CHEYNE, Sir John II (d.1467), of Shurland in Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.

Attestor parlty. election, Kent 1429.

King’s serjeant-at-arms by Apr. 1445 – ?

Commr. of inquiry, Kent Apr. 1445 (piracy), Calais Feb. 1453 (judgement before the mayor and aldermen), Kent Apr. 1453 (theft of subsidies granted by the clergy), Feb. 1454 (concealments), Mar. 1457 (unlawful gatherings), Sept. 1458 (governance of the hospital of St. Mary, Ospringe), Mar. 1459 (piracy); to treat for loans Sept. 1449; array Apr. 1450, Feb. 1452, Aug. 1456, Aug., Sept. 1457, Dec. 1459, Jan., Feb. 1460, Canterbury Jan. 1460, Herts., Kent, Mdx., Surr., Suss. June 1460; to take musters, Dover Dec. 1451, Sandwich Dec. 1459, May 1460; of arrest, Kent Dec. 1452; sewers Apr. 1453, May 1455; oyer and terminer Nov. 1457 (treasons of Thomas Walter*), Essex, Kent, Suff. Sept. 1458, Kent Mar. 1460, Essex, Kent, Mdx., Suss. June 1460; to assign archers, Kent Dec. 1457; confiscate possessions of Yorkist rebels Oct. 1459.

J.p. Kent 28 Dec. 1447 – Nov. 1460.

Victualler of Calais 27 Oct. 1451–3 Dec. 1459. E101/194/10; 195/11; DKR, xlviii. 389.

Steward to Queen Margaret of the lordships of Milton and Marden, Kent by Mich. 1452. KB27/776, rex rot. 28d; DL29/75/1495, m. 1.

Sheriff, Kent 4 Nov. 1454–5.

Parlty. cttee. to investigate the finances of the garrison of Calais 1455. PROME, xii. 337–8.

Constable, Queenborough castle, Kent 4 Feb. 1458-Mar. 1461. CPR, 1452–61, p. 415; 1461–7, p. 148.