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Sir Robert de Whitney

Male 1318 - Abt 1380  (62 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sir Robert de Whitney was born in 1318 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England (son of Sir Eustace de Whitney and Elizabeth de Freville); died about 1380 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Moved To: 1368, Milan, Lombardy, Italy; He traveled to Milan with the Duke of Clarence
    • Offices Held: 1376; 1376 - Member of Parliament 1379-1380 - Member of Parliament 1377 - Sheriff of Herefordshire in the first year of King Richard I.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Sir Robert Whitney was born in 1348 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England; died on 22 Jun 1402 in Radnorshire, Wales.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sir Eustace de Whitney was born about 1287 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England (son of Sir Eustace de Whitney, Lord of Pencombe); died about 1352 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Legal: 1304; He and Alexander de Freville were listed as debtors to Walter de la Barre on 2 September 1304 for the sum of 26 markes, 11 shillings, and 6 pence.
    • Title(s): 1306; He was knighted by Edward I.
    • Offices Held: 1313; 1313 - Member of Parliament 1352 - Member of Parliament
    • Land/House: 1333; At the request of his peers, granted, for a sum of money, the right fort he commoners and landowners of Clifford to pasture their animals on land belonging to him.

    Eustace married Elizabeth de Freville on 5 Jun 1301 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth de Freville (daughter of Sir Alexander de Freville and Joan de Cromwell).
    Children:
    1. 1. Sir Robert de Whitney was born in 1318 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England; died about 1380 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.
    2. Maud de Whitney
    3. John de Whitney
    4. Thomas de Whitney


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sir Eustace de Whitney, Lord of PencombeSir Eustace de Whitney, Lord of Pencombe was born about 1256 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England (son of Sir Robert de Whitney).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Religion: 1277; He presented John de Chaundos to the church of Pencombe and had free warren granted him.
    • Deed: 1280; He gave deed to the monastery of St. Peter in Glucester, confirming the deed of his ancestors.
    • History: 1281; King Edward I granted him free warren.
    • Military: 1297; Sir Eustace was given summons to military service "beyond the seas". He was summonded again, this time to the Scotch War in 1301.

    Children:
    1. 2. Sir Eustace de Whitney was born about 1287 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England; died about 1352 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.

  2. 6.  Sir Alexander de Freville died in 1328 in Tarrington, Herefordshire, England.

    Alexander married Joan de Cromwell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 7.  Joan de Cromwell (daughter of Ralph de Cromwell and Mazera Marmion).
    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth de Freville


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Sir Robert de Whitney was born about 1225 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England (son of unknown de Whitney).
    Children:
    1. 4. Sir Eustace de Whitney, Lord of Pencombe was born about 1256 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.

  2. 14.  Ralph de Cromwell

    Ralph married Mazera Marmion. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 15.  Mazera Marmion
    Children:
    1. 7. Joan de Cromwell