Family and Education
s. and h. of Sir John Cheyne† of Chenies. m. (1) bef. Mar. 1399, Agnes (b.c.1379), da. of William Cogenhoe (d.1389) of Cogenhoe by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir John Wolverton of Wolverton, Bucks., sis. and h. of William Cogenhoe ( d.1399), 2s.; (2) by Dec. 1420, Isabel (c.1382-4 Sept. 1442), er da. and coh. of John Frome of Buckingham, wid. of Bernard Missenden (d.1409) of Great Missenden and of Hugh Mortimer (d.1416) of Weldon, Northants., 1s.
Offices Held
Commr. of array, Bucks. Mar. 1392; oyer and terminer, Bucks., Herts. July 1403; to raise royal loans, Bucks. Nov. 1419, Jan. 1420; of kiddles, Bucks., Herts., Mdx. July 1438; arrest, Herts., Mdx. July 1440.
Tax collector, Bucks. Mar. 1404.
J.p. Bucks. 12 Feb. 1422 – July 1424.
Sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 15 Jan. – 12 Dec. 1426, 5 Nov. 1430–26 Nov. 1431.
Main residences: Chenies, Bucks.; Cogenhoe, Northants.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
CHEYNE, John (-d. c.1447)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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