Sir Robert Whitney, Kt.

See Peter Bartrum, https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000173426885976 (October 18, 2022; Anne Brannen, curator)

• Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ... By Douglas Richardson
• http://books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&printsec=frontcover&d...
• Pg. 190
• JAMES TUCHET, Knt., 5th Lord Audley, married ELEANOR HOLAND [see TUCHET 12].
• 13. CONSTANCE AUDLEY (or Tuchet), married as his 1st wife) ROBERT WHITNEY, Esq., of Whitney, Herefordshire, Sheriff of Herefordshire, 1474-5, son and heir of Eustace Whitney, Esq., of Whitney and Colepychard, Herefordshire by his 1st wife Joan, daughter of William Trussell, Knt. They has two daughters, Joan and Eleanor (wife of Thomas Vaughan of Bredwardine). He married (2nd ELIZABETH VAUGHAN, daughter of Thomas Vaughan, of Hergest, Herefordshire, by Ellen Gethn, daughter of Dafydd ap Cadwgan ap Phylip Dorddu. They had four sons, James, Esq., John, Hugh, and Robert, and three daughters, Ellen (wife of John Puleston) Sibyl (wife of Roger ap Richard Vaughan, of Hergest), and Elizabeth (wife of John Pye). ROBERT WHITNEY, Esq., died shortly before 6 Oct. 1494. His widow, Elizabeth, was living 4 May 1525. ....
• 14. JOAN WHITNEY, daughter by her father's 1st marriage. She married ROGER VAUGHAN, Knt., of Porthaml (in Talgarth), Breconshire, Wales, Steward and Receiver of the Lordship of Dinas, 1509, 2nd son of Roger Vaughan, Knt., of Tretower, Breconshire, by his 1st wife, Denise, daughter of Thomas ap Philip Vaughan of Tyle-Glas. They had four sons, Watkin, Esq., John, Harry, Esq., and Thomas, Esq., and four daughters, Elinor (wife of Thomas Gwyn, Hywel ap Gwilym, and William Dometh), Elizabeth, __ (wife of Jenkin ap Thomas), and Margaret (wife of John Parker). by a mistress or mistresses, he also had three illegitimate sons, Thomas, Roger, and Robert. SIR ROGER VAUGHAN died before 25 Sept. 1514. .... __________________________________
• Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ... By Douglas Richardson
• http://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&printsec=frontcover&d...
• Pg. 265
• 11. JOAN TRUSSELL, married (as his 1st wife) EUSTACE WHITNEY, esq., of Whitney and Colepychard, Herfordshire, Knight of the Shire for Herefordshire, 1468, son and heir of Robert Whitney, Knt., of Whitney, Herefordshire, Sheriff of Herefordshire, 1427-8, 1432-3, 1436-7, by Angharad, daughter of Madop ap Leuan Goch. He was born about 1411 (aged 30 in 1441) They had one son, Robert, Esq. He married (2nd) JANE CLIFFORD, daughter of Robert Clifford, Knt. They allegedly had one daughter, Penelope (wife of William Abrahal). In 1457 he was sued in a plea of debt by William Forster, Citizen and tailor of London. The same year he sued John Cheyne and his wife, Perin, in a plea of land. EUSTACE WHITNEY, Esq., died 1481/1. ....
• 12. ROBERT WHITNEY, Esq., of Whitney, Herefordshire, Sheriff of Herefordshire, 1474-5, son and heir. He married (1st) CONSTANCE AUDLEY (or TUCHET), daughter of James Tuchet (or Audley), Knt., 5th Lord Audley (descendant of King John), by his 2nd wife, Eleanor, illegitimate daughter of Edmund Holand, K.G., 4th Earl of Kent [see TUCHET 12 for her ancestry]. They had two daughters, Joan and Eleanor (wife of Thomas Vaughan, Knt., of Bredwardine). He married (2nd) ELIZABETH VAUGHAN, daughter of Thomas Vaughan, of Hergest, Herefordshire, by Ellen Gethin, daughter of Dafydd ap Cadwgan ap Phylip Dorddu. They had four sons, James, Esq., John, Hugh, and Robert, and three daughters, Eleanor (wife of John Puleston), Sibyl (wife of Roger ap Richard), and Elizabeth (wife of John Pye). He was attainted as a Yorkist by the Lancastrian Parliament in 1459. ROBERT WHITNEY, Esq., died shortly before 6 Oct. 1494. His widow Elizabeth, was living 4 May 1525. ....
• 13. JOAN WHITNEY, daughter by her father's 1st marriage. She married ROGER VAUGHAN, Knt., of Porthaml (in Talgarth), Breconshhire, Wales, Steward and Receiver of the Lordship of Dinas, 1509, 2nd son of Robert Vaughan, Knt., of Tretower, Breconshire, by his 1st wife Denise, daughter of Thomas ap Philip Vaughan of Tyle-Glas. They had four sons, Watkin, Esq., John, Harry, Esq., and Thomas, Esq., and four daughters, Elinor (wife of Thomas Gwyn, Hywel ap Gwilym, and William Dometh), Elizabeth, __ (wife of Jenkin ap Thomas), and Margaret (wife of John Parker). By a ....
