Whitney Households in 1550

According to our population estimates, there should have been approximately 27 Whitney head of households / families in 1550 (in England, Wales not included, so the total estimate would have been slightly higher). This list is an attempt to determine how many of them we have identified thus far.

1. Sir Robert Whitney (s1517-1567), Knight, of Whitney, Herefordshire
2. James Whitney (s1520?-1564), Esq., of Clifford, Herefordshire
3. Henry Whitney (s1540-1591), Esq., of Mitcham, Surrey
4. Thomas Whitney (?-1589), Gent./Esq., of Boughrood, Radnorshire
5. Robert Whitney (c1498-1555), Gent., of Castleton, Herefordshire
6. William Whitney (s1529-a1590), Gent., of Icomb, Gloucestershire
7. Richard Whitney, Gent., of Yartley (Martley?), Worcestershire, will dated 1563
8. Lewis Whitney, Gent., perhaps of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, involved in a lawsuit in 1548
9. Thomas Whitney (fl. 1552), Gent., of Clyro, Radnorshire
10. Geoffrey Whitney (s1520-?), of Coole Pilate, Cheshire
11. John Whitney (?-1566), of Kinnersley, Herefordshire
12. Nicholas Whitney (s1505-b1590), of Brooke Walden, Essex
13. Richard Whitney (s1525-1583), of Clifford, Herefordshire & Hardwicke, Herefordshire
14. Roger Whitney (?-1560), of Kinnersley, Herefordshire
15. Thomas Whitney (?-1558), of Cusop, Herefordshire
16. Thomas Whitney (s1500-1558), of Leek, Staffordshire (Abbot of Dieulacres)
17. William Whitney (?-1563), of Clifford, Herefordshire and Abergeoir, Breconshire
18. John Whitney (s1490-1550), of Stoke-Goldington, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire
19. William Whitney, son of John Whitney (s1490-1550), of Oxfordshire
20. Thomas Whitney, son of John Whitney (s1490-1550), of Oxfordshire
21. John Whitney (s1520-1576), of Chinnor, Oxfordshire
22. Whitney, Fulk (fl. 1548), of St. Paul's Cathedral, London
23. James Whitney, of Acton Beauchamp, Worcestershire, will dated 1559
24. (probably) ----- Whitney (?-b1575), of Herefordshire, perhaps Eardisland
25. (probably) Eustace Whitney (?-?), of Cliro
26. (probably) George Whitney (s1526-a1587), of Icomb, Gloucestershire
27. (perhaps) William Whitney, son of Robert Whitney (s1510-1541), of St. Oswald, Clifford, Herefordshire
28. (perhaps) Widow and children of Thomas Whitney (s1505-1545), of Hay, Breconshire
29. (perhaps) Watkin Whitney (s1495-?), of Whitney, Herefordshire or Clyro, Radnorshire, though he may have been deceased.
30. Unknown Whitney, father of Edward Whitney (s1540-a1571), of St. Mary Colechurch, London
31. Unknown Whitney, father of Robert Whitney (s1550-1615), of Coole, Cheshire
32. Unknown Whitney, father of Walter Whitney (s1540-?), of Kings Pyon, Herefordshire
33. Unknown Whitney, father of William Whitney (1550?-1591), of Isleworth
34. Unknown Whitney, father of Whitney, Francis (s1560-a1589), of Bedfordshire