THE WHITES OF S. WARNBOEOUGH 3 



Anthony a Wood's MS., now in the Bodleian Library 

 at Oxford, after giving an account of Gilbert White's 

 great-grandfather. Sir Sampson White, Knight, and 

 his family, has a note (in Wood's handwriting, but 

 added apparently at a later date) to this effect : — 



"These Whites are descended from the Whites of South 

 Warnborough, in Hampshire. The original of the White of 

 Oxfordshire was steward or Baylier of Einsham Abbey."* 



This note rather conflicts with the account given 

 previously in this MS., and it is to be regretted that 

 no authority for the later statement is given. 



The pedigree of the Whites of South Warn- 

 borough given in the Harleian MSS.f commences 

 with one Robert White, born at Yatley, Hants, who 

 was "Mayor of the Staple at Calais, lived at Sand- 

 wich and after at Farnham, and purchased the manor 

 of Southwarnborne, co. Hants, of Sir Fulke Pem- 

 bridge." He died at Farnham in 1461. 



His son John, who was knighted, married a 

 daughter of Eobert, Lord Hungerford ; and their son 

 Robert, who married a daughter of Sir Thomas 

 Inglefield, the elder. Knight, was succeeded by his 

 eldest son Sir Thomas White, Knight, Master of 

 the Requests to Queen Mary and Sheriff of London 

 and Middlesex, 1 Edward VI. He married Agnes, 

 daughter of Robert White of Farnham and sister 

 of John White, Bishop of Lincoln, and subsequently 



* Vide note to Wood's MS., f. iv. p. 155. 

 t Nos. 1,544, 1,183, 1,139, etc. 



