Family and Education
b. c.1374, s. and h. of Sir Ralph Cheyne. m. bef. July 1401, Cecily (c.1371-18 Oct. 1430), yr. da. and coh. of Sir John Stretch of Pinhoe and Hempston Arundel, Devon, by his 1st w., wid of Thomas, yr. s. of Sir William Bonville I of Shute, Devon, 2s. inc. Edmund†. Kntd. by May 1400.C137/24/6; VCH Herts. iii. 230; CIPM, xvi. 1027-8.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Wilts. 29 Nov. 1402 – 5 Nov. 1403, 4 Nov. 1409 – 29 Nov. 1410, Devon 15 Nov. 1408–4 Nov. 1409.
Commr. of array, Wilts. Sept. 1403, Devon Apr. 1418, Wilts. Mar. 1419; to survey rivers, Som. Nov. 1403; of inquiry, Devon July 1414 (treasons), Som. Nov. 1414 (title to estates), Devon Feb. 1416 (treason).
Tax collector, Dorset Mar. 1404.
J.p. Wilts. 16 Feb. 1405–7, 8 Nov. 1415 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Brooke, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
CHEYNE, Sir William (c.1374-1420)
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