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• (THERE ARE SOME ERRORS IN THIS LISTING AS IN THE BODY OF TEXT THE DAU.S JOANNE & ELEANOR ARE LISTED AS FROM THE 1ST WIFE CONSTANCE)
• Sir Robert Whitney, Sheriff of Herefordshire1,2,3,4
• M, b. circa 1418, d. circa 6 October 1494
• Father Eustace Whitney, Esq.2,3 d. 1481
• Mother Joan Trussell2,3
• Sir Robert Whitney, Sheriff of Herefordshire was born circa 1418 at of Whitney, Herefordshire, England. He married Constance Touchet, daughter of Sir James Touchet, 5th Lord Audley, Chief Justice & Chamberlain of South Wales and Eleanor Holand, circa 1449; They had 2 daughters (Joan (Jane), wife of Sir Roger Vaughan; & Eleanor, wife of Sir Thomas Vaughn.2,5,3,4 Sir Robert Whitney, Sheriff of Herefordshire married Elsbeth Vaughan, daughter of Thomas Vaughan and Ellen (Ellena) Gethin, circa 1451; They had 4 sons (James, Esq., John, Robert, & Hugh) and 3 daughters (Ellen, wife of John Puleston; Sibyl, wife of Roger ap Richard Vaughan; & Elizabeth, wife of John Pye).2,3 Sir Robert Whitney, Sheriff of Herefordshire died circa 6 October 1494.3
• Family 1 Constance Touchet b. c 1432, d. c 1451
• Child
  • Jane Whitney+6,3 b. c 1450
• Family 2 Elsbeth Vaughan b. c 1428, d. a 4 May 1525
• Children
  • Elizabeth Whitney+ b. c 1452, d. b 1495
  • Eleanor Whitney b. c 1454
  • Joanne Whitney b. c 1456
  • James Whitney+ b. c 1465, d. 1500
• Citations
• 1.[S9397] Unknown author, Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 145.
• 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 104.
• 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 190.
• 4.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 219.
• 5.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 722-723.
• 6.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 709.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1013.htm#... _____________
• Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, Volume 3 edited by William Richard Cutter
• http://books.google.com/books?id=qaK9Vz1UdDcC&pg=PA1398&lpg=PA1398&...
• https://archive.org/details/genealogicaland00cuttgoog
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00cuttgoog#page/n344/mode...
• Pg.1398
• (VIII) Sir Robert Whitney, son of Sir Robert (7), 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.
• (IX) Sir Eustace de Whitney, son of Sir Robert (8), 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.
• (X) Robert Whitney, son of Sir Eustace (9), 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.
• (XI) James Whitney, son of Robert (10), 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. _________________________
• Constance TOUCHET
• Born: 1443, Heleigh, Staffordshire
• Died: AFT 1467
• Father: James TOUCHET (2º B. Audley of Heleigh)
• Mother: Eleanor HOLLAND (B. Audley of Heleigh)
• Married: Robert WHITNEY of Whitney (son of Eustace Whitney and Jennet Russell) ABT 1464
• Children:
  • 1. James WHITNEY (Sir) (m. Blanche Milbourne)
  • 2. Joan WHITNEY (m. Roger Vaughan)
  • 3. Eleanor WHITNEY (m. John Pulleston)
  • 4. John WHITNEY
  • 5. Robert WHITNEY
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/TOUCHET.htm#Constance TOUCHET1 _________________
• James Whitney (Robert, Eustace, Robert, Robert, Robert, Eustace, Eustace, Robert, ...), son of Robert and Elizabeth/Alice (Vaughn) Whitney,[1] born say 1466, Whitney, Herefordshire;[2] died 31 July 1500,[3] probably Whitney, Herefordshire.
• He married, say 1490, Blanche Milbourne,[4] daughter and coheiress of Simon and Jane (Baskerville) Milbourne.[5] She was born say 1468, Tillington, Herefordshire,[6] and died after 24 March 1547/48.[7] She married secondly, as his second wife, Sir William Herbert,[8] of Troy, Monmouthshire, Wales, illegitimate son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1423-1469) (Eighth Creation) and mistress Frond verch Hoesgyn,[9] born about 1448-1452[10]; died 1524.[11] Lady Blanche Herbert of Troy was eulogized by the Welsh bard Lewys Morgannwg. Sir William Herbert had married firstly Jane Dunn.[12]
• For more information, see The Ancestry of James Whitney of Whitney.
• From: http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney,_James_(s1466-1500) ____________________________

