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:In the reign of Henry III. Pencombe was stated to consist of fifteen hides of land, one moiety of which was held by [[Family:Whitney, John de (fl. c1250)|John de Whytene]], of Robert Tregoz, and the other moiety by Thomas de Hemeganes, of Robert de Whytene, by military service, and both of the honour of Ewias: --
 
:In the reign of Henry III. Pencombe was stated to consist of fifteen hides of land, one moiety of which was held by [[Family:Whitney, John de (fl. c1250)|John de Whytene]], of Robert Tregoz, and the other moiety by Thomas de Hemeganes, of Robert de Whytene, by military service, and both of the honour of Ewias: --
  
:"In Pencombe continentur 15 hideae, und [[Family:Whitney, John de (fl. c1250)|Johannes de Whytene]], tenet medietatem de Roberto Tregoz, de honore de Ewias, de veteri feoffamento, per serv. militare, et Thomas de Hemegane alteram medietatem, de Roberto de Whytene, et idem Robertus de eodem, &c., ut supra."
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:"In Pencombe continentur 15 hideae, und [[Family:Whitney, John de (fl. c1250)|Johannes de Whytene]], tenet medietatem de Roberto Tregoz, de honore de Ewias, de veteri feoffamento, per serv. militare, et Thomas de Hemegane alteram medietatem, de Roberto de Whytene, et idem Robertus de eodem, &c., ut supra."{{ref|6}}
 
 
:Afterwards [i.e., after 1282] Robert de Whytene presented ''Baldwyn de Whytene'' to the church of Pencomb.{{ref|6}}
 
 
 
While this Baldwin de Whitney, a priest, must have been a relative, it is not at all clear how.  This is the only known reference to him.  Perhaps he was a younger son.
 
  
 
Children of Robert and ----- (-----) de Whitney:
 
Children of Robert and ----- (-----) de Whitney:

Revision as of 15:27, 22 September 2006

Robert de Whitney, parentage unknown, was born say 1225, Whitney, Herefordshire,[1] and died unknown.[2] He was probably a 4th or 5th generation descendant of Eustace,[3]

Nothing is known of his wife.[4]

He was of Whitney, etc., Knight. Living in 1242. Mentioned in the "Testa de Nevill."[5]

In the reign of Henry III. Pencombe was stated to consist of fifteen hides of land, one moiety of which was held by John de Whytene, of Robert Tregoz, and the other moiety by Thomas de Hemeganes, of Robert de Whytene, by military service, and both of the honour of Ewias: --
"In Pencombe continentur 15 hideae, und Johannes de Whytene, tenet medietatem de Roberto Tregoz, de honore de Ewias, de veteri feoffamento, per serv. militare, et Thomas de Hemegane alteram medietatem, de Roberto de Whytene, et idem Robertus de eodem, &c., ut supra."[6]

Children of Robert and ----- (-----) de Whitney:

i. Eustace de Whitney, b. say 1256;[7] m. ----- -----.

References

1.^  Source_of_parentage.

2.^  Source_of_birth.

3.^  Source_of_death.

4.^  Source_of_marriage.

5.^  Melville, Henry, A.M., LL.B., 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), p. 216.

6.^  Henry Austin Whitney, The First Known Use of Whitney as a Surname: Its Probable Signification, and Other Data (Boston, MA: Henry Austin Whitney, 1875), p. viii.

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