Sir Richard Cheney, Kt., of Shurland

Wikipedia Shurland Hall, near Eastchurch, is named after its first owners, the de Shurland family. In 1188 Adam de Shurland possessed a mill with more than 1,000 acres (405 ha) of mixed land, mostly marsh with a small meadow: he also let a number of cottages thereabouts.

A curious tale surrounds a 14th-century member of the family, Sir Robert de Shurland. According to legend, Sir Robert killed a monk and resolved to ask the king for a pardon. In 1327 he rode to where the king's ship was anchored, off the Isle of Sheppey, and gained forgiveness. Returning, he met a witch who said that de Shurland's horse, Grey Dolphin, which had borne him so bravely to the ship, would be the death of him. Sir Robert immediately killed the horse and cut off its head. A year later Sir Robert was walking along the shore when a shard of the horse's bone pierced his foot. Blood poisoning set in and Sir Robert died.

Sir Robert de Shurland also possessed the Manor of Ufton in the parish of Tunstall, Kent, in the reign of Edward I. After he attended the prince in Scotland, to the siege of Carlaverock, where he was knighted, and in 1300, he then obtained a charter of free warren for his manor of Ufton.

Shurland died in 1327 leaving as his heir a daughter Margery who married William the son of Alexander Cheyne of Patrixborne, Kent. To William passed the manor of Shurland. It remained in possession of the Cheyne family until the sixteenth century when it was sold by Sir Henry Cheyne. During the First World War troops were billeted at the Great Hall, and it suffered considerable damage as a result.

Shurland Hall is a Grade II listed building. In 2006 a grant of £300,000 was made by English Heritage to restore the hall's façade. The Spitalfields Historic Buildings Trust carried out the restoration work which was completed in 2011.[9] The house was put on the open market for £1.5 million, and was sold. Added to Geni by Janet Milburn 4/22/18

Richard CHENEY

• Born: ABT 1352, Shurland House, Eastchurch, Kent, England
• Father: Robert CHENEY
• Mother: ¿?
• Married: Margaret De CRALLE ABT 1380, Cralle Manor, Warbleton, Sussex, England
• Children:
• 1. Joan CHENEY
• 2. Dau. CHENEY
• 3. Elizabeth CHENEY
• 4. William CHENEY
• 5. Simon CHENEY
• 6. Alice CHENEY
• 7. Margery CHENEY