WHITLEY, (Warwickshire) not far from Henley in Arden, bel. anciently to a family of the same name, and in the R. of K. John was certified as parcel of the honour of Stafford. In the R. of Henry VIII. it was sold by Mr. Harewell for 60 l. to John Smith, afterwards baron of the exchequer, who obtained a release of it to Sir Thomas Dennis, &c. for the use of himself and his heirs; to whom it lately continued.