Blanche Milbourne

Personal and Family Information

Blanche was born in 1468 in Hereforshire, England, the daughter of Simon Milbourne and Jane de Baskerville.

She died after 24 MAR 1548 in Hereforshire, England.

Her husband was James Whitney. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was Robert (c1490-<1541).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

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!Source: WikiTree Blanche Herbert https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Milbourne-8

Born 1468 in Herefordshire, England

Died after 24 Mar 1548 after age 80 in Herefordshire, England

Blanche Herbert formerly Milbourne aka Whitney

Daughter of Simon Milborne and Jane Milborne

Sister of Agnes Walwyn, Elizabeth Whittington, Sibyl Breynton, Margaret Bishop, Katherine Barton, Anne Rudhall, Joyce Hyett, Alice Baskerville, Juliane Milborne, John Milborne, Eleanor Moore and Jane Cornwall

Wife of James Whitney — married 1490 in England map icon Wife of William Herbert — married after 1500 [location unknown]

Mother of Robert Whitney, Watkin Whitney, James Whitney, Elizabeth Morgan, Anne Whitney, Eustace Whitney and Thomas Herbert MP

Biography

Notables Project

Blanche Herbert is Notable.

Simon Milborne, Esq., and his wife Jane Baskerville, daughter and heiress of Ralph Baskerville, Esq., by Anne, daughter and heiress of John Blackett, Knt., had one son and 13 daughters.[1]

Their daughter Blanche Milborne married James Whitney, Esq., and William Herbert, Knight.[1][2]

Blanche married James Whitney about 1490. A 2006 article by Robert Leigh Ward and Tim Doyle concludes that James and Blanche had the following children :[3]

Robert, b. c. 1491, m. Margaret Wye ;

Sir James, b. c. 1493, d. s.p.;

Watkin, b. c. 1495, m. Margaret Reese;

Robert, b. c. 1497 [d. young?];

A daughter. Elizabeth, b. c. 1499, m. Thomas Morgan per WRG.

Melville has the following as a daughter of this Robert, however the Ward-Doyle article does not include her:[4]

Anne, m. Henry Cary.

Blanch, relict of James Whitney, Esq., married second to Sir William Herbert of Troy and Skinfrith. They had children:[4][5]

Sir Charles, d. 1557;

Sir Thomas, d. 8 Oct 1588, m1. ___ Consiby, m2. Ann Lucy;

John, m. ___ Scudamore, d. s.p. ;

Richard, m. ___ Powell .

Blanche was still living on 24 March 1547/48, when she assigned land in Clifford as Dame Blanche Herbert, widow, to her son Robert Whitney, Esq.[6]

Notes

Born in England but living in a Welsh environment, Blanche was heiress of Milbourne. She was married first in 1494 to James Whitney of Whitney and Pen-cwm. Her dowry was the manor of Ilcomb in Gloucestershire. When she was widowed, remarried soon after, taking as her second husband William Herbert of Troy Parva. In Aug 1502 entertained King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York at Troy House near Monmouth. In 1516, William Herbert was knighted. Blanche received part of the estate of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, when Henry VIII confiscated it. In the late 1520's and early 1530's, she was probably part of the Countess of Worcester's household and may have acted as governess to the Earl's children. She may have been put in charge of Princess Mary's household as early as 1531, when Mary was separated from her mother, Catalina of Aragon. Sometimes referred to as Lady Herbert and other times as Lady Troy, Blanche was the one charged with giving their earliest lessons to both Princess Elizabeth and Prince Edward. In each household in turn she became Lady Mistress when Lady Bryan relinquished that post. She carried Elizabeth's train at the christening of Prince Edward in 1537. She was still in the Lady Elizabeth's household as late as 1545 but had left by the time King Henry died in 1547. Lady Troy retired to Troy House, living there into her late seventies. Blanche Milborne's niece and goddaughter, Blanche Parry, was Queen Elizabeth's Confidante. [7]