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John Whitney

Male Abt 1471 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Whitney was born about 1471 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England (son of Robert Whitney, Lord of Whitney and Alice Vaughan).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert Whitney, Lord of Whitney was born about 1436 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England (son of Sir Eustace Whitney and Jennet Russell); died about 1494 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.

    Robert married Alice Vaughan about 1465 in England. Alice (daughter of Thomas ap Roger Vaughan and Ellen Gethyn) was born in Hergest, England (not found). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Alice Vaughan was born in Hergest, England (not found) (daughter of Thomas ap Roger Vaughan and Ellen Gethyn).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    Birth:. I cannot find Hergest as a town, however, Hergest Ridge may well be the site. I have used its coordinates for the interim.

    History:
    In some manuscripts she is called Elizabeth.

    Children:
    1. James Whitney was born about 1466 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England; died on 31 Jul 1500.
    2. Ellen Whitney was born about 1468 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.
    3. Robert Whitney of Castleton was born about 1466 in Castleton, Herefordshire, England; died after 28 Sep 1512.
    4. 1. John Whitney was born about 1471 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.
    5. Eleanor Whitney was born about 1473 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.
    6. Sibyl Whitney was born about 1475 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.
    7. Elizabeth Whitney was born about 1477 in Hergest, England (not found).
    8. Hugh Whitney was born about 1479 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sir Eustace Whitney was born in 1410 in Clifford, Herefordshire, England (son of Sir Robert Whitney, Lord of Clifford and Glasbury and Wenllian Oldcastle); died about 1468 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: 1455; He headed a commission sent to Wales by King Henry VI.
    • Offices Held: 1468; 1468 - Member of Parlament from Herefordshire

    Eustace married Jennet Russell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Jennet Russell (daughter of Sir Thomas Russell and daughter Ludlow).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    History:
    Her name is also spelt Joan Trussell.

    Children:
    1. Sir Thomas Whitney
    2. 2. Robert Whitney, Lord of Whitney was born about 1436 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England; died about 1494 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.

  3. 6.  Thomas ap Roger Vaughan (son of Roger Vaughan and unknown wife).

    Thomas married Ellen Gethyn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Ellen Gethyn
    Children:
    1. 3. Alice Vaughan was born in Hergest, England (not found).


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Sir Robert Whitney, Lord of Clifford and Glasbury was born about 1379 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England (son of Sir Robert Whitney and Maud Cromwell); died on 12 Mar 1441 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Land/House: 1404; King Henry IV, granted him the Castle of Clifford and the lordships of Clifford and Glasbury for the services of his father.
    • Offices Held: 1413; 1413 - Sheriff of Herefordshire. Again in 1428, 1433, and 1437. 1416 - Member of Parliament. Again in 1422. 1420 - Captain of the Castle and Town of Vire
    • History: 1420; He fought under Henry V in France.

    Robert married Wenllian Oldcastle. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Wenllian Oldcastle (daughter of Sir Thomas Oldcastle and unknown wife).
    Children:
    1. 4. Sir Eustace Whitney was born in 1410 in Clifford, Herefordshire, England; died about 1468 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.
    2. Blanche Whitney
    3. Elizabeth Whitney was born about 1414 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.

  3. 10.  Sir Thomas Russell

    Thomas married daughter Ludlow. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  daughter Ludlow (daughter of Sir John Ludlow and unknown wife).
    Children:
    1. 5. Jennet Russell

  5. 12.  Roger Vaughan

    Roger married unknown wife. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  unknown wife
    Children:
    1. 6. Thomas ap Roger Vaughan


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