Family and Education
b. c. 1578, 2nd s. of Robert Whitby (d.1631) of Chester, alderman and clerk of the Pentice and Anne, da. of Thomas Wall alias Kinge of Helesby, Cheshire.Vis. Cheshire (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lviii), 253-4; Cheshire and Lancs. Fun. Certs. ed. J.P. Rylands (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Cheshire, vi), 184; CHES 38/48, will of Robert Whitby. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1596 aged 18, BA 1599; I. Temple 1601, called 1610. Al. Ox.; I. Temple database of admiss.; CITR, ii. 51. m. (1) aft. 1613, Alice, da. of Richard Bavand† of Chester, merchant and alderman, wid. of Thomas Gamull* (d.1613) of Bridge Street, St. Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, and wid. of David Lloyd of Chester, s.p. Vis. Cheshire (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lviii), 253-4. d. 18 Apr. 1639. Harl. 2180, f. 105v. sig. Edw[ard] Whitby.
Offices Held

Freeman, Chester 1613, alderman 1613, j.p. Cheshire 1613–d., Cheshire Archives, AB/1, f. 324v. commr. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20, 21, 23. sewers 1626, 1627, C181/3, f. 215. charitable uses, Cheshire 1631, Flint. 1637. C192/1, unfol.

Member, Fishery Soc. 1632. SP16/221/1.

Recorder, Chester 1613–d.; Cheshire Archives, AB/1, f. 324v. steward, reader’s dinner, I. Temple 1627. CITR, ii. 160, 162.

Main residences: Bridge Street, Chester and Bach, Cheshire and the Inner Temple, London.
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Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

WHITBY, Edward (c.1578-1639)

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