Family:Whitney, William (s1602-a1654)
William Whitney, Fishmonger & Citizen of London, son of William Whitney of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, yeoman; was born about 1600 and died after 1654.
Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section holds records of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers. An index to apprentice records, 1614-1800 has been published by Cliff Webb, London Livery Company Apprenticeship Registers, vol.44.
The only entry for William Whitney or Whitmey is:
Whitmey, William s[on of] William, Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, yeoman [deceased], [apprenticed] to John Whitmey, 12 Jun 1615.
According to an index to freemen and liverymen of the Company (Guildhall Library Ms 5587/1):
William Whitney (sic) became free of the Company on 8 July 1621, and he became a member of the livery on 19 November 1638.
From the original register of freedom admissions and apprentice bindings (Ms 5576/1). The entries for William Whitmey/Whitney read as follows:
[12 June 1615] "W[illia]m Whitmey sonne of W[illia]m Whitmey late of Stoke Bruerne in the countie of Northampton yeoman deceased putt app[rentice] to John Whitmey for vii yeares from midsomer 1615".
[8 July 1621] "W[illia]m Whitmey [sic] late app[rentice] to John Whitmey claymyng his freedom by s[er]vice admitted & sworne".
He was perhaps the William Whitmey / Whitney involved in a lawsuit in 1645. Archive:E 125/31
In the 1650s William Whitney, Fishmonger & Citizen of London was involved in a lawsuit with Richard Hayward over financial issues.
References
1.^ TNA, C 6/44/120
2.^ Aged based on his apprenticeship date of 1615.
3.^ He died after the lawsuit against Richard Hayward in 1654.
4.^ No information has been found about William's marital status.
Copyright © 2008, Adrian Benjamin Burke, Esq. and the Whitney Research Group
