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Lady Constance Touchet
- Preferred Name: Lady Constance Touchet[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- Gender: F
- Christening: in England
- Death: 2 FEB 1531 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England at LATI: N2.0558 LONG: E2.7172 with note: Find a Grave
- FSID: KFX4-S26
- Birth: APR 1443 in Heleigh Castle, Heleigh, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.7795 LONG: E1.9171
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Please refer to the memory added entitled the Two Wives of Robert Whitney -
SIR ROBERT WHITNEY, EARL OF WHITNEY, KB was born about 1436 of Whitney, Herefordshire, England, to Sir Eustace Whitney (1411-1441) and Jennet Trussell (1410-1441.) He married Constance Touchet of Audley about 1464 of Whitney, Herefordshire, England.
Sir Robert Whitney died about 1474 of Whitney, Herefordshire, England, age 38
Wikitree:
Robert Whitney (born c. 1440,[1] perhaps 1436 or 1443[2]) was son and heir of Eustace by Joan Trussell (he was their only child).[3] Robert Whitney, Esq., was Sheriff of Herefordshire, 1474-5.[4]
He was described as "Robert Whyteney, esq., lord of Whyteney" in a deed documenting the gift of a messuage and 8 acres of arable land lying in Yeuanes Crofte to Howell ap Richard a Badam in 1474 (Whitney Manor Record #6). This record would indicate that he was not a knight, and that his death was at least after 1474.
Family
Father: Eustace Whitney, Esq. (born about 1411) of Whitney...Knight of the Shire of Herefordshire. Eustace was the son and heir of Robert Whitney, Knt., and Angharad, daughter of Madog ap Ieaun Goch. Eustace married (1) Joan Trussell, (2) Jane Clifford, daughter of Robert Clifford, Knt.[3]
Mother: Eustace's first wife Joan Trussell, daughter of Sir William Trussell and his wife Margery Ludlow.[3]
Wives
1. Constance, daughter of James Tuchet, Lord Audley, by his second wife Eleanor, illegitimate daughter of Edmund Holand, K.G., 4th Earl of Kent[4]
"He married firstly, about 1460, Constance Touchet, daughter of James and Alianore (de Holand) Touchet. She was born about 1443, Heleigh, Staffordshire, and died say 1464."[5]
2. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Vaughan of Hergest, Herefordshire[3] by Ellen Gethin, daugher of Dafydd ap Cadwgan ap Phylip Dorddu.[4]
"He married secondly, say 1465, Elizabeth or Alice Vaughn, daughter of Thomas and Ellen (Gethyn) Vaughn. She was born in Hergest and died sometime after 4 May 1525."[5]
Children
by Constance Tuchet
• Joan Whitney[3]
• Eleanor Whitney (wife of Thomas Vaughan, Knt., of Bredwardine)[3]
by Elizabeth Vaughan
sons
• James Whitney, Esq.[3]
• John Whitney[3]
• Hugh Whitney[3]
• Robert Whitney[3]
daughters
• Eleanor Whitney (wife of John Puleston)[3]
• Sibyl Whitney (wife of Roger ap Richard)[3]
• Elizabeth Whitney (wife of John Pye)[3]
Robert Whitney was attainted as a Yorkist by the Lancastrian Parliament in 1459.[3]
He was Sheriff, 1475; marriage to Alice [sic] Vaughan; her ancestry; Epithalamium by Lewis Glyn Cothi; marriage to Constance Touchett; her descent from William the Conqueror.[6]
Robert Whitney died shortly before October 6, 1494. His widow Elizabeth (Vaughan) was living May 4, 1525.[3]
CONSTANCE TOUCHET OF AUDLEY was born about 1443 of Heleigh, Staffordshire, England, to James Touchet (1398-1459) and Lady Eleanor de Holland (1406-1459.) She married Robert Whitney about 1464 of Whitney, Herefordshire, England.
Constance Touchet passed away about 1532 of Whitney, Herefordshire, England, age 89.
