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. Geoffrey Whitney (s1520-?), of Coole Pilate, Cheshire
9. John Whitney (?-1566), of Kinnersley, Herefordshire
10. Nicholas Whitney (s1505-b1590), of Brooke Walden, Essex
11. Richard Whitney (s1525-1583), of Clifford, Herefordshire & Hardwicke, Herefordshire
12. Roger Whitney (?-1560), of Kinnersley, Herefordshire
13. Thomas Whitney (?-1558), of Cusop, Herefordshire
14. Thomas Whitney (s1500-1558), of Leek, Staffordshire (Abbot of Dieulacres)
15. William Whitney (?-1563), of Clifford, Herefordshire and Abergeoir, Breconshire
16. John Whitney (s1490-1550), of Stoke-Goldington, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire
17. William Whitney, son of John Whitney (s1490-1550), of Oxfordshire
18. Thomas Whitney, son of John Whitney (s1490-1550), of Oxfordshire
19. John Whitney (s1520-1576), of Chinnor, Oxfordshire
20. Whitney, Fulk (fl. 1548), of St. Paul's Cathedral, London
21. James Whitney, of Acton Beauchamp, Worcestershire, will dated 1559
22. (probably) ----- Whitney (?-b1575), of Herefordshire, perhaps Eardisland
23. (probably) Eustace Whitney (?-?), of Cliro
24. (probably) George Whitney (s1526-a1587), of Icomb, Gloucestershire
25. (perhaps) William Whitney, son of Robert Whitney (s1510-1541), of St. Oswald, Clifford, Herefordshire
26. (perhaps) Widow and children of Thomas Whitney (s1505-1545), of Hay, Breconshire
27. (perhaps) Watkin Whitney (s1495-?), of Whitney, Herefordshire or Clyro, Radnorshire, though he may have been deceased.
28. Unknown Whitney, father of Edward Whitney (s1540-a1571), of St. Mary Colechurch, London
29. Unknown Whitney, father of Robert Whitney (s1550-1615), of Coole, Cheshire
30. Unknown Whitney, father of Walter Whitney (s1540-?), of Kings Pyon, Herefordshire
31. Unknown Whitney, father of William Whitney (1550?-1591), of Isleworth
32. Unknown Whitney, father of Whitney, Francis (s1560-a1589), of Bedfordshire