Born before in Kirton, Nottinghamshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Whalley
and Elizabeth (Hatfield) Whalley
Brother of
Walter Whaley, John Whaley, Margaret (Whaley) Reresby, Eleanor (Whaley) Draper, Thomas (Whalley) Whaley and Robert Whaley
Husband of
Frances (Cromwell) Whalley
— married
Jul 1595 in St Benet Sherehog, London, England
Husband of
Anne (Horsey) Whalley
— married
before 1610 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Whalley, Thomas Whalley, Edward Whalley, Elizabeth (Whalley) Tifflin, Henry Whalley esquire and Jane (Whalley) Hooke
Died before
at about age 69
in Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdonshire, England
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| Created 19 May 2010
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Biography
Richard Whalley, was born about 1558, the son of Thomas Whalley of Kirton and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Hatfield of Willoughby.[1]
He was a member of parliament for Boroughbridge in the forty third year of Elizabeth's reign (1602). He married Frances Cromwell.
DNB (1899), states that Richard was sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1595-6, knight of the shire in 1597, married as his second wife, Frances, daughter of Sir Henry Cromwell, and was father of Colonel Edward Whalley."
- m.1 Anne, dau. of George Horsey of Digswell, Herts.
- m.2 (12 Jul 1595 license) Frances, dau. of Sir Henry Cromwell of Hinchinbroke
- m.3 (disputed) Jane Sterop
In the House of Commons, June 1, 1614: Whalley's Debt. L.1. An Act to make void divers Statutes, &c. continued upon the Lands of Mr. Whalley, to defraud Sir Robert Wynde of his just Debt.[2]
Sources
- ↑ “WHALLEY, Richard (c.1558-c.1632), of Kirton and Screveton, Notts. | History of Parliament Online.” Accessed March 15, 2019. Richard Whalley.
- ↑ 'House of Commons Journal Volume 1: 01 June 1614', Journal of the House of Commons: volume 1: 1547-1629 (1802), pp. 504-05. BHO.[1].
- N.a. (1899). DNB, XX. London: Smith Elder & Co.
- Nichols, J. (1798). The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, 2, pp. 736 - 737. London.
- Marshall, G. W. (1871). The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614, pp. 118. London. Google Books.
- Weeden, J. (n.d.). The Whaley family of England, Ireland, Plymouth Co. MA, and New London Co., CT. Rootsweb.[2]
See Also...
- Boyd's Marriage Index, 1538-1840. OMS. Web.[3]
- Map of the British Isles, (1887). Edinburgh: John Bartholomew
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Categories: Members of Parliament, Nottinghamshire | Members of Parliament, England 1597 | Members of Parliament, Boroughbridge | Members of Parliament, England 1601
Also, it is not clear that the House of Commons reference refers to this person, could you add some information that confirms this. There were many Whalleys in Nottinghamshire.
A father's death date (Whalley-2 died 1610) should not be more than nine months before one of his children's birth dates (Whalley-6 born 1612) .