)
      12. 12. Margaret Powell (1570 – 1628)
      13. 13. Margaret Whitney (1570 – 12 January 1604)
      14. 14. Anne (Whitney) Robredge (1571 – 1670)
      15. 15. Anne Whitney (1571 – 1670)
      16. 16. Thomas Whitney (1579 – 1637)
      17. 17. Sir (Nicholas) Whitney (1586 – 1660)
      18. 18. Richard Whitney (1590 – )
      19. 19. Lady (Margaret) Whitney (1592 – 12 January 1628)
      20. 20. Eleanor Whitney
    2. 2. Thomas Whitney

Sir Whitney's Timeline

2 Records

1491
1491
Birth of Sir Robert Whitney I in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
1541
11 June 1541
Age 50
Death of Sir Robert Whitney I in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1491
    Event Place: Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Icombe, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 June 1541
    Event Place: Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [3] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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