WHETSTONE (WHITESTONS), Sir Barnard (c.1547-1624), of Woodford, Essex and Hangleton, Suss.

b. c. 1547,Age calculated from date of admiss. to St. John’s, Camb. 2nd s. of Robert Whetstone, Haberdasher, of the Three Gilded Anchors, Cheapside, London, being 1st s. with his 2nd w. Margaret, da. of Philip Bernard† of Great Yarmouth, Norf., and coh. to her bro. Francis; half-bro. of Robert Browne†. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiv), 617; Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem Relating to the City of London ed. G.S. Fry (Index Lib. xv), 166; T.C. Izard, George Whetstone, 6-8. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1563; G. Inn 1580. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. (1) by Apr. 1571, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John Calibut of Castle Acre, Norf., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. d.v.p; .; (2) 7 Feb. 1589, Anne, wid. of Lord Giles Paulet of Cottles House, Atworth, Wilts., s.p.; (3) 1 July 1597, Mary, da. of Richard Whalley of Kirton, Notts., wid. of Richard Bellingham of Hangleton, s.p. suc. fa. in Woodford estate 1557; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 520; Suss. Genealogies: Lewes Centre comp. J. Comber, 12; Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem relating to the City of London, 166; CPR, 1569-72, p. 314; J. Kennedy, Hist. of Par. of Leyton, 107; Collins, Peerage, ii. 373; C142/430/167. Kntd. 23 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 119. d. 17 Aug. 1624. C142/430/167. sig. Ber[nard] Whitestons.