 Although the main branch of the Whitney family had a castle at Whitney-on-Wye in Herefordshire, Eleanor was from a related branch of that family who resided in nearby Clifford, Herefordshire.Eleanor seems to have been a relation of Blanche Parry, a companion of Queen Elizabeth I. Blanche gave Eleanor a legacy of £100 in her will in 1589.She married Richard Bull October 14, 1571 at St Mary-le-Bow, London.