Submitted by legacy on
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s. and h. of Richard Cheyne of Shurland by Margery, da. and event. coh. of Robert Cralle of Cralle, Suss. m. The identity of the William Cheyne who married Margaret (d. 23 Aug. 1419), wid. of William Mowbray of Lincs. and Yorks., whose grave is in Hever church, Kent (W.D. Belcher, Kentish Brasses, i. 71; C138/42/73) remains something of a mystery. He was afterwards a knight (CCR, 1422-9, p. 441) but was not necessarily the judge, for, although the latter did have a wife named Margaret, she was buried in the church of St. Benet, Paul’s Wharf. bef. Feb. 1405, Eleanor, da. and coh. of John Salerne I of Iden, Suss. by his w. Agnes, 1s. John†.
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Commr. of oyer and terminer, Kent Feb. 1412; arrest Oct. 1413; inquiry June 1414 (lands of Boxley abbey), Feb., July 1418 (estates of Sir John Oldcastle and his wid. Lady Cobham), Dec. 1418 (wastes, Ospringe hospital), Apr. 1421 (shipwreck), July, Nov. 1422 (patronage and endowment of Boxley abbey); array Mar. 1419, June 1421, Dec. 1435; to raise royal loans Nov. 1419; sewers July 1428.

Sheriff, Kent 3 Nov. 1412 – 6 Nov. 1413, 13 Nov. 1423–6 Nov. 1424.

J.p. Kent 3 Feb. 1416 – July 1420, 12 Feb. 1422-July 1423.

Parlimentarian
CHEYNE, William (d.1441), of Shurland in Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
Main residence: Shurland in Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
Notes

Care has been taken to distinguish him from (Sir) William Cheyne, j.K.B. June 1415-Jan. 1424, c.j.K.B. Jan. 1424-39, who was knighted at Leicester in 1426 and died in 1443. He came from Suss. and his lands in that county and in Dorset were valued at £80 a year in 1436: DNB, iv. 222; PCC 15 Rous; EHR, xlix. 636.

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L.S.W.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

CHEYNE, William (-d.1441)

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