Children of Robert Whitney and Constance Touchet:
1. Miss Whitney (1455-)
2. Lady Jane Whitney Baroness (1465-1486)
3. *SIR JAMES WHITNEY LORD OF ILCOMBE (1465-1541)
4. Robert De Whitney (1473-1522)
5. James Whitney (1477-)
6. James of Whitney (1506-)
7. Whitney (1508-)
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Touchet, Constance Lady of Staffordshire
When Constance Lady of Staffordshire Touchet was born in April 1443 in Audley, Staffordshire, England, her father, James, was 45, and her mother, Eleonore, was 33. She was married three times and had
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All details for this living person have been suppressed.
=== 2nd wife ===
2nd wife
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=== !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ===
!NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ;
July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West
Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
!NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ;
July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West
Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
=== ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY ===
ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
=== dead ===
dead
=== !Source Archive Record submitted by Cyra ===
!Source Archive Record submitted by Cyral A. Watson, Rexburg, ID; "The Ancestry of John Whitney" F FH 702, pp 74-115, 216; Americana, Am. Publ. f, vol. 28, p. 141-150; Archealogia Cambrensis, Wales Publ. A, 4s, vol. 2, p. 31; Royal Families and Fayflower Descendents B13B4, p. 83, 155-156, etc.
=== V M Norr: Some Early English Pedigrees ===
V M Norr: Some Early English Pedigrees P. 112,145
=== !Cyral A. Watson. Sources: The Ancestr ===
!Cyral A. Watson. Sources: The Ancestry of John Whitney F FH 702, p 74-115, 216; Americana, Am. Pub. F, v. 28, p. 141-150; Archaelogia Cambrensis, Wales Pub. A, 4s, v.2, p. 31; Royal Fam. & Mayflower Desc., Royal Fam. & Mayflower Desc., B13B4, p. 83, 155,156.
=== !Family records ===
!Family records
=== page 417 of Farnsworth Memorial II. ===
page 417 of Farnsworth Memorial II.
=== !Name: also Alice Vaughan ===
!Name: also Alice Vaughan
=== !Ancestral File ===
!Ancestral File
=== Ancestral File Number: 9B02-DB ===
Ancestral File Number: 9B02-DB
=== child ===
child
=== REFN: 4143 ===
REFN: 4143
=== 2nd w. ===
2nd w.
=== BIRTH: Also shown as Born 1443 ===
BIRTH: Also shown as Born 1443
=== Source: George Arthur Davis, Descent fro ===
Source: George Arthur Davis, Descent from a Hundred Kings, (Bryant Press, Portland, ME, 1964), p.86.
=== Ancestors of Neil Conway Entries: 88433 ===
Ancestors of Neil Conway Entries: 884337 Updated: Sat May 3 01:35:44 2003 Contact: Gary Silverstein -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Index | Descendancy | Register | Pedigree | Ahnentafel | Download GEDCOM | Add Post-em -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ ID: I698012 Name: Constance TOUCHET Given Name: Constance Surname: Touchet Sex: F Birth: 1443 in Heleigh, , Staffordshire, England 1 Death: Y Ancestral File #: 91K5-KQ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 Change Date: 3 Aug 2002 at 19:50 Note: REFN: 9108 Father: James TOUCHET b: Abt 1398 Mother: Eleanor DE HOLAND b: Between 1400-1407 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England Marriage 1 Robert WHITNEY b: 1436 in Whitney, Herefordshire, England