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[[Family:Whitney, James (c1544-1587)|Sir James Whitney of Whitney]] specified in his 1587 will that all his lands were to go the following, or their male line heirs, in this order:

:'''*.''' Himself
:'''1.''' brother Eustace Whitney
:'''2.''' uncle George Whitney
:'''3.''' uncle William Whitney
:'''4.''' Thomas Whitney of Clyro
:'''5.''' Thomas Whitney of Castleton
:'''6.''' Richard Whitney, brother of the last
:'''7.''' James Whitney of Clifford
:'''8.''' Francis Whitney of London
:'''9.''' Eustace Whitney of Clifford
:'''10.''' Queen Elizabeth 


The following is a proposed identification of these individuals:


[[Family:Whitney, Robert (c1436-1494)|Robert Whitney]], d. a1473
:[[Family:Whitney, James (s1466-1500)|James Whitney]], d. 1500
::[[Family:Whitney, Robert (s1491-1541)|Robert Whitney]], d. 1541
:::[[Family:Whitney, Robert (s1525-1567)|Sir Robert Whitney]], d. 1567
::::[[Family:Whitney, James (c1544-1587)|Sir James Whitney]] '''*.'''
::::[[Family:Whitney, Eustace (s1545-1608)|Eustace Whitney]] '''1.'''
:::[[Family:Whitney, George (s1526-a1587)|George Whitney]] '''2.'''
:::William Whitney '''3.'''
::[[Family:Whitney, Watkin (s1495-?)|Watkin Whitney]] of Clyro
:::Thomas Whitney of Clyro '''4.''' possibly fits here
::[[Family:Whitney, Robert (c1498-1555)|Robert Whitney]] of Castleton, d. 1555
:::[[Family:Whitney, Nicholas (s1524-1587)|Nicholas Whitney]], d. 1587 - why not in the entail?
:::William Whitney. If the same as [[Family:Whitney, William (1550?-1591)|William]] of Isleworth, didn't die till 1591, why not in the entail?
:::[[Family:Whitney, Thomas (s1550-1637)|Thomas Whitney]] of Castleton '''5.'''
:::Richard Whitney '''6.'''
:[[Family:Whitney, John (b1450-?)|John Whitney]] of Gorsington
::[[Family:Whitney, Eustace (s1475-1525)|Eustace Whitney]] of Gorsington
:::[[Family:Whitney, James (s1500-1564)|James Whitney]], d. 1564
::::James Whitney of Clifford '''7.''' 
::::(possibly) Francis Whitney of London '''8.''' Possibly the "Fran." Whitney who was buried 1590 Martin Fields
::::Eustace Whitney of Clifford '''9.'''

Note that this will suggests that James Whitney of Clifford '''7.''' was older than his brother Eustace Whitney of Clifford '''9.''' who inherited the Clifford Estate, and that because of this, he probably d.s.p.