William Cheney

The history and antiquities of the seigniory of Holderness, in the East-Riding of the county of York: including the abbies of Meaux and Swine, with the priories of Nunkeeling and Burstall (Google eBook) by George Poulson and William Dade. R. Brown, 1841.

William and Frances were distant cousins: Lincolnshire wills ...:with notes and an introductory sketch, Volume 2 (Google eBook) Arthur Roland Maddison J. Williamson printer, 1891

"The CHENEY or Cheyney family is a curious instance of decadence William Cheney formerly of Thorngumbald in Holderness died at Boston in 1599 His widow Frances whose Will I have given in this series was his remote cousin the natural daughter of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports Sir Thomas Cheney KG Their descendants at Boston were in trade during the last century and finally the family became extinct in the male line early in the present century being represented in the female line by the Garfits and Thirkills"

Children:

• Tudor Place gives the following children: John, Lawrence, Thomas, Edward, Alice, William
• Poulson and Dade 1841 list the following children: John, Christopher, William, John, Elizabeth, Winfred, Ann, Jane.
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• 'William Cheney1
• 'M, b. 1538, d. 1602
• Father William Cheney d. 1547
• Mother Ann Holme
• ' William Cheney was buried at Boston, Lincolnshire, England. He married Frances Cheney, daughter of Sir Thomas Cheney. William Cheney was born in 1538 at of Boston, Lincolnshire, England. He died in 1602; 43 Elizabeth I.
• 'Family Frances Cheney d. 25 Nov 1604
• Child
  • ◦John Cheney+ b. 1568
• Citations
• 1.[S8778] Unknown author, Families Directly Descended from all the Royal Families in Europe, by Elizabeth M. Rixford, p. 16.
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p935.htm#i...
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• 'William CHENEY
• 'Born: ABT 1540, Thorngumbold, Holderness, Yorkshire, England
• 'Died: 4 Aug 1608, Boston, Lincolnshire, England
• Father: William CHENEY
• Mother: Anne HOLMES
• 'Married: Frances (Agnes) CHENEY ABT 1565, England
• Children:
  • 1. John CHENEY
  • 2. Lawrence CHENEY
  • 3. Thomas CHENEY
  • 4. Edward CHENEY
  • 5. Alice CHENEY
  • 6. William CHENEY
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CHENEY.htm#William CHENEY5
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• 'The Cheney genealogy
• http://www.archive.org/details/cheneygenealogy00pope
• http://www.archive.org/stream/cheneygenealogy00pope#page/12/mode/1up
• YORKSHIRE.
• Thomas Cheney, Knight, bought the manor of Thornton, or Thornton Bridge, with lands there and in Norton Milby and Humberton and a third part of the manor of Letby; at Michalmas in the 27th year of Henry VIII [1535.] He settled upon his 'daughter "Frances Cheyney alias Jesper whom William Cheyney is about to marry," " the manors of Thornegumbolde and Pauleholme, and 12 messuages with lands," &c. in 1547. William and Frances Cheyney sold land in Great Cowdon in Holderness [not dated]'.
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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jul 15 2018, 8:01:45 UTC