Married: 1464 Change Date: 3 Aug 2002 Children James WHITNEY b: 1465 in Whitney, Herefordshire, England Eleanor WHITNEY b: Abt 1467 in Whitney, Herefordshire, England Joan WHITNEY b: in M Sir Roger, Vaughan Jane WHITNEY b: Abt 1465 in Whitney, Herefordshire, England Joan (Jean) WHITNEY John WHITNEY b: Abt 1471 Robert WHITNEY b: Abt 1473 WHITNEY b: Abt 1475 in , England Sources: Abbrev: Touchet.ged Title: Touchet.ged Repository: Name: Not Given Text: Date of Import: Jan 2, 2000 Abbrev: prf14 Abbrev: Pedigree Resource File CD 14 Title: Pedigree Resource File CD 14 Publication: (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2000) Abbrev: prf11 Abbrev: Pedigree Resource File CD 8 Title: Pedigree Resource File CD 8 Publication: (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999) Abbrev: prf8 Abbrev: Pedigree Resource File CD 2 Title: Pedigree Resource File CD 2 Publication: (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999) Abbrev: Pedigree Resource File CD 12 Title: Pedigree Resource File CD 12 Publication: (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2000) Abbrev: 200952.ged Abbrev: atwater200952.ged Abbrev: 269747 Abbrev: 789167 Abbrev: 910414 Abbrev: 2037576 Abbrev: Ance stral File (TM) Title: Ancestral File (TM) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SAINTS Publication: July 1996 / June 1998 (c) Text: Ancestral File is a collection of genealogical information taken from Pedigree Charts and Family Group Records submitted to the Family History Department since 1978. The information has not be en verified against any official records. Since the information in Ancestral File is contributed, it is the responsibility of th ose who use th file to verify its accuracy. If you find inaccurate information in Ancestral File, use the F3 Edit key to make corrections. Save the corrections on a diskett e and mail the diskette to : Family History Department Attn: Ancestral File Contributions 50 E North Temple St Salt Lake City UT 84150 Please Note: Names and addresses of submitters to Ancestral File and those wh o have a research insterest are provided to help in the coordina tion of research. The use of this information for any other purp ose, including commercial use, is strictly prohibited. Repository: Name: Family History Library
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=== !Cyral Watson of Rexburg, Idaho. Source ===
!Cyral Watson of Rexburg, Idaho. Sources: The ancestry of John Whitney, F FH 702, p. 74-115,116-138, 7, 216; Americana, Am. Pub. F, v. 28, p. 141-150; Archaelogia Cambrensis, Wales Pub. A, 4s, v.2, p. 31; Royal Fam. & Mayflower Desc., Royal Fam. & Mayflower Desc., B13B4, p. 83, 155,156.
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=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
=== V M Norr: Some Early English Pedigrees ===
V M Norr: Some Early English Pedigrees P. 145
=== This individual has the following other ===
This individual has the following other parents in the Ancestral File: James /TOUCHET/ (AFN:91K5-9C) and Eleanor /DE HOLAND/ (AFN:9B02-Q2) James /TOUCHET/ (AFN:91K5-9C) and Eleanor /DE HOLAND/ (AFN:9J5H-8C)
=== Ancestral File Number: 91K5-KQ ===
Ancestral File Number: 91K5-KQ
=== !Green book 4, sec T. ===
!Green book 4, sec T.
=== Constance is Sir Robert Whitney's 2nd wi ===
Constance is Sir Robert Whitney's 2nd wife and the daughter of Sir James Touchet, (5th Lord Audle) and Eleanor de Holand.
