Family:Whitney, Howell de (b1368-a1412)
From WRG
Howell de Whitney, parentage unknown, born sometime in or before 1368,[1] died sometime after 1412.[2]
He married, in or before 1389, Katherine Serle, daughter of Vivian Serle.[3]
On 13 Jan 1388/9, Nicholas de Audley was licensed by the King, to enfeoff Howell de Whitney/Whyteney, and Katherine, daughter of Vivian Serle, and their heirs, of 1 messuage, 60 acres of land, 4 acres of meadow, 20 acres of pasture, and 16 acres of land, 4 acres of meadow, 20 acres of pasture, and 16 acres of wood in Conele and Aston, near Bromhall, Chester.[4]
On 27 Dec 1397, Howell de Whitney/Whyteney was appointed by the King as one of the yeomen of the livery of the Crown, with 6d. a day for life. A note in the margin reads "sagittarius de corona" (archer of the crown = royal archer?)[5]
Howell de Whitney appears to have lived in Cheshire, perhaps at Coole Pilot.[6]
Apparently he was the founder of the Cheshire branch of the Whitney family.
Children of Howell and Katherine (Serle) de Whitney, if any, are unknown.
References
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4. ^ Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, p. 523.
5. ^ ibid.
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Copyright © 2008, Adrian Benjamin Burke, Esq., Tim Doyle and The Whitney Research Group
