GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
2387
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-2576)
Name
Edward Whitby
Title
Mr.
Gender
Male
Lived
b. ca. 1578-03-25 d. 1639-04-18 (old)
Linked Reports
Associated Places
Source of Data
AO (Foster); ODNB (Article: 70623); History of Parliament Online; Hannah Yip.
Biographical Sources Consulted
AO (Foster); ODNB (Article: 70623); History of Parliament Online
Other note
Edward Whitby was born in Chester in c. 1578. He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 12 November 1596, at the age of eighteen. He graduated B.A. on 3 December 1599. Whitby subsequently entered the Inner Temple in 1600 and was called to the bar in 1610. He became recorder of Chester in 1613. He also served Chester as an M.P. in 1614 and throughout the 1620s. Whitby died on 18 April 1639, and was buried in St Mary's Church, Chester. The diary of his brother Thomas, held at the Cheshire Archives (CR 374), records an attempt to unseat Edward from the recordership of Chester.
Attached URL
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/whitby-edward-… History of Parliament Online entry for Edward Whitby.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/e8793399-8a89-47b7-b480-4bd7… Information about Thomas Whitby's diary, held at the Cheshire Archives (CR 374).
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7587719 Document relating to Edward Whitby, held at the National Archives (SP 17/G/40).
GEMMS record created
July 6, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024