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William Cheney

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Thorngumbold, Holdness, Yorkshire, England, (Present UK)
Death: March 25, 1547 (33-34)
England (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of John Cheney and Elizabeth Cheney
Husband of Anne Cheney
Father of William Cheney

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About William Cheney

  • https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/hh4bz/holme02.php#con2
  • John CHENEY
  • Born: ABT 1485, England
  • Father: Thomas CHENEY of Irthlingborough (Sir)
  • Mother: ¿?
  • Married: ¿? ABT 1505, England
  • Children:
  • 1. William CHENEY
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CHENEY.htm#John CHENEY4
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  • William CHENEY
  • Born: ABT 1513, Thorngumbold, Holderness, Yorkshire, England
  • Father: John CHENEY
  • Mother: ¿?
  • Married: Anne HOLMES ABT 1535, England
  • Children:
    • 1. William CHENEY
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CHENEY.htm#William CHENEY4
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  • THIS LINE IN THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY DOES NOT LIST ANY DATES, MARRIAGE, OR DESCENDANTS FOR WILLIAM, THERE SEEMS A LARGE GAP OF TIME FOR WILLIAM WHO MARRIED ANN HOLME TO BE THE SON OF THIS JOHN AND ELIZABETH (REMPSTON) CHENEY.
  • William Cheney1,2
  • M, d. 1547
  • Father Sir John Cheney, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire2 b. c 1424, d. 14 Jul 1489
  • Mother Elizabeth Rempston2 b. c 1418
  • William Cheney was born at of Thorngumbald in Holderness, Yorkshire, England. He married Ann Holme, daughter of Robert Holme. William Cheney died in 1547.
  • Family Ann Holme
  • Child
    • William Cheney+ b. 1538, d. 1602
  • Citations
  • 1.[S8778] Unknown author, Families Directly Descended from all the Royal Families in Europe, by Elizabeth M. Rixford, p. 16.
  • 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 207.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p983.htm#i...
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  • THIS LINE IN THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY DOES NOT LIST ANY DATES, MARRIAGE, OR DESCENDANTS FOR WILLIAM, THERE SEEMS A LARGE GAP OF TIME FOR WILLIAM WHO MARRIED ANN HOLME TO BE THE SON OF THIS JOHN AND ELIZABETH (REMPSTON) CHENEY.
  • Families Directly Descended from All the Royal Families in Europe (495 to ... By Elizabeth M. Leach Rixford
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=8giaoVUufYkC&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq...
  • Pg. 16
  • Ancestral line to Sir John Cheney, Knight, of Fen Ditton, County Cambridge, England.
  • 1. SIR JOHN CHENEY, Knight, of Fen Citton, County Cambridge, England; m. Katherine, dau. and coheir of Sir Laurence Pabenham, Knight, by Elizabeth, dau. and coheir of Sir John Engaine, Knight:
    • 2. LAWRENCE CHENEY, of Fen Ditton, m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Cockayne, of Hatley.
      • 3. SIR JOHN CHENEY, Knight, of Fen Ditton, m. Elizabeth, dau. and coheir of Sir Thomas Rempston, Knight.
        • 4. WILLIAM CHENEY, of Thorngumbald in Holderness, County York, j.u., d. 1 Edward IV; m. Anne, dau. and coheir of John Holme of Paul Holme, County York.
          • 5. WILLIAM CHENEY, bur. at Boston, 43 Eliz.; m. Frances, natural dau. of Sir Thomas Cheney, K. G. Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports; bur. at Boston. Will dated Nov. 25, 1604; proved Aug. 4, 1608.
            • 6. JOHN CHENEY, of Bennington, b. Boston; mar. lic. Nov. 28, 1614, then ae. 46; bur. Mar. 16, 1623-4; m. (1) Elizabeth, dau. of ___; d. between June and Nov., 1614; m. (2) Alice, widow of ___ Skiner, of Frieston, ae. 46 in 1614; rem. Richard Kelsey, Fishtoft (mar. lic. Aug. 10, 1627), 2nd wife.
