WHITNEY, Sir Robert (d.1443), of Whitney-on-Wye and Pencombe, Herefs.

Family and Education

s. and h. of Sir Robert Whitney† (d.1402) of Whitney-on-Wye and Pencombe. m. aft. 1404, Wintelan (b.1392), da. of Thomas Oldcastle† of Eyton, Herefs. and sis. and coh. of Richard Oldcastle (d.1421), 1s. Eustace†, ?1da. Kntd. bef. 1413.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Herefs. 1419, 1421 (May), 1425, 1426, 1427, 1431, 1442.

Commr. Herefs., Coity castle Jan. 1412 – Apr. 1431.

Sheriff, Herefs. 6 Nov. 1413 – 10 Nov. 1414, 7 Nov. 1427 – 4 Nov. 1428, 5 Nov. 1432–3, 8 Nov. 1436 – 7 Nov. 1437.

Capt. of Vire 6 Dec. 1420–16 Jan. 1421. A.E. Curry, ‘Military Organization in Lancastrian Normandy’ (Council for National Academic Awards Ph.D. thesis, 1985), ii. p. cxlix.

J.p. Herefs. 7 July 1423 – Oct. 1432.

Escheator, Herefs. and adjacent march 5 Nov. 1430 – 26 Nov. 1431.

Parlimentarian

WHITNEY, Sir Robert (d.1443), of Whitney-on-Wye and Pencombe, Herefs.

Main residences: Whitney-on-Wye; Pencombe, Herefs.

Author

S.J.P.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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