Preferred Parents:
Father: James Touchet - Fifth Baron Audley, b. 8 SEP 1398 in Heighley Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England d. 23 SEP 1459 in Battle of Blore Heath, Staffordshire, England
Mother: Eleanor de Holand, b. 5 OCT 1405 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England d. 23 SEP 1459 in Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire, England
Family 1: Robert Whitney, b. 1436 in Herefordshire, England d. 6 OCT 1494 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
- m. BEF 1462 in Herefordshire, England
- Jane Whitney, b. 1465 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England d. 1486 in Talgarth, Breconshire, Wales
Family 2: Nicholas Kellogg, b. 1438 in Debden, Essex, England d. 17 MAY 1536 in Debden, Essex, England, United Kingdom
- m. 1486 in Debden, Essex, England
- m. 1456 in Debden, Essex, England
Sources:
- Title: Elizabeth Vaughan in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1950.htm#i58579 index to pedigrees [citations]
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1950.htm#i58579;
Note: Elizabeth Vaughan [1,2]
Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
F, #58579, b. circa 1428, d. after 4 May 1525
Father Sir Thomas Vaughan [3,1,2] b. c 1400, d. 1469
Mother Ellen (Ellena) Gethin [3,1,2] b. c 1402
Elizabeth Vaughan was born circa 1428 at of Hengest, Herefordshire, England. She married Sir Robert Whitney, Sheriff of Herefordshire, son of Eustace Whitney, Esq. and Joan Trussell, circa 1452; They had 4 sons (James, Esq; John; Robert; & Hugh) and 3 daughters (Ellen, wife of John Puleston; Sibyl, wife of Roger ap Richard Vaughan; & Elizabeth, wife of John Pye). [4,3,1,2] Elizabeth Vaughan died after 4 May 1525. [3,1,2]
Family: Sir Robert Whitney, Sheriff of Herefordshire b. c 1428, d. c 6 Oct 1494
Children:
Elizabeth Whitney+ [5] b. c 1452, d. b 1495
Ellen Whitney+ [6] b. c 1454
Joanne Whitney [5,4] b. c 1456
James Whitney, Esq.+ [4] b. c 1465, d. 1500
Citations:
1. [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 265.
2. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 354.
3. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 190.
4. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 104.
5. [S11588] Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 145.
6. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 345-346.
Page: relationships, dates, and 6 sources
- Title: Lady Constance Touchet Whitney, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DMLP-1HPZ : 16 December 2020), Lady Constance Touchet Whitney, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 214319730, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DMLP-1HPZ;
- Title: Constance Touchet in the Millennium File
Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7249/records/107712334;
Note: Name: Constance Touchet
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1443
Birth Place: Heleigh, Stafford, England
Father: James (Sir) "Lord Audley" Touchet
Mother: Eleanor Holland
Spouse: Robert (Sir) Whitney
- Title: Constance Touchet in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1014.htm#i30437 index to pedigrees [citations]
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1014.htm#i30437;
Note: Constance Touchet [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
F, #30437, b. circa 1432, d. circa 1451
Father Sir James Touchet, 5th Lord Audley, Chief Justice & Chamberlain of South Wales [2,3,4,9,6,7,10] b. c 1398, d. 23 Sep 1459
Mother Eleanor Holand [2,3,4,9,6,7,10] b. c 1404, d. a 1455
Constance Touchet was born circa 1432 at of Heleigh, Staffordshire, England. [11,12] She married Sir Robert Whitney, Sheriff of Herefordshire, son of Eustace Whitney, Esq. and Joan Trussell, circa 1448; They had 2 daughters (Joan (Jane), wife of Sir Roger Vaughan; & Eleanor, wife of Sir Thomas Vaughn. [2,3,4,5,6,7,8] Constance Touchet died circa 1451.
Family:Sir Robert Whitney, Sheriff of Herefordshire b. c 1428, d. c 6 Oct 1494
Children:
Jane Whitney+ [13,4,7] b. c 1450
Eleanor Whitney [14] b. c 1451
Citations:
1. [S9403] Unknown author, Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 112.
2. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 104.
3. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 722-723.
4. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 190.
5. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 219.
6. [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 265.
7. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 354.
8. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 197.
9. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 218.
10. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 195-196.
11. [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
12. [S11588] Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 112.
13. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 105.
14. [S11588] Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 145.
Page: Relationships and sources
- Title: Robert Whitney (1436-1492) in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-QHF9?cc=2060211&wc=WWNV-JMT%3A352088001%2C353334801
Author: "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-QHF9?cc=2060211&wc=WWNV-JMT%3A352088001%2C353334801 : 20 May 2014), W > Whitney, George D. (1840) - Whiton, Jacob (1731) > image 720 of 1093; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-QHF9;
Note: Robert Whitney (1436-1492) married Contance Touchet and had children according to previous research. Recent research list Elizabeth Vaughan as wife after the dead of Constance.
Page: Names, dates, locations, and relationships match research. Mother differ according to more recent research.
- Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Author: Source number: 3357.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CCC
Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7836&h=1228539&indiv=try;
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