              • 7. WILLIAM CHENEY, bapt. at Bennington, Feb. 5, 1598-9; d. June 30, 1667, Roxbury, Mass.; m. Margaret ___ in England and settled in Roxbury, Mass. In Roxbury he served as constable. He was the policeman on disagreeable occasions; . . . . . He was a resident in Roxbury before 1640. Then had a dau., Ellen.
                • 8. ELLEN CHENEY, b. in England about 1626; m. Mar. 20, 1642-3, at Roxbury, Mass., Capt. Humphrey Johnson, b. about 1620.
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  • Plantagenet ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=p_yzpuWi4sgC&pg=PA207&lpg=PA207&dq...
  • Pg. 207
  • 12. JOHN CHEYNE, Knt., of Fen Ditton and Deuney, Cambridgeshire, and Irchester, Northamptonshire, King's Serjeant, Knight of the Shire for Cambridgeshire, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, lawyer, son and heir, born about 1424 (aged 38 in 1462). He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1446. He married before 1449 ELIZABETH REMPSTON, 1st daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Rempston, Knt., of Beckering and Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, by Alice, daughter and heiress of Thomas Beckering, of Beckering (in Holton), Lincolnshire. She was born about 1418 (aged 40 in 1458). They had two sons, Thomas, Knt., and William, and four daughters, Mary (wife of John Allington), Elizabeth, Katherine (wife of Henry Barley), and Anne (wife of John Appleyard). SIR JOHN CHEYNE died 13 or 14 July 1489, leaving will dated 13 July 1488, proved 21 July 1489, requesting burial at Barnwell Priory.
  • Child of John Cheyne, Knt., by Elizabeth Rempston:
    • i. ELIZABETH CHEYNE, married JOHN HASELDEN, Esq., of Meldreth, Cambridgeshire [see PEYTON 13].
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  • Magna Carta ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=wHZcIRMhSEMC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=W...
  • Pg. 190
  • 8. ELIZABETH COKAYNE married (1st) PHILIP LE BOTELER (or BUTLER), Knt, of Watton Woodhall (in Watton at Stone) and Sele (in St. Andrew Hertford), Hertfordshire, and Bromham, Bedfordshire, son and heir of Philip Le Boteler, Knt., of Watton Woodhall (in Watton at Stone), Herfordshire, by his wife Elizabeth. he was born in 1388. They had two sons, Edward and Philip, Gent. He was heir in 1412 to his cousin, Edward le Boteler, Knt., by which he inherited the manors of Pulverbatch, Shropshire, Norbury, Staffordshire, Higham-Gobion, Bedfordshire, etc. SIR PHILIP LE BOTELER died 5 Nov. 1420 and was buried at Watton, Hertfordshire. She married (2nd) by license dated 13 Dec. 1421 LAURENCE CHEYNE (or CHENEY), Esq., of Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, Irchester, Northamptonshire, etc., Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, Knight of the Shire for Cambridgeshire, Escheator of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, 2nd but eldest surviving son of William Cheyne, Knt., of Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, by Katherine, daughter and heiress of Laurence de Pabenham, Knt. He was born about 1396 (aged 40 in 1436). They had one son, John, Knt., and two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary (wife of John Allington). He and his wife Elizabeth, were legatees in the 1427 will of her father, John Cokayne. LAURENCE CHEYNE, Esq., died testate 31 Dec. 1461, and was buried at Barnwell Priory.
  • Pg. 191
  • 9. JOHN CHEYNE, Knt., of Fen Ditton and Deuney, Cambridgeshire, and Irchester, Northamptonshire, King's Serjeant, Knight of the Shire for Cambridgeshire, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, lawyer, son and heir, born about 1424 (aged 38 in 1462). He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1446. He married before 1449 ELIZABETH REMPSTON, 1st daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Rempston, Knt., of Beckering and Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, by Alice, daughter and heiress of Thomas Beckering, of Beckering (in Holton), Lincolnshire. She was born about 1418 (aged 40 in 1458). They had two sons, Thomas, Knt., and William, and four daughters, Mary (wife of John Allington), Elizabeth, Katherine (wife of Henry Barley), and Anne (wife of John Appleyard), SIR JOHN CHEYNE died 13 or 14 July 1489, leaving will dated 31 July 1488, proved 21 July 1489, requesting burial at Barnwell Priory.