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the following is taken from http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Alleged_Royal_Ancestry_of_...

"Line 1. 17. Henry I, King of England , by an unknown mistress 16. Robert de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester (2-17), m. Maud FitzHamon 15. Christian of Gloucester, m. William FitzAlan 14. Christian FitzAlan, m. Hugh Pantulf 13. Ivo Pantulf, m. ----- ----- 12. William Pantulf, m. Alice de Verdun 11. Rose Pantulf, m. Sir William Trussell 10. William Trussell, m. Maud Mainwaring (2-10) 9. Sir Warin Trussell, m. Maud de St. Philibert (3-9) 8. Lawrence Trussell, m. Maud Charnells 7. William Trussell, m. Margery Ludlow 6. Jennet Trussell, m. Sir Eustace de Whitney 5. Sir Robert Whitney, m. (2) Elizabeth Vaughn 4. Robert Whitney, m. ----- ----- 3. Robert Whitney, m. Elizabeth verch Morgan ap William Connection here is doubtful. 2. Thomas Whitney, m. Mary Bray 1. John1 Whitney, m.(1) Elinor -----

Line 2. 17. Robert de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1-16), m. Maud FitzHamon 16. Maud FitzRobert, m. Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester 15. Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, m. Bertrade de Montfort 14. Amicia de Meschin, m. Ralph de Mainwaring 13. Roger de Mainwaring, m. ----- ----- 12. Roger de Mainwaring, m. ----- ----- 11. Warin de Mainwaring , m. Agnes de Arderne 10. Maud Mainwaring, m. William Trussell (1-10)

Line 3. 15. Henry II, King of England, by mistress Ida de Toeni 14. William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, m. Ela FitzPatrick, Countess of Salisbury 13. Ida Longespee, m. Sir William de Beauchamp 12. Beatrice de Beauchamp, m. Sir Thomas FitzOtes 11. Maud FitzThomas, m. Sir John de Botetourte 10. Ada de Botetourte, m. John de St. Philibert 9. Maud de St. Philibert, m. Sir Warin Trussell (1-9)

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Sir Robert Whitney

1418–1479

Birth 1418 • Whitney, Herefordshire, England

Death 1479 • England

Birth

Sir Robert Whitney was born in 1418 in Whitney, Herefordshire, England, to Lady Wenllian Joan Oldcastle, age 35, and Sir Eustace Robert DeWhitney, age 37.

Whitney, Herefordshire, England

1418 • Whitney, Herefordshire, England

3 Dec

1441

Age 23

Death of Father

His father Sir Eustace Robert passed away on December 3, 1441, in Whitney, Herefordshire, England, at the age of 60.

Whitney, Herefordshire, England

Sir Eustace Robert DeWhitney

1381–1441

03/12/1441 • Whitney, Herefordshire, England

1447

Age 29

Birth of Daughter

His daughter Lady Elizabeth was born in 1447 in Kent, England.

Kent, England

Lady Elizabeth Whitney

1447–1495

1447 • Kent, England

1450

Age 32

Death of Mother

His mother Lady Wenllian Joan passed away in 1450 in Whitney, Herefordshire, England, at the age of 67.

Whitney, Herefordshire, England

Lady Wenllian Joan Oldcastle

1383–1450

1450 • Whitney, Herefordshire, England

1479

Age 61

Death

Sir Robert Whitney died in 1479 in England when he was 61 years old.

England

1479 • England