Catalogue description DIARY OF THOMAS WHITBY OF BOUGHTON

This record is held by Cheshire Archives and Local Studies

Details of ZCR 374
Reference: ZCR 374
Title: DIARY OF THOMAS WHITBY OF BOUGHTON
Description:

Diary
Date: 1619
Related material:

An edited transcript of the diary is contained in the City Record Office reference library.
Held by: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Whitby, Thomas, d 1624
Physical description: 1 File
Immediate source of acquisition:

The diary was given to the Chester City Record Office on 6 July 1981 by Wing Commander R.W. Jeary, Sidmouth, Devon.
Administrative / biographical background:

This diary for the year 1619 is contained in a printed volume entitled A New Almanacke and Prognostication, for this yeare of our Lord God, 1618, compiled by Richard Allestree of Derby.

 

The author appears to have been Thomas Whitby (d.1624), who was the son of Robert Whitby (d.1631). In 1606, the City Assembly made Thomas Whitby a freeman, without payment, and in 1608, he and his father were appointed joint Clerks of the Pentice for life. In 1610, he was chosen as a common councilman and was sheriff in 1612-13. He was elected alderman in 1616. His diary records an attempt to unseat his brother, Edward Whitby (d.1639) from the recordership of Chester.

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