  • Child of John Cheyne, Knt., by Elizabeth Rempston:
    • i. ELIZABETH CHEYNE, married JOHN HASILDEN, Esq., of Meldreth, Cambridgeshire [see HASILDEN10].
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  • William Cheney1,2
  • M, #29522, d. 1547
  • Father Sir John Cheney, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire2 b. c 1424, d. 14 Jul 1489
  • Mother Elizabeth Rempston2 b. c 1418
  • William Cheney was born at of Thorngumbald in Holderness, Yorkshire, England. He married Ann Holme, daughter of Robert Holme. William Cheney died in 1547.
  • Family Ann Holme
  • Child
    • William Cheney+ b. 1538, d. 1602
  • Citations
  • [S8778] Unknown author, Families Directly Descended from all the Royal Families in Europe, by Elizabeth M. Rixford, p. 16.
  • [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 207.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p983.htm#i... _____________________
  • William CHENEY (Sir)
  • Born: ABT 1453, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, England
  • Father: John CHENEY (Sir Knight)
  • Mother: Elizabeth REMPSTON
  • Married: Elizabeth WENTWORTH AFT 1485
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CHENEY.htm#William CHENEY (Sir)1 _________________________
  • 'The Wentworth genealogy: English and American (1878) Vol. 1
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgeneal02wentgoog#page/n78/mo...
  • (15) Henry Wentworth, of Codham Hall, in Wethersfield, co. Essex, married, first, Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Henry Howard, second son of Sir John Howard; and, secondly, Jane, daughter and heir of Henry Fitz Simon. She survived her husband and remarried Sir Richard Fitz Lewes, Kt., of West Horndon, do. Essex, whose Will she proved 24 November 1529. By his second wife Henry Wentworth had issue only one son, Nicholas, ancestor of the Wentworths of counties Oxford, Bucks, Northampton, Warwick, and Lincoln, of whom hereafter. The said Henry Wentworth died 22 March 1482-3, having had issue by his first wife as follows: --
    • 1. Roger, of whom hereafter.
    • 2. Henry, whose Will, dated 16 November 1610, was proved 6 February following. He was evidently unmarried, and was buried in the chancel of St. Olave, in the Old Jewry, London.
    • 3. Thomas, who proved his brother Henry's Will, but of whom nothing further is known.
    • 4. William, who also proved his brother Henry's Will in 1510-11. He had a license, 15 April 1524, being then of Wethersfield to marry Margaret Bendish, of Steeple Bumstead, co. Essex, but no later trace of him has been discovered.
    • 5. Robert, who was living in 1539-40.
    • 6. Margary, who married, before 1483, Sir William Waldegrave, Knight of the Bath, who died 30 January 1527-8, and was buried at Bures, in Suffolk, She survived him, and was also buried at Bures, 7 May 1540.
    • http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgeneal02wentgoog#page/n79/mo...
    • 7. Margaret, who is said to have married, first, William Ashfield; and secondly Edward Wingfield.
    • 8. Elizabeth, who married, first, William Abington, Esq., of Horseheath, co. Cambridge, who was killed at the battle of Bosworth Field, 22 August 1485; secondly, William Cheney, Esq.; and thirdly, Sir Ralph Chamberlain, Kt. Her Will, dated 19 May 1527, was proved 23 November 1528.
      • 9. .... etc. ________________
  • The visitation of Cambridge made in a?? (1575) Continued and enlarged with the vissitation of the county made by Henery St. George, Richmond herald, marshall and deputy to Willm. Camdem, Clarenceulx, in a?? 1619, with many other descents added therto
  • https://archive.org/details/visitationcambr00britgoog
  • https://archive.org/stream/visitationcambr00britgoog#page/n131/mode...
    • Cheney.
  • Pg.119
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William Cheney's Timeline

1513
1513
Thorngumbold, Holdness, Yorkshire, England, (Present UK)
1538
1538
Thorngumbold, Holdness, Yorkshire, England
1547
March 25, 1547
Age 34
England (United Kingdom)
1600
1600
Age 34
Boston, Lincolnshire, England (United Kingdom)