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