 Abt 1318 - Abt 1380 (62 years)
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| Name |
WHITNEY Robert |
| Birth |
Abt 1318 |
Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Abt 1380 |
England |
| Notes |
- Nothing is known of his wife.
In 1353 Robert de Whytene presented Baldwyn de Whytene to the church of Pencomb. Robert Whitney was also sheriff of Herefordshire 1 Richard II [1377-1378].[4] While this Baldwin de Whitney, a priest, must have been a relative, it is not at all clear how. This is the only known reference to him. Perhaps he was a younger brother.[5]
Feb 1, 1356, "Licence, for 100s. to be paid to the king by John son of Edward de Penebrugge, for him to enfeoff Robert Whiteney and Thomas de Hampton of the manors of Bouthrede and Eton, co. Hereford, held of the king in chief, and for them to grant the same to him and Elizabeth, his wife, and his heirs."[6]
In 1358, Robert de Whitney purchased land in Boughrood & Eton.[7]
On 12 Feb 1368, Robert de Whiteneye named Baldwin de Whitneye, clerk and Richard de Hortesleye, clerk to look over his affairs as he attended the marriage of the Duke of Clarence in Milan. "A.D. 1368 - Robertus de Whiteneye, qui in Obsequium Regis, in Comitiva Leonelli Ducis Clarenciae, ad partes Melaniae prosecturus est, habet Literas Regis de Generali Attornatu, sub Nominibus Baldewini de Whiteneye Clerici & Ricardi de Hortesleye Clerici, sub alternatione, ad lucrandum &c. in quibuscumque Curiis Anglie, per unum Annum Duraturas. Praesentibus &c. Teste Rege apud Westmonasterium decimo die Februarii." - Foedera, conventiones, literae et cujuscunque generis acta publica inter. He was of Whitney, etc., Knight. One of 200 gentlemen who in 1368 went to Milan in the retinue of the Duke of Clarence on the occastion of the latter's marriage. Member of Parliament for Herefordshire in 1376, 1379, and 1380; Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1377.[8]
References:
4.^ Henry Austin Whitney, The First Known Use of Whitney as a Surname: Its Probable Signification, and Other Data (Boston, MA: Henry Austin Whitney, 1875), p. viii.
5.^ Supposition.
6.^ Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 10, p. 344.
7.^ Morgan George Watkins, Collections towards the history and antiquities of the county of Hereford. In continuation of Duncumb’s history. Hundred of Huntington ... (Hereford: 1898), pp. 77-95.
8.^ Melville, Henry, A.M., LL.B., The Ancestry of John Whitney: Who, with His Wife Elinor, and Sons John, Richard, Nathaniel, Thomas, and Jonathan, Emigrated from London, England, in the Year 1635, and Settled in Watertown, Massachusetts; the First of the Name in America, and the One from Whom a Great Majority of the Whitneys Now Living in the United States Are Descended (New York, NY: The De Vinne Press, 1896), p. 216.
Sources
http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney,_Robert_de_(1318-c1380)
15 July 2006 posting of Douglas Richardson on Gen-Medieval re: Early Frevilles - https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/gEGDKpwAF9I/m/D2CcOMvezOsJ
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| Person ID |
I60145 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Father |
WYTTENEYE Eustace, b. Abt 1287, Whitney, Herefordshire, England d. 1352, Whitney, Herefordshire, England (Age 65 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
FREVILLE Elizabeth, b. Abt 1298, Wellingham, Norfolk, England |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
05 Jun 1301 |
England |
| Family ID |
F26698 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
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| Children |
| | 1. WHITNEY Robert, b. Abt 1340, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England d. 22 Jun 1402, Battle of Pilleth, Radnor, Wales (Age 62 years) [Father: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F347621 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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