Family:Whitney, George (s1526-a1587)
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George Whitney, Gent. (Robert, James, Robert, Eustace, Robert, Robert, Robert, Eustace, Eustace, Robert, ...), son of Robert and Margaret (Wye) Whitney,[1] was born say 1526, Icomb, Gloucestershire,[2] and died after 1587[3] and before 1595 [C 33/90 p. 374v].
He married Julian -----,[4] parentage and birth unknown. She died after 1587.[5]
In his father's will, dated 1541, George Whitney was devised the following:
- "I bequethe to my sonne George when he comythe to the age of XXIIII yeres my lease and ferme of Malgasbury [i.e. Maugersbury] and three hundred shepe or the Valure thereof as they shalbe praised in the Inventarye and my wyffe to take the proffittes of the same ferme in the meane tyme tyll the saide George come to the saide age of XXIIII yeres."[6]
In 1555, George Whitney was summoned by the Privy Council to Court:
- "In the records of the Privy Council, of a date two years later, can be found this minute: ACTS OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL, At Grenewiche the XIth of Marche, 1555. A Lettre to Sir ROBERT WHITNAYE of the countye of Hereford, Knight, to give ordre fourthwith upon receipte hereof that George Whitnaye his brother maye make his undelayed repayre hither to the Courte."[7]
About 1567, George Whitney was involved with his brother William in a Star Chamber suit.[8]
- Richard Lylley of Stow, Gloucester claimed that William Whitney, Gent., of Icomb along with his brother George Whitney, Gent. and many others (about 80 in total) had on 15 July 1567 assembled at the Upper Swell Manor's mansion house with various weapons to try to gain entry. Richard Lylley, William and Johan Foxe, along with their children, servants, and friends were trapped inside. He claimed that the rioters had used mining instruments to try to undermine part of the house and had threatened to burn it down. The 'rioters' stayed for about three weeks, not letting anyone in or out, and Lylley suggested they were trying to starve them out. The group was forced to drink rain water and to eat verinyse (vermin?). The group in the house finally relented and left, leaving all of their possessions.
- Richard Lylley complained to the Justices of Assize who then issued a warrant for the arrest of George Whitney, William Whitney, and Richard George. A bailiff attempted to arrest George Whitney and then Richard George, both of whom managed to slip away. Finally, he was able to arrest George Whitney, who grabbed the bailiff and beat him, then was able to escape.
- Because of the social status of the individuals involved, Richard Lylley requested the Court of Star Chamber to subpoena the Whitneys. Because the Bill of Complaint is the only document in the suit which has been found, the results of the complaint are not known.
In his will dated 20 May 1587, Sir James Whitney of Whitney devised the following:
- "My will is that my uncle George Whitney, Julyan his wyfe and theire sonne George shall quietly and peaceably haue holde occupye enjoye and possesse the Lordshipp of Icombe aforesaid for and During theire naturall lives and the longer liuer of them anything aboue expressed to the contrary notwithstanding, yielding and paying there-fore yearly threescore and six pounds thireene shillings and foure pence of good and Lawfull money of England to my foresaid brother Eustauce Whitney and the heires above mencioned and expressed."[9]
Children of George and Julian (-----) Whitney:
i. Mary Whitney,[10] m. Thomas Mills "of the Star Chamber". ii. George Whitney,[11] of Icomb, Gloucestershire, m. ----- Savage of Worcestershire.[12]
References
1. ^ Henry Melville, The Ancestry of John Whitney: Who, with His Wife Elinor, and Sons John, Richard, Nathaniel, Thomas, and Jonathan, Emigrated from London, England, in the Year 1635, and Settled in Watertown, Massachusetts; the First of the Name in America, and the One from Whom a Great Majority of the Whitneys Now Living in the United States Are Descended (New York, NY: The De Vinne Press, 1896), pp. 265, 269, 271, 275.
2. ^ Supposition.
3. ^ He was listed as living in the will of his nephew James Whitney, Esq., of Whitney, given in full in Melville, op. cit., pp. 169-177.
4. ^ Will of James Whitney, Esq., of Whitney, given in full in Melville, op. cit., pp. 169-177.
5. ^ She was listed as living in the will of her husband's nephew James Whitney, Esq., of Whitney, given in full in Melville, op. cit., pp. 169-177.
6. ^ Melville, op. cit., pp. 137.
7. ^ Melville, op. cit., pp. 145.
8. ^ STAC 5/L29/37
9. ^ Will of James Whitney, Esq., of Whitney, given in full in Melville, op. cit., pp. 169-177.
10. ^ Harleian Manuscript 1442, fo. 68.
11. ^ Harleian Manuscript 1442, fo. 68.
12. ^ Melville, op. cit., pp. 265, 269, 271, 275.
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