WHITNEY Robert

Abt 1340 - 1402  (62 years)

• Name	WHITNEY Robert
  Birth	Abt 1340	Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Jun 1402	Battle of Pilleth, Radnor, Wales
  Notes	Father: Robert Whitney (1318-1380)[1] (Mother unknown) born: 1348[2] Married (at least twice): Janet/Joan Trussell[2] Mary/Maud Cromwell[2] Children: Perryne Clanvowe[3] Joan Whitney (daughter by Janet Trussel), m (1) William Walwyn, (2) William Weldon[2] Thomas Whitney, fought at Agincourt in 1415[4] Robert Whitney (son by Maud Cromwell), m Wenllian Oldcastle[2] Died: battle of Pillith, 1402 Sir Robert came of an old-established Herefordshire family, whose chief manor (held of the de Bohuns) was Whitney-on-Wye near the county boundary with Breconshire. He had presumably inherited the family estates by February 1361 (the date of his first mention) when he presented to the living at Pencombe near Bromyard. [previous paragraph may be for one Robert and following another. Missing from this writeup is that Sir Robert who was a member of Parliament 1377, 79, 80, was sent on to Milan in 1368 & his son (MP in 1391) was sent abroad in 1388.[5] He was sent abroad to negotiate treaty with Count of Flanders in 1388. Member of Parliament for Herefordshire in 1391. Sent to France to deliver Castle and Town of Cherbourg to King of Navarre in 1393. Knight Marshal at the Court of Richard II. Sent on the King's business to Ireland in 1394. He fought against Owen Glendower at the battle of Pilleth on 22 June 1402, where he (together with his brother and other kinsmen) was slain. (Ref: CPR, 1399-1401, p. 54; 1401-5, p. 354; J.E. Lloyd, Owen Glendower, 151.) Research Notes removed Juliane de Whitney (Trussell-59) as his wife; she is attached as wife of Eustace, who married Joan Russell Sources ↑ WRG: Robert de Whitney (1318-c1380) ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 WRG: Robert Whitney (1348-1402) ↑ Thomas Clanvowe (d1410), History of Parliament Online ↑ Whitney 1 (Bartrum chart does not show a Robert d 1402 & has Eustace who d 1402 as father of this Thomas, Robert m Gwenllian, and Elen m Scudmore) ↑ see for example the lineage given here (page 57) WRG shows two Roberts, the one who went to Milan in 1368 (Robert (1318-c1380)) and his son, who went abroad in 1388 and was MP in 1391 (Robert (1348-1402)) History of Parliament Online shows them as the same Robert, serving as MP in 1377, 79, 80, & 91, and serving on both delegations (1368 & 1388) (Robert (d 1402)) Sir Robert Whitney (d 1402) http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney,_Robert_(1348-1402) Wikipedia: Battle of Bryn Glas: "Among those killed were Sir Walter Devereaux of Weobley, and Sir Robert Whitney, who was Henry IV's Knight-Marshal." (p 50, Famous Welsh Battles, Philip Warner, Fontana, 1977, ISBN 0-00-634151-9)
  Person ID	I60144	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	WHITNEY Robert,   b. Abt 1318, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England d. Abt 1380, England (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F347621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. WHITNEY Thomas,   b. Abt 1385, Whitney, Herefordshire, England d. Aft Jan 1432 (Age > 47 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F347620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026