[Illustration] This is a younger branch of an ancient family
formerly seated at Whittimere or Whitmore, in the parish of
Claverley, where it is traced to the reign of Henry III. The Apley
branch made a large fortune by mercantile transactions in London in
the reign of Elizabeth, and purchased that estate in 1572, from Sir
Thomas Lucy, Knight. The Whitmores have represented Bridgnorth in
Parliament constantly since the reign of Charles II. Blakeway
observes that this family does not appear to have had any connection
with the Whitmores of Cheshire, though the Heralds have given them
similar arms, with a crest allusive to the springing of a young
shoot out of an old stock.
Younger Branches. Whitmore of Dudmaston, in this county, and
Whitmore-Jones, of Chastleton, in the county of Oxford.
See Blakeway, p. 106, and Notes on the Whitmore Family, in Notes and
Queries, 3rd series, v. p. 159.
ARMS.--_Vert, fretty or_.
Present Representative, Thomas Charlton Whitmore, Esq.