Descendant of Reverend William Whitaker, Doctor of Divinity

[proudofmyancestors]

Hi. I am in the U.S. and recently traced my family tree. I was just curious about my ancestor, Reverend William Whitaker.
He is reportedly buried at Trinity College in Cambridge. Are there any pictures of his grave?
Are there descendants of him still in England? A family home perhaps? I'd love to see whatever is out there. Thanks!

[Br1gau]

Hello poma,

Can you please confirm his dates.

brigau

ADDED: Is this him?  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Whitaker-1456

[arthurk]

If he is the one Br1gau has found, I was wondering why, when he was associated with St John's College, he would be buried at Trinity.

Most Cambridge colleges have their own archives, so it might be worth asking directly what they know about him.

[DCB]

This explains what happened to his memorial - https://www.geni.com/people/Reverend-William-Whitaker-Doctor-of-Divinity/6000000007084038034

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170777336/william-whitaker

David

[arthurk]

This explains what happened to his memorial - https://www.geni.com/people/Reverend-William-Whitaker-Doctor-of-Divinity/6000000007084038034

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170777336/william-whitaker

David - that Find A Grave page is about someone more recent, though probably related in some way.

[GrahamSimons]

Some info from Alumni Cantabrigienses:
Approx. lifespan: 1547–1595
Matric. pens. from Trinity College 1564:10MT:
3rd s. of Thomas WHITAKER of Burnley, Lancashire ,
b. there 1547
School St Paul's, [London],
Scholar 1567
B.A. 1567/8
M.A. 1571
B.D. 1578
D.D. 1587
Fellow 1569
Fellow of Sch: Eton 1587
Incorp. at Oxford University 1578
Regius Professor of Divinity 1580-96
Master of St John's College 1586-95
Ord. deacon and priest (Lincoln) 1576:12:21
University preacher 1577
Preb. of Norwich, [Norfolk], 1578
Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's, [London], 1580-87
Canon of Canterbury, [Kent], 1595
Author, theological, etc.
d. 1595:12:04 ; buried in St John's College Chapel.
father of Samuel WHITAKER (1604)
father of Alexander WHITAKER (1602)
( Cooper II. 196; D.N.B. ; Al. Oxon. ; Whitaker, Whalley II. 204; Hennessy. )

Happy to explain abbreviations for you if need be.

You might find it worthwhile contacting the College: see https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library as a starting point. As Master of the College you'll find a good deal about him if you can locate a printed history of the college. [In Cambridge the Master is the head of the College - with a few exceptions, such as in my College!]

[Maiden Stone]

This explains what happened to his memorial - https://www.geni.com/people/Reverend-William-Whitaker-Doctor-of-Divinity/6000000007084038034

If that was him:
The church of St. John the Divine, Holme-in-Cliviger was founded around 1540 and was a chapel of ease to St. Peter, Burnley. There is a Whitaker vault and Whitaker tablets. Patron of the living at one time was T.H. Whitaker, Esq.
www.lan-opc.org.uk/Burnley/Cliviger/index.html
www.lan-opc.org.uk/Burnley/Burnley/index.html
Registers for St. John, Holme-in-Cliviger seem to exist from 1742
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Cliviger
Article about St. John, Holme-in-Cliviger in "Journal of Antiquities" 28th Dec. 2015.

Whitaker/Whitacre family of Holme Hall, Cliviger. Richard de Whitacre took his surname from the place he came from near Padiham. Pictures of Holme Hall can be found online. Badly fire-damaged this century.
 

[Maiden Stone]

ADDED: Is this him?  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Whitaker-1456

This has his marriage in Lancashire (in a place that I, a Lancastrian have never heard of). Another source has the wedding in Cambridgeshire.
William's mother belonged to the Nowell family of Read, Lancashire. A prominent member of that family was Roger Nowell, High Sheriff of Lancashire, forever associated with the Pendle Witches' trial.
2 of William's Nowell uncles were churchmen and another was a member of parliament.   

[proudofmyancestors]

Thank you all so much for the extra info!!. I just literally found out about him 2 days ago.