Family:Whitney, John (s1510?-1597)
John Whitney (Eustace, John, [possibly] Eustace, Robert, Robert, Robert, Eustace, Eustace, Robert, ...), son of Eustace and ----- (Vaughan) Whitney of Clifford, Herefordshire, England, was born say 1510?, and died 1597.
He was perhaps the "Mr. Whitney", one of the "Gentlemen mourners in gowns" who attended the funeral of Archbishop Parker, 6 Jun 1575.[1]
He was probably the John Whitney who was acknowledged a fine, according to covenant, by John and Joan Parker, 8 Feb 20 Elizabeth (1577/78).[2]
He was probably the John Whitney who, with John Parker, conveyed Bekesborn House to Alexander Hamon, by indenture, 7 May 1594.[3]
He made a claim on the estate of his niece Eleanor (Whitney) Bull (died Mar 1596), when he stated his residence was at Lambeth.
He died without issue, his will is dated 21 May 1597, and proved 25 May 1597. In it, he states that he was a servant of the Archbishop of Canterbury, mentioning his nephew Eustace Whitney of Clifford, and Eustace's son James, and Thomas Whitney of Clifford.
References
1. ^ John Strype, The Life and Acts of John Whitgift, D.D., the Third and Last Lord Archbishop of Canterbury in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth: The Whole Digested, Compiled, and Attested from Records, Registers, Original Letters and Other Authentic Mss. Taken from the Choicest Libraries and Collections of the Kingdom (Clarendon Press, 1821), p. 432.
2. ^ John Strype, The Life and Acts of John Whitgift, D.D., the Third and Last Lord Archbishop of Canterbury in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth: The Whole Digested, Compiled, and Attested from Records, Registers, Original Letters and Other Authentic Mss. Taken from the Choicest Libraries and Collections of the Kingdom (Clarendon Press, 1821), p. 468.
3. ^ John Strype, The Life and Acts of John Whitgift, D.D., the Third and Last Lord Archbishop of Canterbury in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth: The Whole Digested, Compiled, and Attested from Records, Registers, Original Letters and Other Authentic Mss. Taken from the Choicest Libraries and Collections of the Kingdom (Clarendon Press, 1821), p. 467.
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