Family:Whitney, Henry (s1535-1591)

Henry Whitney (Henry), son of Henry and Anne (-----) Whitney, b. ca. 1538 (aged 53 in 1591).^[1]

He married Anne Wilford, daughter of Robert and Joan (-----) Wilford.^[2]

He lived in Carshalton and Mitcham, Surrey.^[3]

"At the Dissolution Biggin is set out as yielding £11 1s. 7d. in rent, the perquisites of court in Mitcham being worth 7s. to the priory. Henry VIII in 1544 granted it under the name of the manors of Biggin and Tamworth to Robert Wilford, together with land called Mareslonde in Mitcham. (fn. 29) Wilford's widow Joan married Lord Mordaunt, (fn. 30) who held his court as life-tenant in his wife's interest in 1567. Wilford left two daughters—Anne the wife of Henry Whitney, and Joan, who married Robert Apreece. In 1564 (fn. 31) Henry Whitney and Anne conveyed their moiety to John Reynolds on trust and in 1595 (fn. 32) gave one George Smythe a right of free fishery. In 1583 Robert Apreece, his wife and son sold their moiety to Henry Whitney, probably son of Henry Whitney and Anne Wilford (described as a servant to Sir Thomas Bromley, the chancellor). (fn. 33) In 1603 (fn. 34) Henry and Ann Whitney, Ann Whitney, widow, and John and Thomas Whitney sold the manor to Sir John Carryll. The manor extended into Tooting Graveney and Streatham and comprised 640 acres, including 200 of wood.

29 Pat. 36 Hen. VIII, pt. xxvii.

30 His name is mentioned in Star Chamb. Proc. Hen. VIII, bdle. 17, no. 169.

31 Feet of F. Surr. Mich. 6 & 7 Eliz.

32 Ibid. East. 37 Eliz.

33 Manning and Bray, Hist. of Surr. ii, 498.

34 Feet of F. Surr. Trin. 1 Jas. I."^[4]

"The manor of Bigging and Tamworth belonged to Merton Abbey, and was granted by Henry VIII. after the suppression of that monastery to Robert Wilford, merchant taylor, for the sum of 4861. 14s. (fn. 20) In 1569 it appears to have been the property of John Lord Mordaunt, in right of his wife (fn. 21). In 1582 Henry Whitney, Esq. held a court as lord of this manor, though it appears that he purchased a moiety thereof the ensuing year of Robert Aprece, Esq. The Whitneys alienated the manor in 1603 to Sir John Carrill.

20 Pat. 36 Hen. VIII. pt. 27. May 19.

21 Extracts from the Court Rolls of the Manor, communicated by Mr. R. Barnes, the steward. The whole of the following account is derived from the same source."^[5]

1584, March 2. -- Henry Whitney was licensed to convey to Richard Martin land in Clopham, in Surrey.

1590, May 2. -- Henry Whitney was licensed to convey the manor of Biggin, in Surrey, to Sir Francis Carew.

1593. -- Inquisitio post mortem. Henry Whitney, sen., Esq., died Nov. 11, 1591, leaving a widow, Anne, and son and heir, Henry Whitney, aged fifty-three years. His manors of Biggin and Tamworth are mentioned.

1594, March 2. -- Henry Whitney was licensed to convey a messuage in Mitcham and Carshalton, in Surrey, to William Travis.

1596, March 1. -- Henry Whitney was licensed to convey lands, in Mitcham and Carshalton, to George Smith.^[6]

Children of Henry and Anne (-----) Whitney:^[7]

i.

Henry Whitney, bapt. 12 Oct 1566, St. Bartholomew, London; m. Anne Saunders.

ii.

Robert Whitney, bapt. -- --- 1567, St. Bartholomew, London.

iii.

Thomas Whitney. July, 1592, Thomas Whitney, son of Henry Whitney of Minehall, in the county of Surrey, gentleman, apprenticed to William Persie of Watling Street. April 14, 1600, Thomas Whitney made free by Henry Pratt, his assigned master, from Mr. Rowe, who was his assigned master from William Persie, his first master. The report of Mr. Rowe for two years and by Mr. Persie for two years and three months, certified by their letters to Henry Pratt for the residue.^[8]

iv.

Joan Whitney, m. Richard Lane of Bridgtowne, Warwickshire.^[9]

1.	Edward Lane, b. ca. 1580, aged 39 in 1619; m. Maria Combes, daughter of Thomas Combes, of Old Stratford, Warwickshire.
2.	Maria Lane; m. Richard Bishop, of Cholsey, Berkshire.