Family and Education
s. and h. of John Cheverell† of Chilfrome and Upper Sturthill, by Joan, da. and coh. of John Chantmarle of East Stoke and Chantmarle. The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 544-5; Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. xx), 44; J. Hutchins, Hist. Dorset, i. 414 (incorrectly naming his father as William Cheverell). educ. Winchester Coll. 1430-3. Winchester Coll. muns., typescript list of commoners, comp. Leach, 23; Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. ed. Emden, i. 409. m. bef. Apr. 1440, Christine (d. 20 Oct. 1499), da. of Henry Russell alias Gascoigne* by his 1st w., Recs. Dorchester ed. Mayo, 299-300 (wrongly ascribed to 18 Edw. IV instead of 18 Hen. VI); G. Scott Thomson, Two Cents. Fam. Hist. 315. 1s. Dist. Dorset 1457.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Dorset 1455.
Commr. of inquiry, Dorset Oct. 1470 (felonies, homicides), Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), Dorset, Wilts. Dec. 1475 (treasons, heresies); gaol delivery, Old Sarum, Salisbury Dec. 1475.
J.p.q. Dorset 7 Dec. 1470–1, j.p. 30 May 1473 – d.
Main residences: Upper Sturthill; Chantmarle, Dorset.
Chivarell, Sacheverell
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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