From "Genealogical and Personal Memiors Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts V 3" Cutter 1908
"Sir Robert Whitney, son of Robert, was knighted the day after Queen Mary's coronation in October, 1553. He was summoned before the privy council in 1555 and 1559. He was member of parliment for Herefordshire in 1559 and died Aug 5, 1567. He married Sybil Baskerville, a descendant of William the Conqueror through the first wife of Edward I."
[S487] Genealogical and Personal Memiors Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts V 3, William Richard Cutter, (Date: 1908;), pp. 1397-1400.