tim - what is the status on the archives records relating to robert of castleton - especially the one reed found - have you ordered them, are they still to be ordered? Tim Doyle <tim@greenscourt.com> wrote: I have extracted the entries for various spelling variants of the surname Whitney from the National Archives (U.K.) "The Catalogue" and placed them on an index page on the website. I have sorted the list both by reference number and chronologically. I will continue to search other spelling variants as I think of them. The page can be viewed at http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php?title=Catalogue Interesting items found: At least two individuals, Alice de Wytteneye (c1272-1300) and John de Wytteneye (in 1334) appear to have taken their Whitney name from Witney, Oxford. We have stated on the website that we have found no individuals who took their surname from this town, which now appears to be false. Whether they had any descendants or not is another matter. C 241/45/200 references both Eustace and Alexander de Frevile and appears to be another document supporting the marriage of Eustace to his daughter Elizabeth. Who was John Whiteney, keeper of Sandwich Castle (Kent?) in 1404? The Whitneys appear to have been in Norton Canon as early as 1493-1500. There appear to be two documents mentioning Robert Whitney of Castleton - C 1/719/9 which we have a copy of and also C 1/1094/125. There are probably many more clues and surprises in this material. If you make any changes, please remember to make them to both the chronological and reference number entries. Tim --------------------------------- Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out.