CHEYNE, John II (c.1423-89), of Fen Ditton, Cambs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1423, C140/6/50. s. and h. of Laurence Cheyne*. m. (1) bef. 28 May 1449, CPR, 1446-52, pp. 258-9. Elizabeth (d. bef. July 1489), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Rempston† (d.1458) of Rempstone and Bingham, Notts., 2s. 1da.; (2) —. CIPM Hen. VII, i. 568-74; The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 194; PCC 24 Milles (PROB11/8, f. 199). Dist. 1465; Kntd. 23 May 1465. Letters and Pprs. Illust. Wars of English ed. Stevenson, ii. [784]. He is erroneously listed in W.A. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 135 as ‘John Cheney of Canterbury’.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Cambs. 1450, 1467, 1472, 1478.

Escheator, Cambs. and Hunts. 4 Nov. 1446 – 3 Nov. 1447.

Commr. of inquiry, Cambridge June 1461, July 1478 (the great bridge), Cambs., Herts. Oct. 1461 (alleged extortions of bailiffs of Litlington and ‘Stoneden’), Cambs. Mar. 1468 (escapes of felons from prisons), Oct. 1470 (felons, murderers and other offenders), Mar., Apr. 1478 (lands and possessions of George, duke of Clarence); oyer and terminer Dec. 1461, Aug. 1463, Oct. 1470; gaol delivery, Cambridge castle Dec. 1461, Mar. 1468, Nov. 1472, Mar., May, Oct. 1473, Jan. 1478, Sept. 1481, Apr. 1482; C66/493, m. 9d; 521, m. 20d; 530, m. 25d; 531, mm. 4d, 9d, 14d; 541, m. 18d; 548, m. 6d; 549, m. 13d. to assess subsidy, Cambs. July 1463, Apr. 1483; of array May 1471, Mar. 1472; sewers, Norf. July 1478, Hunts., Lincs., Norf. Aug. 1480, But vacated: CPR, 1476–85, p. 215. Cambs., Hunts., Lincs., Northants. July 1486.

J.p. Cambs. 4 July 1461 – Nov. 1480, 18 Feb. 1481 – Dec. 1483.

Ambassador to the Hanseatic League 11 June-Oct. 1465. C.L. Scofield, Edw. IV, i. 391–2.

Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 7 Nov. 1474 – 4 Nov. 1475.

Parlimentarian

CHEYNE, John II (c.1423-89), of Fen Ditton, Cambs.

Main residence: Fen Ditton, Cambs.

Author

C.E.M.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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