Sir John Chetwode, Kt.

CHETWODE, Sir John (d.1412), of Chetwode, Bucks. and Warkworth, Northants., son of Sir Nicholas Chetwode (d.1369) of Chetwode by Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Lyons† of Warkworth.

m. (1) bef. 1371, Mary (fl. 1391), 1s. 1da.; (2) bef. 1393, Amabel (d. 8 Sept. 1430), da. of Sir Thomas Green of Green’s Norton, Northants., 1s. 1da.1 Kntd. bef. Oct. 1386.

From his father Chetwode inherited the manors of Chetwode in Buckinghamshire and Hockliffe in Bedfordshire (which, in 1392, were together estimated as worth £40 a year), as well as land in Northamptonshire, and perhaps also the property at Great Stukeley in Huntingdonshire which he certainly held later. Of greater importance in Chetwode’s own opinion, however, was his inheritance from his maternal uncle, Sir John Lyons (d.1385), for it included the valuable estate at Warkworth. In fact, he chose to style himself ‘lord of Warkworth’, and to seal his deeds with the arms of Lyons — a lion rampant — in preference to those of Chetwode.2

At the time of his death, which occurred on 2 Apr. 1412, Chetwode was holding office as verderer of Whittlewood forest. The monumental brass placed over his grave in Warkworth church depicts him as wearing armour, his feet resting on a lion, his hands lifted as in prayer. The offspring of his first marriage — John and Margery (the wife of John Browning (1397-1420), son of John Browning* of Melbury Sampford, Dorset) — both died in 1420, leaving as heir to the Chetwode estates their half-brother (Sir) Thomas Chetwode. A few years after Sir John’s death, his widow Amabel married Thomas Strange*.5

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• Sir John Chetwode of Chetwode m1. Mary
  • ((A)) Sir John Chetwode (dsp bur 1420)
  • ((B)) Margery Chetwode (d 1420) m. John Browning
• m2. Amabell Green (d 1430, dau of Thomas Green of Green's Norton, m2. Sir Thomas Strange)
  • ((C)) Sir Thomas Chetwode of Chetwode (a 1458) m. Agnes
    • ((i))+ issue - Alice (dps), Johanne

References

• The Journal of American History, Volume 12 GoogleBooks